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  • Title: [The choice of the method for body temperature measurement in intensive care patients: a literature review].
    Author: Peron P.
    Journal: Prof Inferm; 2010; 63(2):99-105. PubMed ID: 20943098.
    Abstract:
    INTRODUCTION: Measuring body temperature in intensive care patients is a routine nursing task, but there is no common practice regarding the site of measurement. AIM: to identify which method is most suitable and therefore advisable in critical patients METHODS: the available databases were consulted and the pertinent literature was reviewed. RESULTS: many studies have been performed regarding the different methods, more or less invasive, of body temperature monitoring and their accuracy, reliability and patient tolerability . CONCLUSIONS: in the literature , it is agreed that the gold standard site for body temperature measurement is the pulmonary, femoral or brachial artery but that further studies are necessary in this field.
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