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Influence of Otitis Media on the Correlation Between Rectal and Auditory Canal Temperatures
Thomas E. Terndrup, MD;
Agnes Wong, MD
Am J Dis Child. 1991;145(1):75-78.
Abstract
• In a noninterventional, controlled, single-blinded trial, 251 children were examined in a university hospital emergency department setting to study the influence of acute otitis media on the relationship between rectal and auditory canal temperatures. Bilateral auditory canal temperatures were measured using an infrared detection probe and microprocessor by nursing staff blinded to the presence of acute otitis media. Correlation between rectal and auditory canal temperatures in children with (r =.81) and without (r=.75) acute otitis media were not significantly different. There was no significant difference between infected (38.1°C ± 1.0°C) and uninfected ears (38.0°C ± 1.0°C) with unilateral otitis (n = 75). Although significantly higher than in uninfected children, auditory canal temperatures of children with acute otitis media reflected elevated rectal temperatures and not differences in auditory canal temperatures between ears.
(AJDC. 1991;145:75-78)
Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Drs Terndrup and Wong) and Critical Care and Emergency Medicine (Dr Terndrup), State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication May 13,1990.
Read before the Section III Ambulatory Pediatric Association Meeting of the American Pediatric Association, March 9,1990, Rochester, NY.
Reprint requests to Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, SUNY Health Science Center, 750 E Adams St, Syracuse, NY 13210 (Dr Terndrup).
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