Effect of Otitis Media and Cerumen Occlusion on Body Temperature Measured by Thermometers.
- Author:
Seong Nam JEONG
1
;
Eun Sung KIM
;
Ju Hee YOU
;
Hyung Min CHO
;
Eun Jung YOO
;
Eun Young KIM
;
Kyoung Sim KIM
;
Yong Wook KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Kwang-ju Christian Hospital, Kwang-ju, Korea. drcho92@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Thermometers;
Cerumen;
Otitis media
- MeSH:
Body Temperature;
Cerumen;
Child;
Ear;
Ear Canal;
Humans;
Otitis;
Otitis Media;
Otoscopes;
Thermometers
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
2010;17(2):114-121
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To examine the effect of unilateral otitis media and unilateral cerumen occlusion of the ear canal on thermometers. METHODS: One hundred eighty six children with unilateral otitis media, fifty children with unilateral cerumen occlusion, and fifty children with neither otitis media nor cerumen were enrolled. Temperature was measured in both ear canals using thermometers. After 15 minutes, second temperature was measured again in both ears. Unilateral otitis media was graded by video otoscope for 7 grades. Differences in temperatures between affected ears and unaffected ears were analyzed. RESULTS: No temperature difference between the normal and cerumen groups was observed. The mean temperature of the otitis media ear canal was 0.13+/-0.20degrees C higher than that of the intact ear canal (36.99+/-0.54degrees C vs 36.86+/-0.52degrees C; P<0.001). There was no statistically significant temperature difference between grades. CONCLUSION: Unilateral otits media can affect estimation of body temperature measured by thermometers.
