As mercury thermometers are a thing of the past, you no longer have to wait several minutes to read a small red line. Instead, there are now five different types of thermometers — rectal, oral, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Body temperature is routinely measured as 1 of the 4 “vital signs” and, when elevated, triggers a search for an ...

Oral and rectal temperatures are the most reliable predictors of core body temperature, but measuring these temperatures in children under 4 years of age is often difficult. Currently the rectal ...

Flushed skin, a sweaty back and a general feeling of discomfort are all tell-tale signs of an illness. These physical symptoms allude to a raised body temperature, but the only sure way to tell if ...

Junior is hot. His little cheeks are fiery red. He is crankier than 3-year-olds usually are. He says his head hurts, his tummy hurts, everything hurts. Your tot is sick, and now you have to take his ...

First of all, I feel strongly that we should document only accurate data on a patient's medical record. Documenting a questionable value just so that the vital-signs section of the chart can be ...

Fever in babies or children under 5 years of age is defined as an oral temperature above 99.5°F (37.5°C), a rectal temperature above 100.4°F (38°C) or an axillary temperature (under the arm) of above ...

Retrospective medical record review of newborns with perinatal asphyxia transported for hypothermia between July 2007 and June 2010. The aim of our study was to determine whether passive cooling ...

A fever is a temporary rise in body temperature. It’s not considered an illness on its own, but rather a symptom that can be caused by many different conditions. Elevated body temperature can be a ...

Having a fever makes you feel like your body is cooking from within. Being feverish leaves you lethargic, sometimes mixing the high body temperature with uncomfortable chills. And in the era of ...