Fever assessment in children under five: Are we following the guidelines?

Figure 1 Routes and types of thermometers used for temperature measurement in children. A: Forehead strip thermometer; B: Individual axillary electronic digital thermometer; C: Infra-red tympanic thermometer; and institutional electronic digital thermometer; D and E: Axillary; F: Rectal. Forehead strip thermometer, axillary chemical dot thermometer; and oral/sublingual thermometer are not recommended to be used in children.

Figure 2 Indications for hospital admission of children included in the study. ¹Brief resolved unexplained episode (n = 2) and metabolic disease (n = 1).

Figure 3 Correlation between body temperature and heart rate and respiratory rate of children included in the study. Spearman’s correlation coefficient (r_s) was used. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.