Does central tympanic membrane perforation affect infrared tympanic thermometer measurements in adults?

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    摘要 Objective:InfraredTympanicThermometer(ITT)isoneofthemostusefulinstrumentsforaccuratelymeasuringtemperature.TheeffectsofearpathologiesonITTmeasurementremainunclear.Thepurposeofthisstudyistodetermineiftympanicmembraneperforation(TMP)affectsITTmeasurementsinadultpatients.Materialandmethods:Atotalof90adultpatientswithmonauralcentralTMPwereenrolledinthisstudy.Patientswerecategorizedintothreesubgroupsaccordingtoperforationsize(1-3mm,4-7mm,and8-10mm).Thetympanictemperaturesoftheaffectedandunaffectedsites,andsubgroupswerecomparedwitheachother.Results:Thisstudycontained54(60%)malesand36(40%)femalesrangingfrom20to58yearsofage(meanage:30.74±9.61years).ThemeantympanictemperatureofthesideaffectedwithTMPwas36.34oC±0.61oC.Themeantympanictemperatureoftheunaffectedsidewithhealthyandintacttympanicmembranewas36.33oC±0.6oC.ThePearsoncorrelationscoreforthetympanictemperaturesandthesizeofTMPwas0.22whichwasnotsignificant(r=-0.12).Conclusion:TMPandperforationsizedonotaffectITTmeasurementsinadultpatients.
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    出版日期 2018年04月14日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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