Khan M N, Ahmad S H, Fakhir S
Department of Pediatrics, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University.
Indian Pediatr. 1990 Aug;27(8):807-9.
Temperatures of 30 term and 20 preterm neonates were recorded by mercury-in-glass thermometer at 4 measurement sites; rectum (2 cm beyond anus), external auditory canal, axilla and between skin and mattress. Whereas, the mean rectal and aural temperatures in term infants were significantly higher than their preterm counterparts (p less than 0.01), axillary and skin mattress temperatures did not differ significantly in the two groups. The variation between stabilized temperature at four measurement sites was less marked in preterm as compared to term infants. The skin mattress temperature measurement is a simpler technique and it closely approximates the rectal temperature in preterm infants. Temperatures at all the measurement sites stabilized by 5 minutes both in term and preterm infants.
用玻璃体温计在30名足月儿和20名早产儿的4个测量部位记录体温；直肠（肛门外2厘米处）、外耳道、腋窝以及皮肤与床垫之间。然而，足月儿的平均直肠温度和耳温显著高于早产儿（p小于0.01），两组的腋窝温度和皮肤床垫温度无显著差异。与足月儿相比，早产儿4个测量部位的稳定温度之间的差异较小。皮肤床垫温度测量是一种更简单的技术，并且它与早产儿的直肠温度非常接近。足月儿和早产儿在所有测量部位的温度在5分钟内均稳定下来。
