Results of remote biomonitoring device testing of newborn baby temperature measurement in different temperature ranges by different groups of neonates
| Measurements: Neonates’ categories | Time of temperature recording (hh:mm) | Readings (n) | Temperature Mean (±SD) | Temperature Mean difference | ||
| (first reading) | (last reading) | Device (abdomen) | Digital (axilla) | (device-digital) | ||
| Well babies (in postnatal ward) | ||||||
| 1 | 03:54 | 04: 54 | 13 | 36.61 | 36.6 | 0.01 |
| 2 | 04:02 | 05: 02 | 13 | 37.00 | 36.8 | 0.18 |
| 3 | 04:05 | 05: 05 | 13 | 37.00 | 36.8 | 0.21 |
| Subgroup | – | – | 39 | 36.87 (±0.2) | 36.73 (±0.1) | 0.13* |
| Device (abdomen) | Probe (abdomen) | (device-probe) | ||||
| Sick neonates in NICU under radiant warmer with temperature >35.5°C | ||||||
| 4 | 15:43 | 16:43 | 13 | 36.62 | 36.57 | 0.05 |
| 5 | 11:16 | 12:16 | 13 | 35.78 | 36.56 | −0.78 |
| 6 | 12:47 | 13:47 | 13 | 35.66 | 36.34 | −0.68 |
| 7 | 11:56 | 12:56 | 13 | 35.61 | 36.64 | −1.03 |
| 8 | 14:26 | 15:26 | 13 | 35.50 | 36.35 | −0.85 |
| 9 | 11:25 | 12:25 | 13 | 35.41 | 36.32 | −0.91 |
| 10 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 13 | 35.76 | 36.43 | −0.67 |
| 11 | 11:04 | 12:04 | 13 | 36.71 | 36.45 | 0.26 |
| 12 | 12:17 | 13:17 | 13 | 35.84 | 36.43 | −0.59 |
| 13 | 12:39 | 13:39 | 13 | 35.89 | 36.47 | −0.58 |
| Subgroup | – | – | 130 | 35.88 (±0.4) | 36.46 (±0.1) | −0.6† |
| Sick neonate in NICU | ||||||
| Undergoing therapeutic cooling for birth asphyxia (temperature approximately 33°C) | ||||||
| Neonate 14 | 02:51 | 03:51 | 13 | 33.10 | 33.15 | 0.05 |
| Undergoing rewarming after therapeutic cooling for birth asphyxia (temperature approximately 34°C) | ||||||
| Neonate 14 | 12 | 33.95 | 33.92 | 0.03 | ||
| Subgroup | – | – | 25 | 33.53 (±-0.6) | 33.54 (±0.5) | 0.01‡ |
| Overall | – | – | 155 | 35.76 (±1.1) | 36.12 (±1.1) | −0.4§ |
↵*t=2.2; df=2; P=0.2.
†t=4.4; df=9; P<0.001.
‡t=0.25; df=1; P=0.8.
§t=3.0; df=14; P<0.01.
NICU, neonatal intensive care unit.