Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Early detection of postoperative infections using continuous temperature monitoring: A prospective clinical trial
Authors' conclusion
Continuous temperature monitoring with the SteadyTemp® patch demonstrated superior fever detection compared to infrared thermometry, leading to earlier identification of febrile events.
Study context
- Population
- Surgical patients monitored postoperativelyfever in 33
- Participants
- 103 patients
- Exposure
- Patch vs Infrared thermometry
- Outcome
- Fever detection rate (≥ 38.0 °C)
Methodological detailssingle-center, Monitored over an 11-month period, Scoring system developed to assess clinical relevance of fever detection
- Single-center
- Monitored over an 11-month period
- Scoring system developed to assess clinical relevance of fever detection
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Fever detected among 33 patients with fever
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
Events
| Outcome | Patch | Infrared thermometry |
|---|---|---|
| Fever detected in 16 cases with antibiotic therapy initiated or adjusted due to new fever | 15 | 7 |
| Fever detected in 5 patients with surgical intervention for suspected infectionPatch detected fever in all cases | 5 | 2 |
Original publication
Early detection of postoperative infections using continuous temperature monitoring: A prospective clinical trial. J Clin Monit Comput. Published 5 December 2025. doi:10.
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