Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Evaluation of the non-invasive Temple Touch Pro temperature monitoring system compared with oesophageal temperature in paediatric anaesthesia (PETER PAN)): A prospective observational study
Authors' conclusion
Although the Temple Touch Pro sensor showed acceptable accuracy after allowing for an equilibration time, it still needs further investigation for routine use in children.
Study context
- Population
- Children aged 6 years or younger scheduled for noncardiac surgery, university hospital, April–July 2021
- Participants
- 100 children · 6,766 data pairs
- Exposure
- Noninvasive Temple Touch Pro vs oesophageal core temperature
- Outcome
- Agreement by Bland-Altman comparison with multiple measurements
Methodological detailsmethod-comparison (Bland-Altman), single-centre
- Method-comparison (Bland-Altman)
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Agreement of Temple Touch Pro with oesophageal temperature (Bland-Altman, multiple measurements)
Mean difference
−0.07°C
95% CI −0.15 to +0.05
Limits of agreement
−1.00 and +0.85°C
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
Agreement after excluding a 13-min equilibration time (post hoc)
- Mean difference
- −0.04°C (95% CI −0.08 to +0.01)
- Limits of agreement
- −0.68 and +0.60°C
- Posthoc
Concordance correlation coefficient
- Concordance correlation coefficient
- 0.83 (95% CI 0.82 to 0.84)
Difference between skin sensor and oesophageal reference over time
- Difference increased over time
- −0.05°C per hour
Subgroups (temperature range, age, sex, sensor side)
- No clinically relevant differences
Depth of artery vs trueness
- Depth of artery negatively correlated with trueness
- 0.03°C per millimetre
Original publication
Evaluation of the non-invasive Temple Touch Pro temperature monitoring system compared with oesophageal temperature in paediatric anaesthesia (PETER PAN)): A prospective observational study. Eur J Anaesthesiol. Published 9 January 2023. doi:10.
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