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Racial bias in temporal (forehead) thermometers🌡

Out @JAMA_current @JAMANetwork

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23% relative reduction in fevers detected in Black patients w/ temporal compared to oral thermometers

Another medical device that could be failing our patients

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Cohort: All patients w/suspected infection🦠from 4 hospitals

Paired oral & temporal temperatures within 1 hour of each other🌡️

Eval of association between fever (>38°C) & route of measurement adjusting for age hospital & comorbidities in Black patients & White patients

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Figure shows odds of fever w/ temporal thermometers (oral = reference) in Black & White patients

Horizontal line at 1.0 = no difference in fevers w/ temporal vs oral

@ varying fever cutoffs Black patients had⬇️odds of having fever detected w/ temporal thermometers

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