[The choice of the method for body temperature measurement in intensive care patients: a literature review].

INTRODUCTION

Measuring body temperature in intensive care patients is a routine nursing task, but there is no common practice regarding the site of measurement.

AIM: to identify which method is most suitable and therefore advisable in critical patients

METHODS

the available databases were consulted and the pertinent literature was reviewed.

RESULTS

many studies have been performed regarding the different methods, more or less invasive, of body temperature monitoring and their accuracy, reliability and patient tolerability .

CONCLUSIONS

in the literature , it is agreed that the gold standard site for body temperature measurement is the pulmonary, femoral or brachial artery but that further studies are necessary in this field.