Accuracy of temporal artery thermometry in neonatal intensive care infants.

Purpose: To determine the accuracy of temporal artery and axillary temperatures and the discomfort level of stable neonates during temperature measurement.

Subjects: Convenience sample of neonates between the ages of 32 and 40 weeks' gestation cared for in an isolette or crib.

Design: A method-comparison design was used to compare different methods for noninvasive temperature monitoring (infra-red temporal artery; axillary electronic) to core body temperatures (indwelling rectal probe).

Growth pattern of overweight preschool children in the Siouxland WIC program.

Demographic, nutritional, and anthropometric data were collected from 134 preschool children enrolled in the Siouxland Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). All children were diagnosed as overweight between the ages of 8 months and 3 years. Weight and length/height z-scores were calculated for birth measurements and for postnatal measurements up to 3 years.