[The choice of the method for body temperature measurement in intensive care patients: a literature review]. / La scelta del metodo per la misurazione della temperatura corporea nel paziente ricoverato in terapia intensiva: una revisione della letteratura.

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.