Trial Information

Thermographic Characteristics of Sore Throat by Thermographic Camera

Patients aged between 5 years and 18 years, who attend the primary health clinic for medical
treatment with a complaint of only sore throat and fever will be offered to participate in
the study and have a thermal camera photo of the tonsils. The study group will consist of
100 patients. Fifty patients will be enrolled who present with sore throat and another 50
patients will be enrolled who present to the clinic for any febrile condition other than a
sore throat. A parent will sign consent after the parent and child have received an
explanation about the study. The patient will be photographed twice by directing the camera
externally to each tonsil from below the mandibular angle. The photograph will be saved in
the camera and the investigator will not be able to see the photo. The number of the
photograph will be listed with the patient name. The investigator will keep the list and
only he will have access to the clinical data. Thereafter a standard clinical examination
will be performed and all the patients will receive standard medical treatment irrespective
of their participation in the study. The description of the tonsils and the pharynx will be
recorded in the patient's electronic medical file and will consist of the following
information (one or more of the following options): normal tonsils and pharynx, redness of
tonsils and/or pharynx, exudates on tonsils, petechiae of the palate. Patients who will not
have the full description as described above will be excluded from analysis from the study.
The data will be analyzed descriptively for a correlation between the clinical findings and
the thermal photograph