Accuracy of chemical dot thermometers in critically ill adults and young children

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-28

  Erickson, Roberta S ^a   Meyer, Linda T ^a   Woo, Teri Moser ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Temperature measurement; Thermometers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STANDARD; THERMOMETER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 0030090297     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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