Comparative measurements of oral and rectal temperatures in 224 in-patients;Mesures comparatives des temperatures buccales et rectales chez 224 malades hospitalises

Annales de Medecine Interne

Volumn 147, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 536-538

  Couilliet, Didier ^a   Meyer, Pierre ^a   Grosshans, Edouard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

electronic thermometer; fever; fever measurements

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SCHOOL CHILD; THERMOMETER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNIQUE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 0030425191     PISSN: 0003410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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