A difference of 5°C between ear and rectal temperatures in a febrile patient

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-385

  Romanovsky, Andrej A ^a   Quint, Peter A ^a   Benikova, Yelena ^a   Kiesow, Lutz A ^a  

^a LEGACY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fever; Infrared ear thermometry; Skin vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; PARACETAMOL;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EAR; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SEIZURE; TACHYCARDIA; THERMOMETER; VASOCONSTRICTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; HEMODYNAMICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECTUM; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EAR; FEVER; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; RECTUM; SEIZURES; SKIN; TACHYCARDIA; THERMOMETERS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031178743     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(97)90133-9     Document Type: Article

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