Comparison of rectal and infrared ear temperatures in older hospital inpatients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-66

  Smitz, Simon ^a   Giagoultsis, Theodora ^b   Dewé, Walthère ^c   Albert, Adelin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b St Joseph Hospital   (Belgium)

^c CHU Liège ^*

Author keywords

Body temperature; Ear thermometry; Fever; Infrared thermometry; Rectal temperature

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EAR; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0033989396     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03030.x     Document Type: Article

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