Comparison of infrared thermometer with thermocouple for monitoring skin temperature

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 532-536

  Matsukawa, Takashi ^a   Ozaki, Makoto ^b   Nishiyama, Tomoki ^c   Imamura, Makoto ^a   Kumazawa, Teruo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core temperature; Cost saving; Infrared thermometer; Monitoring; Peripheral circulation; Shock; Skin temperature; Thermocouple; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; EARDRUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0034007678     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200002000-00041     Document Type: Article

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