Temperature taking in the ICU: which route is best?

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 59-64

  Cronin, Katrina ^a   Wallis, Marianne ^b  

^a St Vincent's Private Hospital   (Australia)

^b St Vincent's Health Care Campus ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; THERMOMETER;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 0034189095     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1036-7314(00)70623-0     Document Type: Article

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