Assessment of agreement between rectal thermometry and infrared emission detection in elderly, frail and febrile hospital inpatients;De validiteit van de tympane infrarood thermometer bij gehospitaliseerde, geriatrische patiënten

Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 206-209

  Baeyens, H ^a   De Dobbeleer, G ^a   Baeyens, J ^a  

^a Dienst Geriatrie   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARDRUM; FEVER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMOMETER; THERMOMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0035155275     PISSN: 01679228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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