A comparison of oral, tympanic, and rectal temperature measurement in the elderly

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-157

  Varney, Shawn M ^a,e   Manthey, David E ^b   Culpepper, Victoria E ^c   Creedon Jr , Joseph F ^d  

^a SAUSHEC Emergency Med Residency P   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Core temperature; Elderly; Fever; Rectal thermometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; EARDRUM; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETER; THERMOMETRY;

AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEVER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOMETERS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0036181868     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(01)00457-7     Document Type: Article

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