Detecting fever in young infants: Reliability of perceived, pacifier, and temporal artery temperatures in infants younger than 3 months of age

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 240-243

  Callanan, Deborah ^a,b  

^a Santa Rosa Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fever; Infants; Thermometer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERY; THERMOMETRY;

CAREGIVERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PACIFIERS; PALPATION; PARENTS; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 0041968520     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000086231.54586.15     Document Type: Article

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