Infrared temporal thermometry shows low sensitivity for detecting rectally measured fever in adult intensive care patients;Infrarød temporal temperaturmåling

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 123, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 3025-3026

  Dybwik, Knut ^a   Nielsen, Erik Waage ^a,b  

^a Anestesi og intensivavdelingen   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL ARTERY; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETRY; TYMPANOMETRY; BODY TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETER;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEVER; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 0642276784     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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