Infrared ear thermometry in the critically ill patient: An alternative to axillary thermometry

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 106-110

  León, Cristóbal ^a   Rodríguez, Alejandro ^b   Fernández, Ana ^a   Flores, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axillary thermometry; Ear thermometry; Infrared tympanic thermometer; Intensive care unit; Mercury in glass thermometer; Temperature measurement

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARDRUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PREDICTION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETER; THERMOMETRY;

EID: 18044368316     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2004.08.011     Document Type: Article

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