Tympanic membrane vs. pulmonary artery thermometry: the accuracy of tympanic readings has been a controversial subject for this hospital

Nursing Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 42-46

  Fisk, Jane ^a   Arcona, Stephen ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARDRUM; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETER; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 2342455833     PISSN: 07446314     EISSN: 15388670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006247-200106000-00023     Document Type: Article

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