Core-peripheral temperature gradient as a diagnostic test in dyspnoea

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 633-635

  Clarke, S F J ^a   Parris, R J ^a   Reynard, K ^b  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; EAR TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 23944495606     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.017624     Document Type: Article

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