Comparison of temporal artery thermometer to standard temperature measurements in pediatric intensive care unit patients

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 557-561

  Hebbar, Kiran ^a,c   Fortenberry, James D ^a   Rogers, Kristine ^a   Merritt, Robert ^a   Easley, Kirk ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Temperature; Temporal artery thermometry

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOCK; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPORAL ARTERY; THERMOMETER; THERMOMETRY;

EID: 24944577612     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000163671.69197.16     Document Type: Article

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