NexTemp thermometer can be used interchangeably with tympanic or mercury thermometers for emergency department use

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-251

  Rajee, Mani ^a   Sultana, Ron V ^a  

^a Epworth Freemasons Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult; Body temperature; Fever; Thermography; Thermometer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CHEMICAL THERMOMETER; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MERCURY THERMOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY; TYMPANIC THERMOMETER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 33646558264     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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