Reliability of a tympanic thermometer in measuring temperatures in children after minor ear surgery

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 375-377

  Pandey, A ^a,c   Ingrams, D R ^a   Jones, M ^a   Raman, R ^b   Marks, N D ^b  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body Temperature; Middle Ear Ventilation; Thermometers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RELIABILITY; STUDENT T TEST; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY; TYMPANIC THERMOMETER; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; AXILLA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARDRUM; EVALUATION; FEVER; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOMETER;

AXILLA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 33748745228     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106000417     Document Type: Article

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