Tympanic thermometry is unsuitable as a screening tool for hypothermia after open water swimming

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 218-221

  Rogers, Ian R ^a   Brannigan, Domhnall ^a   Montgomery, Amanda ^a   Khangure, Nicole ^a   Williams, Aled ^a   Jacobs, Ian ^b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypothermia; Open water swimming; Tympanic thermometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFRARED THERMOMETER; MALE; MOUTH TEMPERATURE; SWIMMING; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 35148890664     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/06-WEME-BR-044R2.1     Document Type: Article

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