Comparing tympanic temperatures in both ears to oral temperature in the critically ill adult

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-29

  Spitzer, Olinda P ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fever; Temperature measurement; Tympanic temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EARDRUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; MOUTH MUCOSA; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOUTH MUCOSA; NURSING ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 37349107045     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.DCC.0000304671.83874.05     Document Type: Article

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