Axillary and rectal temperature measurements poorly agree in newborn infants

Neonatology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-34

  Hissink Muller, P C E ^a,b   Van Berkel, L H ^a   De Beaufort, A J ^a  

^a JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Axillary temperature; Neonates, temperature measurements; Rectal temperature; Temperature measurement differences, neonates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETER;

AXILLA; BODY TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 46049104907     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112840     Document Type: Article

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