Temporal artery thermometry utilization in pediatric emergency care

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 190-193

  Titus, M Olivia ^a,d   Hulsey, Thomas ^b   Heckman, Julie ^c   Losek, Joseph D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency care; Pediatric; Temperature measurement; Temporal artery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPORAL ARTERY; THERMOMETRY;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 59349115228     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922808327056     Document Type: Article

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