Misguided guidelines on noninvasive thermometry

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 383-

  Pompei, Francesco ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; TEMPORAL ARTERY THERMOMETER; THERMOMETRY; TYMPANIC THERMOMETER; URINARY CATHETER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEVER; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; THERMOMETER;

CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEVER; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 59649084473     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318193254e     Document Type: Letter

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