Oral, axillary, and tympanic temperature measurements in older and younger adults with or without fever

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 334-337

  Onur, Ozge Ecmel ^a,b   Guneysel, Ozlem ^a   Akoglu, Haldun ^a   Aydin, Yesim Dikmen ^a   Denizbasi, Arzu ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Axillary; Elderly; Fever; Oral; Temperature; Tympanic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFRARED THERMOMETER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURY THERMOMETER; MOUTH TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; TYMPANIC THERMOMETER; AGE; AXILLA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EARDRUM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICS; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETER; TIME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; TURKEY; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849108017     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3283036cfe     Document Type: Article

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