Measuring temperature in the aged patients. Comparative prospective study: Tympanic temperature versus rectal temperature;La temperature tympanique chez le sujet age. Etude prospective comparative avec la temperature rectale

Revue de Geriatrie

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  Vaux, B ^c   Denuc, I ^a   Gauvain, J B ^b   Prudhomme, S ^b   Solety Dauphin, L ^b   Chavanne, D ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER RÉGIONAL D ORLÉANS   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Body temperature; Elderly; Measurement; Thermometer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARDRUM; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 6744227972     PISSN: 03977927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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