Infra-red thermometry: The reliability of tympanic and temporal artery readings for predicting brain temperature after severe traumatic brain injury

Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Kirk, Danielle ^a   Rainey, Timothy ^a   Vail, Andy ^a   Childs, Charmaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SWEATING; TEMPORAL ARTERY TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL ARTERY THERMOMETER; THERMOGRAPHY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARDRUM; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; THERMOGRAPHY; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 67649439169     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc7898     Document Type: Article

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