Evaluation of the Cadi ThermoSENSOR Wireless Skin-Contact Thermometer Against Ear and Axillary Temperatures in Children

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 176-186

  Ng, Kim Gau ^a   Wong, Sook Thow ^b   Lim, Soh Min ^c   Goh, Zenton ^c  

^a Upper Iowa University   (Singapore)

^b KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Cadi Scientific Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Axillary temperature; Contact tracing; Continuous monitoring; Ear temperature; Radio frequency identification; Skin contact thermometer; ThermoSENSOR; Tympanic temperature; Wireless monitoring; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORK; MALE; MONITORING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINGAPORE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERMOMETER;

AGE FACTORS; AXILLA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; EAR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SINGAPORE; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 77951253937     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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