Clinical accuracy of a non-contact infrared skin thermometer in paediatric practice

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 471-476

  Teran, Carlos G ^a,b,c,d   Torrez Llanos, J ^b,c   Teran Miranda, T E ^b,c   Balderrama, C ^b,c   Shah, N S ^e   Villarroel, P ^b  

^a WOODHULL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hospital Infantil Albina Patiño   (Bolivia)

^c Simon I Patino Foundation   (Switzerland)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Children; Infrared thermometer; Temporal thermometer; Thermometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL ARTERY; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETER;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 84861872143     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2011.01264.x     Document Type: Article

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