Agreement between axillary, tympanic, and mid-forehead body temperature measurements in adult emergency department patients

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 252-256

  Sener, Serkan ^a   Karcioglu, Ozgur ^a   Eken, Cenker ^b   Yaylaci, Serpil ^a   Ozsarac, Murat ^c  

^a ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

axillary; body temperature; emergency department; noncontact; tympanic

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; AXILLARY THERMOMETER; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; INFRARED THERMOMETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; TYMPANIC THERMOMETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THERMOMETERS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863582239     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32834c5841     Document Type: Article

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