Temporal artery thermometer use in the prehospital setting

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-13

  Carleton, Erica ^a   Fry, Brenda ^a   Mulligan, Ashlee ^a   Bell, Ali ^a   Brossart, Cory ^a  

^a REGINA QU APPELLE HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH TEMPERATURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; TEMPORAL ARTERY THERMOMETER; VITAL SIGN; AGE; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERY; THERMOMETER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 84864295679     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/8000.2011.110484     Document Type: Article

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