Accuracy of recorded body temperature of critically ill patients related to measurement site: A prospective observational study

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 820-824

  Nonose, Y ^a,b   Sato, Y ^a   Kabayama, H ^a   Arisawa, A ^a   Onodera, M ^a   Imanaka, H ^a   Nishimura, M ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bladder axillary; Body temperature; Critically ill; Measurement; Measurement site; Tympanic

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BLADDER TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84866541520     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1204000510     Document Type: Article

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