Mass screening for fever in children: A comparison of 3 infrared thermal detection systems

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 305-313

  Selent, Monica U ^a   Molinari, Noelleangelique M ^a   Baxter, Amy ^b   Nguyen, An V ^a,c   Siegelson, Henry ^d   Brown, Clive M ^a   Plummer, Andrew ^a   Higgins, Andrew ^a   Podolsky, Susan ^e   Spandorfer, Philip ^b   Cohen, Nicole J ^a   Fishbein, Daniel B ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists   (United States)

^d PIEDMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fever; mass screening; skin temperature; thermometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFANT; INFRARED THERMAL DETECTION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOUTH TEMPERATURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84874947660     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182854465     Document Type: Article

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