Non-invasive monitoring of core body temperature rhythms over 72h in 10 bedridden elderly patients with disorders of consciousness in a Japanese hospital: A pilot study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 428-432

  Matsumoto, Masaru ^a   Sugama, Junko ^a   Okuwa, Mayumi ^a   Dai, Misako ^a   Matsuo, Junko ^b   Sanada, Hiromi ^c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bedridden; Core body temperature rhythm; Disorders of consciousness; Elderly patients; Gerontological nursing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORE TEMPERATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOMETER;

BEDRIDDEN; CORE BODY TEMPERATURE RHYTHM; DISORDERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS; ELDERLY PATIENTS; GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84881664200     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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