Axillary and rectal thermometry in the newborn: Do they agree?

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Charafeddine, Lama ^a   Tamim, Hani ^a   Hassouna, Habiba ^a   Akel, Randa ^a   Nabulsi, Mona ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Axillary temperature; Diagnostic accuracy; Newborn; Rectal temperature; Thermometry methods

Indexed keywords

AXILLA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; RECTUM;

AXILLA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RECTUM;

EID: 84906924846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-584     Document Type: Article

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