Agreement between axillary, tympanic, and mid-forehead body temperature measurements in adult emergency department patients

Sener, Serkan; Karcioglu, Ozgur; Eken, CENKER; YAYLACI, Serpil; Ozsarac, Murat

doi:10.1097/mej.0b013e32834c5841

Agreement between axillary, tympanic, and mid-forehead body temperature measurements in adult emergency department patients

Sener S., Karcioglu O., Eken C., YAYLACI S., Ozsarac M.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, cilt.19, sa.4, ss.252-256, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 4
Basım Tarihi: 2012
Doi Numarası: 10.1097/mej.0b013e32834c5841
Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.252-256
Anahtar Kelimeler: axillary, body temperature, emergency department, noncontact, tympanic, THERMOMETRY
Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective To assess the agreement between noncontact infrared thermometer (noncontact) with infrared tympanic thermometer (tympanic) and electronic axillary thermometer (axillary) in an adult emergency department population.