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A comparison of tympanic and rectal temperatures in term NIGERIAN neonates

BACKGROUND: Tympanic thermometry has come as a suitable alternative to traditional thermometry because of its safety and ease of use. However, it is still yet to gain wide acceptance in African settings due to conflicting results on its accuracy, thus rectal thermometry remains the gold standard in...

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Autores principales: Duru, Chika O, Akinbami, Felix O, Orimadegun, Adebola E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3414737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22731860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-12-86