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

BACKGROUND: Accurate measurement of body temperature is critical for the assessment of a newborn’s general well-being. In nursery settings, the gold standard rectal thermometry has been replaced by the axillary method. However, evidence pertaining to the agreement between axillary and rectal thermom...

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Autores principales: Charafeddine, Lama, Tamim, Hani, Hassouna, Habiba, Akel, Randa, Nabulsi, Mona
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4156607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25176563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-584