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Forehead or ear temperature measurement cannot replace rectal measurements, except for screening purposes

BACKGROUND: Measuring rectal temperature in children is the gold standard, but ear or forehead measures are less traumatic and faster. The quality of non-invasive devices has improved but concerns remain whether they are reliable enough to substitute rectal thermometers. The aim was to evaluate in a...

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Autores principales: Mogensen, Christian Backer, Wittenhoff, Lena, Fruerhøj, Gitte, Hansen, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5787302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29373961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-0994-1