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Monitoring skin temperature at the wrist in hospitalised patients may assist in the detection of infection

BACKGROUND: Measuring temperature has always been a key observation in the diagnosis of infection. No studies have examined the usefulness of measuring temperature at the wrist to detect infection. AIM: We sought to determine whether a watch measuring wrist temperature could accurately identify pati...

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Autores principales: Holt, Stephen G., Yo, Jennifer H., Karschimkus, Connie, Volpato, Frank, Christov, Steve, Smith, Edward R., Hewitson, Tim D., Worth, Leon J., Champion De Crespigny, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7318648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31908128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.14748