Open AccessAccuracy of a Noninvasive Temporal Artery Thermometer for Use in Infants
Author(s) -
David S. Greenes,
Gary Fleisher
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3628
pISSN - 1072-4710
DOI - 10.1001/archpedi.155.3.376
Subject(s) - thermometer , medicine , rectal temperature , temporal artery , surgery , nuclear medicine , anesthesia , physics , vasculitis , disease , quantum mechanics , giant cell arteritis
To assess the accuracy of a new noninvasive temporal artery (TA) thermometer in infants; to compare the accuracy of the TA thermometer with that of a tympanic thermometer, using rectal thermometry as the criterion standard; and to compare the tolerability of the TA thermometer with that of the tympanic and rectal thermometers.
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