Open AccessDiagnostic accuracy of three different methods of temperature measurement in acutely ill geriatric patients
Author(s) -
Katrin Singler,
Thomas Bertsch,
Hans-Jürgen Heppner,
Robert Kob,
Karin Hammer,
Roland Biber,
Cornel Sieber,
Michael Christ
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/aft121
Subject(s) - medicine , respiratory rate , rectal temperature , temporal artery , heart rate , emergency department , area under the curve , cardiology , surgery , blood pressure , vasculitis , disease , giant cell arteritis , psychiatry
we examined the diagnostic accuracy of different methods of body temperature measurement to diagnose infection in geriatric patients presenting to the emergency department (ED).
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