Comparing body temperature measurements by mothers and physicians using mercury-in-glass, digital mercury and infrared tympanic membrane thermometers in healthy newborn babies
While planning medical care, health care workers must consider the body temperature changes as measured by the mothers on most occasions. We evaluated the reliability of three different temperature measurement methods when they were used by the mothers by comparing with the measurements taken...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health
2008-08-01
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Series: | The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics |
Online Access: | https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/2446 |