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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Main Authors: Oge Cultu, Inci Yildirim, Mehmet Ceyhan, Ayşe Korkmaz, Murat Yurdakök, Ergun Karaağaoğlu, Gülten Seçmeer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2008-08-01
Series:The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
Online Access:https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/2446