A comparison of temporal artery thermometers with internal blood monitors to measure body temperature during hemodialysis

Abstract Background Thermometers that measure core (internal) body temperature are the gold standard for monitoring temperature. Despite that most modern hemodialysis machines are equipped with an internal blood monitor that measures core body temperature, current practice is to use peripheral therm...

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Main Authors: Meaghan Lunney, Bronwyn Tonelli, Rachel Lewis, Natasha Wiebe, Chandra Thomas, Jennifer MacRae, Marcello Tonelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-018-0938-x