Accuracy of Infrared Ear Thermometry in Children

@article{Zhen2014AccuracyOI,
  title={Accuracy of Infrared Ear Thermometry in Children},
  author={Chen Zhen and Zhang Xia and L M Long and Yu Pu},
  journal={Clinical Pediatrics},
  year={2014},
  volume={53},
  pages={1158 - 1165},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:24982111}
}
The mean difference was large and the 95% limits of agreement was wide, and the accuracy of infrared ear thermometers in children is poor, and it cannot replace rectal thermometry in clinical practice of children.
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