• DOI:10.1177/0009922814536774
Corpus ID: 24982111

Accuracy of Infrared Ear Thermometry in Children

@article{Zhen2014AccuracyOI,
  title={Accuracy of Infrared Ear Thermometry in Children},
  author={C. Zhen and Z. Xia and L. Long and Y. Pu},
  journal={Clinical Pediatrics},
  year={2014},
  volume={53},
  pages={1158 - 1165}
}

C. Zhen, Z. Xia, +1 author Y. Pu

Published 2014

Medicine

Clinical Pediatrics

Background. Accurate determination of temperature is important, especially in the diagnosis and treatment of febrile illnesses in the pediatric population. False negative measurement can lead to miss febrile and false positive measurement can cause excessive medical care. Temperatures can be measured at various sites, but we have not found the ideal thermometer yet. As a relatively new and popular alternative over traditional methods, infrared ear thermometry has many advantages, but its… CONTINUE READING

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