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A comparative study of infrared tympanic thermometry and rectal mercury thermometry
P C Valle1, O Kildahl-Andersen, K Steinvoll
1Medical Department, Harstad Hospital, Norway.
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
|June 25, 1999
Abstract:
In this study we compared infrared tympanic thermometry with rectal mercury thermometry and digital rectal thermometry in patients admitted to a medical department. We found that infrared tympanic thermometry has a low sensitivity for detecting fever. Digital rectal thermometry is a good alternative to rectal mercury thermometry.