RECTAL-AXILLARY TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE IN FEBRILE AND AFEBRILE INFANTS AND CHILDREN
Autor: | ANAGNOSTAKIS, D MATSANIOTIS, N GRAFAKOS, S SARAFIDOU, E |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 1993 |
Popis: | The rectal-axillary temperature difference (R-A) was measured in the morning, at midday, and in the afternoon on 1,519 occasions in 1,149 children from birth to 5 years old. Of these, 302 children were febrile (rectal temperature greater-than-or-equal-to 38-degrees-C) and 847 were afebrile. A wide range in R-A was found for each individual in both groups. The magnitude of this difference was not associated with sex or age. In febrile children, the R-A was significantly greater (P |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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