The falling grace of axillary temperatures

Autor:	B J, Haddock, D L, Merrow, M S, Swanson
Rok vydání:	1996
Předmět:	Male Parents Mouth Adolescent Fever Thermometers Age Factors Infant Newborn Rectum Infant Sensitivity and Specificity Clinical Nursing Research Child Preschool Axilla Humans Female Child Nursing Assessment
Zdroj:	Pediatric nursing. 22(2)
ISSN:	0097-9805
Popis:	This study compared axillary temperatures with either rectal or oral temperatures in 173 infants and young children. Axillary temperatures indicated a sensitivity of only 27.8% in their ability to detect fever in the febrile group. The age-old gold standard of estimating rectal temperature by adding 1 degree F to the oral and 2 degrees F to the axillary temperature was verified with afebrile group mean temperatures, but did not hold up with individual children's temperatures nor with febrile mean temperatures.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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