title: Oral versus axillary temperatures in human volunteers.
abstract: We measured the oral and axillary temperatures of 100 individuals (including 40 females) in the medical wards. Twenty six had fever ranging from 37.3 degrees C to 40.5 degrees C while the rest had normal temperature. Although the oral temperature was higher than axillary temperature in all the cases, there was no correlation between the two; in one case the difference was as high as 1 degrees C. We conclude that while recording temperature the site must be clearly stated, and no attempt must be made to extrapolate the axillary to the oral temperature.
authors: Department of Medicine, MLB Medical College, Jhansi.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Agarwal
authors: R K
authors: RK
authors: Garg
authors: R C
authors: RC
authors: Arora
authors: R K
authors: RK
authors: Gandhi
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Kapoor
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001365:Axilla; D001831:Body Temperature; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth