Measuring temperature.
Temperature measurement is an essential clinical skill and is recognised as being an important indicator in assessing the course of an illness. This article identifies temperature ranges and describes the procedures for taking temperature orally and via the tympanic canal in adult and paediatric patients.
Mains
Jacqueline A
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City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, Sunderland.
Coxall
Kim
K
Lloyd
Hilary
H
D000328:Adult; D001831:Body Temperature; D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*