title: Measuring temperature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, Sunderland.
authors.forename: Jacqueline A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mains
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Coxall
authors.forename: Hilary
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lloyd
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001831:Body Temperature; D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*