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Ability of parents and nurses to detect fever using a home tympanic thermometer, with a hospital tympanic thermometer being the reference standard |
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| Nurse reported fever on hospital thermometer |
Nurse reported no fever on hospital thermometer |
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| Parent reported fever on home thermometer |
13 |
2 |
| Parent reported no fever on home thermometer |
4* |
41 |
| Nurse reported fever on home thermometer |
16 |
5 |
| Nurse reported no fever on home thermometer |
1** |
38 |
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*Readings by parents were 37.8 °C, 37.9 °C, and 38.4 °C twice with corresponding hospital thermometer readings being 38.6 °C, 38.5 °C, 38.6 °C, and 39.6 °C **Reading was 38.4 °C on home thermometer and 38.6 °C on hospital thermometer | ||
Robinson et al. BMC Family Practice 2005 6:3 doi:10.1186/1471-2296-6-3 |
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