Racial Differences in Detection of Fever Using Temporal vs Oral Temperature Measurements in Hospitalized Patients.

Bhavani, Sivasubramanium V; Wiley, Zanthia; Verhoef, Philip A; Coopersmith, Craig M; Ofotokun, Ighovwerha · JAMA · 2022

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

This study evaluates the performance of temporal thermometry compared with oral thermometry in detecting fever in Black and White patients hospitalized with infection.

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