"Thermometers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Measuring instruments for determining the temperature of matter. Most thermometers used in the field of medicine are designed for measuring body temperature or for use in the clinical laboratory. (From UMDNS, 1999)
| Descriptor ID |
D013821
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.900
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thermometers" by people in Profiles.
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An initial study on the agreement of body temperatures measured by infrared cameras and oral thermometry. Sci Rep. 2021 06 07; 11(1):11901.
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Axillary Digital Thermometers uplifted a multidrug-susceptible Candida auris outbreak among COVID-19 patients in Brazil. Mycoses. 2021 Sep; 64(9):1062-1072.
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Design and Development of a Low Cost, Non-Contact Infrared Thermometer with Range Compensation. Sensors (Basel). 2021 May 31; 21(11).
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Reliability of Body Temperature Measurements Obtained with Contactless Infrared Point Thermometers Commonly Used during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Sensors (Basel). 2021 May 30; 21(11).
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Temperature should not be measured on forearm with infrared thermometers for Covid-19 screening. Salud Publica Mex. 2021 May 03; 63(3 May-Jun):327.
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Tympanic thermometers support fast and accurate temperature monitoring in acute and alternative care. Br J Nurs. 2021 Mar 11; 30(5):288-295.
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Is current body temperature measurement practice fit-for-purpose? J Med Eng Technol. 2021 Feb; 45(2):136-144.
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Comparison of forehead temperature screening with infra-red thermometer and thermal imaging scanner. J Hosp Infect. 2021 05; 111:208-209.
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Considerations and a call to action for the use of noncontact forehead infrared handheld thermometers during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Glob Health. 2021 Jan 30; 11:03023.
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How fever is defined in COVID-19 publications: a disturbing lack of precision. J Perinat Med. 2021 Mar 26; 49(3):255-261.