EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, cilt.15, sa.6, ss.334-337, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)
Objectives The purpose of this study was to compare the results of body temperature obtained by a nurse with standard mercury thermometers from axillary and oral regions with the results of infrared tympanic thermometer in febrile and afebrile patients/in older and younger adults with or without fever, and to determine whether tympanic measures are suitable for use in the elderly population.