"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 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thermometers" by people in Profiles.
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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.
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Feasibility and Efficacy of a Smart Mat Technology to Predict Development of Diabetic Plantar Ulcers. Diabetes Care. 2017 07; 40(7):973-980.
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Nanotechnology: Tiny thermometers used in living cells. Nature. 2013 Aug 01; 500(7460):36-7.
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Independence of brain and trunk temperature during hypothermic preconditioning in rats. J Neurosci Methods. 2009 May 15; 179(2):179-83.
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Thermal maps around two adjacent cryoprobes creating overlapping ablations in porcine liver, lung, and kidney. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2007 Feb; 18(2):283-7.
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Detecting fever in young infants: reliability of perceived, pacifier, and temporal artery temperatures in infants younger than 3 months of age. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2003 Aug; 19(4):240-3.
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The pacifier thermometer. Will it be useful? Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997 Jun; 151(6):543-4.
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Infrared tympanic thermometry in the pediatric intensive care unit. Crit Care Med. 1993 Aug; 21(8):1181-5.
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Adoption of thermometry into clinical practice in the United States. Rev Infect Dis. 1987 Nov-Dec; 9(6):1193-201.
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Edouard Seguin and the social power of thermometry. N Engl J Med. 1987 Jan 08; 316(2):115-7.