Abstract

Taking children's temperatures rectally is the gold standard, but the disadvantages include discomfort, risk for rectal trauma, and transmission of stool-borne pathogens. Other ways of measuring temperatures, such as oral, axillary, tympanic, and forehead strip thermometers are more convenient but less …

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