Table 1 Construction, number, and measurement range of analysed thermometers
From: Body temperature measurement in ambulance: a challenge of 21-st century?
Classical clinical thermometers | Skin (infrared) thermometers | Ear (infrared) thermometers | Thermometers designed to Tc measurement | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cardiomonitor-dedicated probe | Autonomous devices | ||||||||||||
Lower limit of measurement range (°C) | < 28 | ≥28 | ≥32 | < 28 | ≥28 | ≥32 | < 28 | ≥28 | ≥32 | Model A | Model B | 17 | |
24,8 | 0 | ||||||||||||
n | 9 | 135 | 163 | 158 | 193 | 711 | 106 | 27 | 23 | 1525 | |||
Total in category | 307 (20.13%) | 351 (23.02%) | 817 (53.57%) | 50 (3.28%) | |||||||||