Performance of Temporal Artery Temperature Measurement in Ruling Out Fever: Implications for COVID-19 Screening
J Gen Intern Med
.
2020 Nov;35(11):3398-3400.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06205-2.
Epub 2020 Sep 15.
Authors
Adrian D Haimovich
1
,
R Andrew Taylor
2
,
Harlan M Krumholz
3
4
,
Arjun K Venkatesh
2
4
Affiliations
1
Yale Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. adrian.haimovich@yale.edu.
2
Yale Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
3
Yale Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
4
Yale New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, New Haven, CT, USA.
PMID:
32930937
PMCID:
PMC7491363
DOI:
10.1007/s11606-020-06205-2
No abstract available
MeSH terms
Body Temperature*
COVID-19
Humans
ROC Curve
SARS-CoV-2
Sensitivity and Specificity
Temporal Arteries*
Thermometers / standards*
Grants and funding
UL1 TR001863/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States