[Portuguese Translation] Limitations of Temporal (Forehead) Temperature Readings as a Screening Method for Covid-19

 

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Verfasser: Aragón-Vargas, Luis Fernando
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publikationsdatum:2020
Beschreibung:As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to evolve, many countries are in the process of reopening schools, churches, and businesses. In an effort to screen for potentially infected individuals, temporal artery (forehead) temperature is measured in thousands of people each day. This editorial discusses some of the major limitations of this procedure as a screening method for Covid-19 and warns against the danger of the false sense of security that this practice may cause
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Sprache:Portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/42506
Online Zugang:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/pem/article/view/42506
Stichwort:pandemic control measures
exercise
thermoregulation
fever
medidas de control pandémico
ejercicio
termorregulación
fiebre
medidas de controle pandêmico
exercício
termorregulação
febre