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

 

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Autor: Aragón-Vargas, Luis Fernando
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2020
Descripción: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
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/42241
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/pem/article/view/42241
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:pandemic control measures
fever
excercise
thermoregulation
medidas de control pandémico
fiebre
ejercicio
termorregulación
medidas de controle pandêmico
febre
exercício
termorregulação