Routine Temperature Taking
- 1 October 1972
- journal article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Vol. 50 (4) , 664
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.50.4.664
Abstract
I also assure Dr. Sarshik that he is not alone in his thought about routine temperature taking in pediatrics. I was accepted as a correspondent member of Colombia's National Medicine Academy in 1966 with an essay on this subject, in which I stated that during my 24 years of practicing pediatrics I never routinely took temperatures of children in my office. Besides, I criticize routine rectal temperature taking because of hygienic and esthetic reasons, and possible psychological damages during the anal phase.Keywords
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