Presented are also calibration results of certain clinical radiation thermometers and their improvement in the past few years in terms of accuracy and uncertainty. The article describes dilemmas in measurement of human body temperature and thermometers used for its measurement.
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Dilemmas in measurement of human body temperature. Forehead skin temperature measurements using liquid crystal plastic discs were unreliable. Presented are also calibration. To none of these dilemmas exists a straight answer. Pulmonary artery and rectal temperature measurements were satisfactory in operating theatre and intensive care unit. However electronic thermometers should be subjected to routine checks. The average normal body temperature is most often said to be 986 f 37 c.
But our bodies have changed. Instrumentation science and technology 2009. This may have been correct when it was first determined 150 years ago. Pušnik i miklavec a. 979 f to 1004 f. Nonetheless scientific data that define normal temperatures in.
For a typical adult body temperature can be anywhere from 97 f to 99 f. Babies and children have a little higher range. To none of these dilemmas exists a straight answer. The second dilemma is where to measure human body temperature in terms of body sites. The third dilemma is how to measure human body temperature namely which thermometers to use. While typically 986f 370c is considered a normal temperature some studies have shown that normal body temperature can be within a wide range from 97f 361c to 99f 372c.
More recent research suggests that the average adult body temperature is about one degree lower 975 f 364 c. It depends on sex age time of day exertion level health status such as illness and menstruation what part of the body the measurement is taken at state of consciousness waking sleeping sedated and emotions. Dilemmas in measurement of human body temperature. Your temperature doesnt stay same all day and it. The normal human body temperature range is typically stated as 365375 c 977995 f. The first dilemma in measurement of human body temperature is what could be considered as normal or as increased body temperature.
The article describes dilemmas in measurement of human body temperature and thermometers used for its measurement. Human body temperature varies. Body temperature is routinely measured as 1 of the 4 vital signs and when elevated triggers a search for an explanation.