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Multicenter Study
. 2021 May 11;325(18):1899-1901.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.1541.

Oral Temperature of Noninfected Hospitalized Patients

Sidra L Speaker  1 , Elizabeth R Pfoh  2 , Matthew A Pappas  2 , Bo Hu  3 , Michael B Rothberg  2
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Multicenter Study

Oral Temperature of Noninfected Hospitalized Patients

Sidra L Speaker et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This study describes oral temperatures in a large sample of nonsurgical inpatients without infections to inform evaluation of fever in the hospital.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Pfoh reported receiving a loan repayment grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Dr Pappas reported receiving grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

Figures

Figure.
Figure.. Diurnal Variation in Oral Temperature of Noninfected Hospitalized Patients
The graph shows mean change in temperature with 95% CI error bars for the time-of-day variable in the mixed linear regression model on oral temperature, which includes the covariables listed in the Table.
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