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You probably want to do oral for kids over the age of five who won't bite down on a thermometer. And a rectal temperature even though it's the most accurate, it's probably a little bit difficult ...

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Taking temperature with a rectal thermometer is more suitable for infants and small children since it would be difficult for them to hold a thermometer in their mouth. Mundkur says that it is ...

With age precision technology, the Braun Thermoscan assesses the impact of the reading based on your child’s age and not only displays the temperature on a clear, backlit LCD, but also colour codes it ...

Researchers are developing what they hope will be the first successful vaccine against the highly contagious and difficult-to ...

in adults. An oral temperature of 99.5 degrees or a rectal temperature of 100.4 degrees is considered a fever in a child or infant. Normal body temperature is typically 98.6 degrees. A fever is a ...

As an expert in outdoor cooking, Greg has written more than 30 articles on grilling and barbecuing for Food & Wine across categories including kamado grills, pizza ovens, and meat thermometers.

Background: Recent non-randomized studies suggest that extended endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is equally effective in removing large rectal adenomas as transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM).

AT a small depth (from 12 to 40 feet) below the surface of the earth the temperature is constant throughout ... under plains remote from mountains and large bodies of water (measurements 1-6).

Transanal endoscopic microsurgery and extended EMR are both effective treatments for large rectal adenomas with comparable recurrence rates. However, EMR does not require general/spinal anesthesia ...