1. Effect of Otitis Media and Cerumen Occlusion on Body Temperature Measured by Thermometers
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Hyung Min Cho, Ju Hee You, Yong Wook Kim, Kyoung Sim Kim, Eun Young Kim, Eun Jung Yoo, Eun Sung Kim, and Seong Nam Jeong
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business.industry ,Dentistry ,Infectious Diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Otitis ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,Medicine ,CERUMEN OCCLUSION ,sense organs ,Temperature difference ,Otoscope ,Ear canal ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Purpose : To examine the effect of unilateral otitis media and unilateral cerumen occlusion of the ear canal on thermometers. Methods : One hundred eighty six children with unilateral otitis media, fifty children with unilateral cerumen occlusion, and fifty children with neither otitis media nor cerumen were enrolled. Temperature was measured in both ear canals using thermometers. After 15 minutes, second temperature was measured again in both ears. Unilateral otitis media was graded by video otoscope for 7 grades. Differences in temperatures between affected ears and unaffected ears were analyzed. Results : No temperature difference between the normal and cerumen groups was observed. The mean temperature of the otitis media ear canal was higher than that of the intact ear canal ( vs ; P
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- 2010
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