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Range For Normal Body Temperature In The General Population Of Pakistan., Mehreen Adhi, Rabia Hasan, Fatima Noman, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Anwar Naqvi, Adib-Ul-Hasan Rizv
Range For Normal Body Temperature In The General Population Of Pakistan., Mehreen Adhi, Rabia Hasan, Fatima Noman, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Anwar Naqvi, Adib-Ul-Hasan Rizv
Department of Medicine
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the range for normal body temperature in the general population of Pakistan and to determine if any age, sex and ambient temperature related variations exist in body temperature. Moreover, to compare how much axillary temperature differs from oral temperature measurements.
METHODS:
Oral as well as left and right axillary temperature recordings were made using an ordinary mercury-in-glass thermometer in 200 healthy individuals accompanying patients at various clinics at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) between mid-May to mid-June 2006. Data analysis was done using Epi Info version 3.3.
RESULTS:
The range for Normal Oral Temperatures …