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Axillary temperature differences in hemiplegia.

G Mulley
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Axillary temperatures were compared in 30 hemiplegic patients. The temperature in the unaffected axilla was greater than or equal to 0.2 degrees C higher in 25 patients, and was greater than or equal to 0.5 degrees C higher in 14 patients. In 4 patients, there was an axillary temperature difference of greater than or equal to 1 degrees C. Axillary temperature readings should always be taken from the normal arm in hemiplegic patients.

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G Mulley. 1980. Axillary temperature differences in hemiplegia.. https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.56.654.248

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