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Mean body temperature of the patient using each thermometer (n = 497). Between 16 October 2021 and 5 February 2022, temperatures at home or at work with a gallium thermometer and two electronic thermometers measured at approximately the same timing were recorded 497 times by the patients themselves. Statistically significant differences: p < 0.01, repeated-measures ANOVA and p < 0.01, paired t-test with Bonferroni's correction. Predictive electronic thermometer A, MC-681; Predictive electronic thermometer B, C232; Gallium thermometer, IX-101L.
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TERUMO Co., Ltd., Japan; Supplemental Figure S1). Considering the differences between the prediction algorithms of these thermometers, we decided to use an analog thermometer:a gallium thermometer (IX-101L, OnSQUARE Co., Ltd., Japan) (Supplemental Figure S1):in combination with the other thermometers. The results showed a significant difference between the two predictive electronic thermometers and the gallium thermometer (Figure 1).