Läkartidningen
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Comparative Study
[Swedish physicians smoke least in all the world. A new study of smoking habits and attitudes to tobacco].
Since 1969, studies of Swedish doctors' tobacco habits and attitudes have been carried out regularly every fifth year. The present investigation was made in 2001 in the form of a questionnaire distributed to a random sample of 5% of Swedish doctors (n = 1,367). The response rate was 80%. ⋯ The number of smokers in the general Swedish population was as low as 19% in 2001, achieving the WHO goal for the year 2000. The low, unchanged level of 6% of doctors who smoke daily indicates that it might be possible to achieve a target level of 5-10% among the general population. The slowly increasing use of snuff requires further studies.
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Comparative Study
[Tympanic thermometers are of great value for health check ups of newborn infants].
In a study of 81 healthy, newborn infants (60 term, postnatal age 2-18 h) tympanic and axillary measurements were compared with rectal temperatures. Mean (95% confidence interval) rectal temperature was 36.9 degrees C (36.8-37.0 degrees C), min-max range: 35.9-37.8 degrees C. ⋯ Rectal temperature > 37.4 degrees C (> +1SD, N = 7): tympanic sensitivity 86% (42-100%) and axillary 0% (0-41%), tympanic specificity 95% (97-99%) and axillary 99% (93-100%). Tympanic measurements give valuable information in checking for normal body temperature in newborn infants.