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Forest plots of the accuracy of infrared thermometer at the temporal and the tympanic sites (index devices) versus mercury-in-glass or digital thermometer at the rectal site (reference standard device) among studies using 38 °C as cut-off values of temperature for index and reference standard devices. TP true positive, FP false positive, FN false negative, TN true negative, CI confidence interval
