Of the following patients,which one is the best candidate to have his temperature measured orally?

A) A 27-year-old postoperative patient with an elevated temperature.
B) A teenage boy who has just returned from outside "for a smoke."
C) An 87-year-old confused male suspected of hypothermia.
D) A 20-year-old male with a history of epilepsy.

An elevated temperature needs to be evaluated,and no contraindication is described for this patient.Ingestion of hot/cold fluids or foods,smoking,or receiving oxygen by mask/cannula can necessitate delays in measuring oral temperature.Oral temperatures are not measured in patients who have just had oral surgery or trauma,have a history of epilepsy,or have shaking chills,and they should not be measured in infants,small children,or confused patients.