A rapid method for estimating weight and resuscitation drug dosages from length in the pediatric age group

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 576-581

  Lubitz, Deborah S ^a   Seidel, James S ^a   Chameides, Leon ^b   Luten, Robert C ^c   Zaritsky, Arno L ^d   Campbell, Frederick W ^e  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

weight estimation, pediatric

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0023880609     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(88)80396-2     Document Type: Article

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