Do the length-based (Broselow®) tape, APLS, Argall and Nelson's formulae accurately estimate weight of Indian children?

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 889-894

  Varghese, A ^a   Vasudevan, V K ^a   Lewin, S ^a   Indumathi, C K ^a   Dinakar, C ^a   Subba Rao, S D ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Body weight; Broselow Tape; Emergencies

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; RESUSCITATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TRACHEA;

EID: 33750358621     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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