Can ED staff accurately estimate the weight of adult patients?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-312

  Kahn, Christopher A ^a   Oman, Jennifer A ^a   Rudkin, Scott E ^a   Anderson, Craig L ^a   Sultani, Deeba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THINNESS;

EID: 33847684291     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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