Make your Best Guess: An updated method for paediatric weight estimation in emergencies

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 528-534

  Tinning, Katie ^a   Acworth, Jason ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bodyweight; Paediatric; Statistical method

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INFANT; PEDIATRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 36249008951     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.01026.x     Document Type: Article

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