Doctors and nurses estimation of the weight of patients: A preventable source of systematic error

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 611-615

  Greene, Shaun ^a   Dargan, Paul ^a   Shin, G Y ^a   Jones, A I ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug error; Estimation; Paracetamol; Patient weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DOSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTOXICATION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICATION ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDOTES; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OVERDOSE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; POISONING;

EID: 4644245617     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-200026969     Document Type: Article

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