Estimation of Total Body Weight in Obese Patients

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 139-145

  Crandall, Cameron S ^a   Gardner, Stephanie ^b   Braude, Darren A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PHI Air Medical of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 65349149352     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: 15326497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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