A better way to estimate adult patients' weights

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1060-1064

  Lin, Brian W ^a   Yoshida, Douglas ^b   Quinn, James ^b   Strehlow, Matthew ^b  

^a Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NURSE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449513731     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.08.018     Document Type: Article

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