Best Guess method: A further external validation study and comparison with other methods: Paediatric Emergency Medicine

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-74

  Casey, Julian ^a   Borland, Meredith ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Best Guess; Child; Formula; Paediatric weight estimation; Weight

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BEST GUESS METHOD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BROSELOW METHOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77049088733     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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