Accuracy of weight and height estimation in an intensive care unit

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 930-934

  Maskin, L P ^a   Attie, S ^a   Setten, M ^a   Rodriguez, P O ^a   Bonelli, I ^a   Stryjewski, M E ^a,b   Valentini, R ^a  

^a Intensive Care Unit   (Argentina)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Critically ill patients; Height; Visual estimation; Weight

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956463224     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1003800519     Document Type: Article

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