Is the broselow tape a reliable indicator for use in all pediatric trauma patients? : A look at a rural trauma center

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 479-482

  Knight, Jennifer Christine ^a   Nazim, Muhammad ^a   Riggs, Dale ^a   Channel, Jane ^a   Mullet, Charles ^a   Vaughan, Richard ^a   Wilson, Alison ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Broselow tape; Length based tape; Pediatric resuscitation; Pediatric trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BROSELOW TAPE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG DOSE; EMERGENCY CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICATION ERROR; REGISTER; RESUSCITATION; RISK REDUCTION; WEIGHT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79960006727     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31821d8559     Document Type: Article

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