Bedside estimation of patient height for calculating ideal body weight in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-101

  Stehman, Christine R ^a   Buckley, Robert G ^a   Dos Santos, Frank L ^b   Riffenburgh, Robert H ^a,c   Swenson, Aaron ^d   Mulligan, Sheila ^e   Mjos, Nathan ^f   Brewer, Matt ^f  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b US Naval Hospital   (Italy)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

drug dosing; ideal body weight; medical error; ventilator volume settings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA;

EID: 79960559055     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.12.016     Document Type: Article

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