Medicine dosing by weight in the home: Can parents accurately weigh preschool children? A method comparison study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1187-1190

  Costelloe, Céire ^a   Montgomery, Alan A ^a   Redmond, Niamh M ^a   Fletcher, Margaret ^b,c   Hollinghurst, Sandra ^a   Peters, Tim J ^a   Hay, Alastair D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOME; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEIGHT;

ACETAMINOPHEN; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIPYRETICS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC NURSING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 81255211379     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300600     Document Type: Review

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