A new age-based formula for estimating weight of Korean children

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1129-1134

  Park, Jungho ^a   Kwak, Young Ho ^b   Kim, Do Kyun ^b   Jung, Jae Yun ^b   Lee, Jin Hee ^c   Jang, Hye Young ^d   Kim, Hahn Bom ^e   Hong, Ki Jeong ^e  

^a Yonsei Sarang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age; Body weight; Children; Estimation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADVANCED PEDIATRIC LIFE SUPPORT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BEST GUESS FORMULA; BODY WEIGHT; BROSELOW TAPE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KOREA; LEFFLER FORMULA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MORPHOMETRICS; NELSON FORMULA; NEWBORN; PARK FORMULA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SHANN FORMULA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84865291552     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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