Estimating the weight of children in Kenya: Do the broselow tape and age-based formulas measure up?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  House, Darlene R ^a,b   Ngetich, Eric ^b,c   Vreeman, Rachel C ^a,b   Rusyniak, Daniel E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ACADEMIC MODEL PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AMPATH   (Kenya)

^c MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BROSELOW TAPE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EMERGENCY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84871292762     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.07.110     Document Type: Article

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