The PAWPER tape: A new concept tape-based device that increases the accuracy of weight estimation in children through the inclusion of a modifier based on body habitus

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 227-232

  Wells, Mike ^a   Coovadia, Ashraf ^a   Kramer, Efraim ^a   Goldstein, Lara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Broselow tape; Children; PAWPER tape; Resuscitation; Resuscitation aid; Weight estimation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BROSELOW TAPE; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PAWPER TAPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA;

BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 84873465244     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.05.028     Document Type: Article

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