Evaluation of the Mercy TAPE: Performance against the standard for pediatric weight estimation

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Abdel Rahman, Susan M ^a,b   Paul, Ian M ^c   James, Laura P ^d   Lewandowski, Andrew ^e  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84884500209     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.02.021     Document Type: Article

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