Just too many things to remember? A survey of paediatric trainees' recall of Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) weight estimation formulae

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 921-

  Marikar, Dilshad ^a   Varshneya, Kani ^b   Wahid, Amar ^a   Apakama, Okwuchi ^a  

^a WATFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SIMULATION; SKILL;

ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY; GENERAL PAEDIATRICS;

ALGORITHMS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MENTAL RECALL; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 84885710543     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304360     Document Type: Letter

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