A comparison of actual to estimated weights in Australian children attending a tertiary children's' hospital, using the original and updated APLS, Luscombe and Owens, Best Guess formulae and the Broselow tape

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 392-396

  Graves, Lara ^a,b   Chayen, Gilad ^a   Peat, Jennifer ^c   O'Leary, Fenton ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Paediatric resuscitation; Weight estimation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84893913863     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.11.024     Document Type: Article

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