Are APLS formulae for estimating weight appropriate for use in children admitted to PICU?

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 927-931

  Flannigan, Christopher ^a   Bourke, Thomas W ^b   Sproule, Ashey ^b   Stevenson, Mike ^c   Terris, Mark ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body weight; Child; Electronic Prescribing; Emergencies; Great Britain; Intensive care units, Paediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; APLS FORMULA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX ALLOCATION; ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOMETRY; HOSPITALIZATION; MORPHOMETRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84902276014     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.03.313     Document Type: Article

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