Too tall for the tape: The weight of schoolchildren who do not fit the Broselow tape

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 541-544

  Cattermole, G N ^a   Leung, P Y M ^b   Graham, C A ^c   Rainer, T H ^c  

^a Princess Royal University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BROSELOW TAPE; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DEVICES; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 84902544049     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-202325     Document Type: Article

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