A model for habitus-adjusted paediatric weight estimation by age and data concerning the validation of this method on a large dataset of English children.
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Author(s)
Appelbaum, Nicholas
Clarke, Jonathan
Maconochie, Ian
Darzi, Ara
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
It is often not possible to weigh children upon arrival at an emergency room before commencing the provision of emergency care. Because drugs for children are prescribed on the basis of age and body weight, estimations of weight are necessitated. Age-based equations have been one of the most commonly used weight estimation strategies historically. Due to the variability of weight for age in children, and variations in body habitus, these methods are inaccurate by design (Young and Korotzer, 2016) [1].
Date Issued
2017-12-06
Date Acceptance
2017-11-30
Citation
Data in Brief, 2017, 16, pp.771-774
ISSN
2352-3409
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
771
End Page
774
Journal / Book Title
Data in Brief
Volume
16
Copyright Statement
© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open
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PII: S2352-3409(17)30690-X
Publication Status
Published