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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Title:	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.
Authors:	Appelbaum, N Clarke, J Maconochie, I Darzi, A
Item 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].
Issue Date:	6-Dec-2017
Date of Acceptance:	30-Nov-2017
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/55651
DOI:	https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2017.11.094
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 access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Publication Status:	Published
Open Access location:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5738197/
Appears in Collections:	Department of Surgery and Cancer