Mid-arm circumference can be used to estimate weight of adult and adolescent patients

OBJECTIVES: Many drug and fluid regimens in emergency medicine are weight dependent in adults, but no standard adult weight estimation tools exist. Paediatric weight is often estimated in emergency situations using methods based on age or height when direct measurement is not possible, and recently,...

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Autores principales: Cattermole, Giles N, Graham, Colin A, Rainer, Timothy H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5502250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27993936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2015-205623

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5502250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27993936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2015-205623

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