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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,...
Autores principales: | Cattermole, Giles N, Graham, Colin A, Rainer, Timothy H |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2017
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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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