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Estimating children’s weight in a Rwandan emergency centre

INTRODUCTION: Most drugs, fluids and ventilator settings depend on the weight of a paediatric patient. However, knowledge of the weight is often unavailable as the urgency of the situation may impede measurement. The most common methods for paediatric weight estimation are based on height or age. Th...

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Autores principales: Manirafasha, Appolinaire, Yi, Sojung, Cattermole, Giles N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6223606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30456148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2018.03.003