An anthropometric evidence against the use of age-based estimation of bodyweight in pediatric patients admitted to intensive care units

Age-based bodyweight estimation is commonly used in pediatric settings, but pediatric ICU patients often have preexisting comorbidity and resulting failure to thrive, hence their anthropometric measures may be small-for-age. Accordingly, age-based methods could overestimate bodyweight in such settin...

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Autores principales: Nosaka, Nobuyuki, Anzai, Tatsuhiko, Uchimido, Ryo, Mishima, Yuka, Takahashi, Kunihiko, Wakabayashi, Kenji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9981604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36864218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30566-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9981604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36864218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30566-3

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