Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3228144 | Annals of Emergency Medicine | 2016 | 21 Pages |
Abstract
Parent estimation and length-based methods with adjustment for body habitus are the most accurate methods to predict children's total (actual) body weight. Age-based formulae and length-based methods without habitus adjustment likely tend to predict ideal body weight.
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Authors
Kelly D. MD, MS, Noah C. Korotzer,