Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8716958 | African Journal of Emergency Medicine | 2017 | 18 Pages |
Abstract
The PAWPER tape, the Wozniak method and the Mercy method achieved an acceptable level of accuracy in studies from low- and middle-income countries and should preferentially be used and further advanced for clinical emergency medicine practice. Parental estimates may be considered if the regular caregiver of the child is present and a recent measured weight is known. The Broselow tape and age-based formulas should be abandoned in low- and middle-income country populations as they are potentially dangerously inaccurate.
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Authors
Mike Wells, Lara Nicole Goldstein, Alison Bentley,