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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-06-01
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| Series: | African Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X17301714 |