The evaluation of potential weight-estimation methods in a primarily HIV positive cohort in Botswana for use in resource limited settings

Appropriate drug dosing in children should be calculated based on a child’s weight. In resource constrained settings however, inaccurate drug dosing is common due to the absence of working weight scales. Existing proxies for weight, such as those based on age or height, have been shown to be problem...

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Main Author: Wozniak, Roberta
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43843