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- 2016
A correlation analysis of Broselow? Pediatric Emergency Tape-determined pediatric weight with actual pediatric weight in IndiaDOI: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2016.01.007 Keywords: Body weights and measures, India, Child, Emergencies, Developing countries Abstract: The Broselow? Pediatric Emergency Tape indicates standardized, pre-calculated medication doses, dose delivery volumes, and equipment sizes using color-coded zones based on height-weight correlations. The present study attempted to provide more evidence on the effectiveness of the Broselow? Pediatric Emergency Tape by comparing the tape-estimated weights with actual weights. We hypothesized that the Broselow? Pediatric Emergency Tape would overestimate weights in Indian children aged<10 years, leading to inaccurate dosing and equipment sizing in the emergency setting
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