Literature DB >> 10560685

Children's weights: guess or measure by tape?

E Molyneux, R Brogan, G Mitchell, S Gove.   

Abstract

Children's doses of drugs are prescribed according to bodyweight but in resource-poor countries weighing scales may be unavailable, inaccurate, or broken. We designed a length/weight tape for use in our community and found it reasonably accurate for weights of 4-16 kg and better than a clinician's guess.

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Keywords:  Age Factors; Americas; Child; Child Health Services; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Drugs--administraction and dosage; Health; Health Services; Maternal-child Health Services; North America; Population; Population Characteristics; Primary Health Care; Recommendations; Treatment; Youth

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Year:  1999        PMID： 10560685     DOI： 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)04552-3

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Lancet        ISSN： 0140-6736            Impact factor:   79.321


  9 in total

1.  Estimating children's weights: a developing country perspective.

Authors:  Louisa Pollock; Elizabeth Molyneux; Oliver Jefferis; James Bunn
Journal:  Arch Dis Child       Date:  2007-10       Impact factor: 3.791

2.  Validation of an improved pediatric weight estimation strategy.

Authors:  Susan M Abdel-Rahman; Nichole Ahlers; Anne Holmes; Krista Wright; Ann Harris; Jaylene Weigel; Talita Hill; Kim Baird; Marla Michaels; Gregory L Kearns
Journal:  J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther       Date:  2013-04

3.  Weight Estimation Tool for Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in Limited-Resource Settings.

Authors:  Mark E Ralston; Mark A Myatt
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2016-08-16       Impact factor: 3.240

4.  Anthropometric approximation of body weight in unresponsive stroke patients.

Authors:  M W Lorenz; M Graf; C Henke; M Hermans; U Ziemann; M Sitzer; C Foerch
Journal:  J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry       Date:  2007-05-10       Impact factor: 10.154

5.  Evaluation of the Mercy TAPE: performance against the standard for pediatric weight estimation.

Authors:  Susan M Abdel-Rahman; Ian M Paul; Laura P James; Andrew Lewandowski
Journal:  Ann Emerg Med       Date:  2013-04-17       Impact factor: 5.721

6.  Amodiaquine dosage and tolerability for intermittent preventive treatment to prevent malaria in children.

Authors:  M Cairns; B Cisse; C Sokhna; C Cames; K Simondon; E H Ba; J-F Trape; O Gaye; B M Greenwood; P J M Milligan
Journal:  Antimicrob Agents Chemother       Date:  2010-01-11       Impact factor: 5.191

7.  Evaluation of the Mercy weight estimation method in Ouelessebougou, Mali.

Authors:  Alassane Dicko; Mohamed Lamine Alhousseini; Bouran Sidibé; Moussa Traoré; Susan M Abdel-Rahman
Journal:  BMC Public Health       Date:  2014-03-21       Impact factor: 3.295

Review 8.  The accuracy of emergency weight estimation systems in children-a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Authors:  Mike Wells; Lara Nicole Goldstein; Alison Bentley
Journal:  Int J Emerg Med       Date:  2017-09-21

Review 9.  A systematic review and meta-analysis of the accuracy of weight estimation systems used in paediatric emergency care in developing countries.

Authors:  Mike Wells; Lara Nicole Goldstein; Alison Bentley
Journal:  Afr J Emerg Med       Date:  2017-09-22
  9 in total

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