ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2018
An algorithm to improve the accuracy of emergency weight estimation in obese children.
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- Is there evidence that length-based tapes with precalculated drug doses increase the accuracy of drug dose calculations in children? A systematic review.Clinical and experimental emergency medicine · 2024Pooled it
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- Estimating Lean Body Weight in Adults With the PAWPER XL-MAC Tape Using Actual Measured Weight as an Input Variable.Cureus · 2022Article
- Pediatric weight estimation: validation of the PAWPER XL tape and the PAWPER XL tape mid-arm circumference method in a South African hospital.Clinical and experimental emergency medicine · 2020Article
- Validation of two pediatric resuscitation tapes.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2020Article
- The utility of pediatric age-based weight estimation formulas for emergency drug dose calculations in obese children.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2020Article
- Using the Mercy Method to Estimate Ideal Body Weight in Children: A Description and Validation of a New Methodology.Cureus · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionDuring medical emergencies in children, accurate and appropriate weight estimations may ultimately influence the outcome by facilitating the delivery of safe and effective doses of medications. Children at the extremes of habitus, especially obese children, are more at risk of an inaccurate weight estimation and therefore may be more at risk of medication errors. The objective was therefore to develop an algorithm to guide accurate emergency weight estimation in obese children.
methodsRelevant medical evidence was reviewed regarding weight estimation and its role and timing in the resuscitation of obese children. This was used as the basis for a weight-estimation algorithm.
resultsThere was limited evidence regarding the way the weight-estimation systems should be used in obese children other than that the dual length- and habitus-based systems were the most accurate. The methods included in the algorithm were the Broselow tape, the Mercy method, parental estimates, the paediatric advanced weight prediction in the emergency room/ eXtra Length-eXtra Large (PAWPER XL) tape and the Traub-Johnson formula. The algorithm recognised several ways in which weight estimation could be tailored to the clinical scenario to estimate both ideal and total body weight.
conclusionWeight-estimation in obese children must be conducted appropriately to avoid medication errors. This algorithm provides a framework to achieve this.
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