ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2022
Validity of Broselow tape for estimating the weight of children in pediatric emergency: A cross-sectional study.
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- Pediatric emergency backpacks-effects of using xABCDE- and Broselow-systems on pediatric emergency care.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Trial
- Multicentre validation of paediatric weight estimation methods in Indonesian children: a comparison of length-based, habitus-adjusted and age-based approaches.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Article
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Objective: To assess the validity of the Broselow tape in estimating the weight of Chinese children in pediatric emergency. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the emergency department of the Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China) in March 2022. Broselow tape was used to estimate weight and its validity was compared with the advanced child life support (APLS) method. Results: The study included 442 children (mean age: 48 months; male-to-female ratio: 1.13:1). The < 10, 10-19 and > 19-kg groups included 44, 257, and 141 children, respectively. The color concordance rates of the Broselow tape-estimated weight in the three groups were 56.8, 57.2, and 68.1%, respectively. The percentage of weight estimations within 10% of actual weight were 65.8% (59.1, 65.8, and 68.1% for the <10, 10-19 and > 19-kg groups, respectively) and 44.8% (40.9, 50.6, and 35.5% for the < 10, 10-19 and > 19-kg groups, respectively) using the Broselow tape and the APLS method, respectively. The correlation between the Broselow tape estimated weight and actual weight was Conclusion: The Broselow tape may be an available method for predicting the weights of Chinese children in pediatric emergency.
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