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Introduction: Accurate measurement of children's weight is rarely possible in paediatric resuscitation, and rapid estimates are made to ensure appropriate drug and fluid doses and equipment selection. Weight is commonly estimated from formulae based on children's age, or from their height using the Broselow tape. Foot-length and mid-arm circumference have also been suggested as the basis of weight-estimation formulae. Objectives: To determine which of age, height, foot-length or mid-arm circumference had the strongest relationship with weight in healthy children, to derive a simple weight-estimation formula from the strongest correlate, and to compare its performance with existing weight-estimation tools. Methods: This was a population-based prospective observational study of Hong Kong Chinese children aged 1-11 years old last birthday. Weight was measured to the nearest 0.2 kg; height, foot-length and midarm circumference to the nearest 0.1 cm. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine the strongest independent relationships with weight, and linear regression analysis derived a weight-estimation formula. Accuracy and precision of this formula were compared with standard a

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Author

G.N. Cattermole; P.Y.M. Leung; P.S.K. Mak; C.A. Graham; T.H. Rainer

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0300-9572)

Published

2010

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)