Challenges With Measurement and Transcription of Patient Height: An Analysis of Patient Safety Events in Pennsylvania Related to Inaccurate Patient Height
An accurate patient height is necessary to calculate certain measurements (e.g., body surface area [BSA]) and lab values (e.g., creatinine clearance [CrCl]), which may be needed to assess renal, cardiac, and lung function and to calculate accurate medication doses. We queried the Pennsylvania Patien...
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| Language: | English |
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Patient Safety Authority
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Patient Safety |
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| Online Access: | https://patientsafetyj.com/index.php/patientsaf/article/view/403 |