An anthropometric evidence against the use of age-based estimation of bodyweight in pediatric patients admitted to intensive care units
Abstract Age-based bodyweight estimation is commonly used in pediatric settings, but pediatric ICU patients often have preexisting comorbidity and resulting failure to thrive, hence their anthropometric measures may be small-for-age. Accordingly, age-based methods could overestimate bodyweight in su...
Main Authors: | Nobuyuki Nosaka, Tatsuhiko Anzai, Ryo Uchimido, Yuka Mishima, Kunihiko Takahashi, Kenji Wakabayashi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-03-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30566-3 |
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