Deficiencies in calculation and applied mathematics skills in pediatrics among primary care interns. Pediatr Emerg Care 1999 15:17-18.īroselow J, Luten R, inventors Vital Signs, Inc, assignee.
Doctors, nurses, and parents are equally poor at estimating pediatric weights. The accuracy of visual estimation of body weight in the ED. Key words: Body weights and measures, India, Child, Emergencies, Developing countriesĪnglemyer BL, Hernandez C, Brice JH, Zou B. CONCLUSIONS: The Broselow™ Pediatric Emergency Tape showed good evidence for being more reliable in children of the 18 kg. The Broselow™ color-coded zone agreement was 74.8% in the 18 kg group. Total agreement between color-coding was 63.18% ( κ=0.582). RESULTS: The male-to-female ratio of the patients was 1.3:1. Accuracy was determined as color-coded zone prediction and measured weight concordance, including the percentage overestimation by 1-2 zones.
Standard deviation was measured to determine precision. Concordant results were those with a mean percent difference within 3%. We calculated the percentage difference between the Broselow-predicted weight and the measured weight as a measure of tape bias. We hypothesized that the Broselow™ Pediatric Emergency Tape would overestimate weights in Indian children aged18 kg.
The present study attempted to provide more evidence on the effectiveness of the Broselow™ Pediatric Emergency Tape by comparing the tape-estimated weights with actual weights. BACKGROUND: The Broselow™ Pediatric Emergency Tape indicates standardized, pre-calculated medication doses, dose delivery volumes, and equipment sizes using color-coded zones based on height-weight correlations.
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