Weighing the pediatric patient during trauma resuscitation and its concordance with estimated weight using Broselow Luten Emergency Tape
| Autor: | Madhumita Sinha, Kevin N Foster, Alan Frechette, Myra Wong Lezine |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Resuscitation Adolescent Estimated Weight Concordance Medicine Humans Body Weights and Measures Obesity Child Broselow Pediatric Emergency Tape business.industry Body Weight Infant Newborn Infant General Medicine medicine.disease Confidence interval Surgery Pediatric patient Cross-Sectional Studies Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Emergency Medicine Feasibility Studies Wounds and Injuries Female Emergencies Trauma resuscitation business Pediatric trauma |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric emergency care. 28(6) |
| ISSN: | 1535-1815 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE Obtaining an accurate weight is crucial during pediatric trauma/medical resuscitation. Currently, length-based weight estimations are used. Study objective was to assess feasibility of obtaining actual weights of children during trauma resuscitation and study its concordance with length-based estimated weight using the Broselow Pediatric Emergency Tape. METHODS Pediatric trauma patients 0 to 14 years old presenting to a tertiary care pediatric trauma center between November 2008 and October 2009 were enrolled prospectively. Length-based weight estimation was done on patient arrival using the Broselow tape; in addition, an actual patient weight was recorded using the trauma stretcher integrated weighing scale. RESULTS Two hundred thirty-one patients were eligible and enrolled. Weights were recorded in 145 children (63.2%). In 27 patients (18.6%) whose body length exceeded Broselow tape range, weight was measured using stretcher scale only. The remaining 118 patients (mean age, 5.0 [SE ± 0.3] years; 67% male) were used for correlation analysis. There was good correlation (Pearson correlation coefficient, r = 0.86) between estimated weight and measured weight. However, Bland-Altman analysis showed mean bias +2.6 kg (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.6-3.6 kg); lower/upper limits of agreement were -8.3 kg (CI, -10.0 to -6.6 kg) and 13.5 kg (CI, 11.7-15.2 kg). CONCLUSIONS It is possible to obtain an actual patient weight during pediatric trauma resuscitation. Length-based estimated weight using Broselow tape underestimated weight by 2.6 kg; the mean error was greatest in the highest weight category. |
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