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A correlation analysis of BroselowTM Pediatric Emergency Tape-determined pediatric weight with actual pediatric weight in India 被引量:2

A correlation analysis of Broselow^(TM) Pediatric Emergency Tape-determined pediatric weight with actual pediatric weight in India
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摘要 BACKGROUND:The Broselow?Pediatric Emergency Tape indicates standardized,precalculated medication doses,dose delivery volumes,and equipment sizes using color-coded zones based on height-weight correlations.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.We hypothesized that the Broselow?Pediatric Emergency Tape would overestimate weights in Indian children aged<10 years,leading to inaccurate dosing and equipment sizing in the emergency setting.METHODS:This prospective study of pediatric patients aged<10 years who were divided into three groups based on actual body weight:<10 kg,10–18 kg,and>18 kg.We calculated the percentage difference between the Broselow-predicted weight and the measured weight as a measure of tape bias.Concordant results were those with a mean percent difference within 3%.Standard deviation was measured to determine precision.Accuracy was determined as color-coded zone prediction and measured weight concordance,including the percentage overestimation by 1–2 zones.RESULTS:The male-to-female ratio of the patients was 1.3:1.Total agreement between colorcoding was 63.18%(κ=0.582).The Broselow?color-coded zone agreement was 74.8%in the<10kg group,61.24%in the 10–18 kg group,and 53.42%in the>18 kg group.CONCLUSIONS:The Broselow?Pediatric Emergency Tape showed good evidence for being more reliable in children of the<10 kg and 10–18 kg groups.However,as pediatric weight increased,predictive reliability decreased.This raises concerns over the use of the Broselow?Pediatric Emergency Tape in Indian children because body weight was overestimated in those weighing>18 kg. BACKGROUND: The BroselowTM Pediatric Emergency Tape indicates standardized, pre- calculated medication doses, dose delivery volumes, and equipment sizes using color-coded zones based on height-weight correlations. The present study attempted to provide more evidence on the effectiveness of the BroselowTM Pediatric Emergency Tape by comparing the tape-estimated weights with actual weights. We hypothesized that the BroselowTM Pediatric Emergency Tape would overestimate weights in Indian children aged〈10 years, leading to inaccurate dosing and equipment sizing in the emergency setting. METHODS: This prospective study of pediatric patients aged 〈10 years who were divided into three groups based on actual body weight: 〈10 kg, 10-18 kg, and 〉18 kg. We calculated the percentage difference between the Broselow-predicted weight and the measured weight as a measure of tape bias. Concordant results were those with a mean percent difference within 3%. Standard deviation was measured to determine precision. Accuracy was determined as color-coded zone prediction and measured weight concordance, including the percentage overestimation by 1-2 zones. RESULTS: The male-to-female ratio of the patients was 1.3:1. Total agreement between color- coding was 63.18% (K=0.582). The BroselowTM color-coded zone agreement was 74.8% in the 〈10 kg group, 61.24% in the 10-18 kg group, and 53.42% in the 〉18 kg group. CONCLUSIONS: The BroselowTM Pediatric Emergency Tape showed good evidence for being more reliable in children of the 〈10 kg and 10-18 kg groups. However, as pediatric weight increased, predictive reliability decreased. This raises concerns over the use of the BroselowTM Pediatric Emergency Tape in Indian children because body weight was overestimated in those weighing 〉18 kg.
出处 《World Journal of Emergency Medicine》 CAS 2016年第1期40-43,共4页 世界急诊医学杂志(英文)
关键词 Body weights and measures INDIA Child EMERGENCIES Developing countries Body weights and measures India Child Emergencies Developing countries
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