Evaluation of the Mercy TAPE: performance against the standard for pediatric weight estimation.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

We assessed the performance of 2 new devices (2D- and 3D-Mercy TAPE) to implement the Mercy Method for pediatric weight estimation and contrasted their accuracy with the Broselow method.

Methods

We enrolled children aged 2 months through 16 years in this prospective, multicenter, observational study. Height/length, weight, humeral length, and mid-upper arm circumference were obtained for each child, using calibrated scales and measures. We then made measurements with blinded versions of the 2D- and 3D-TAPEs. Using height/length data, we calculated the weight estimated by the Broselow method. We contrasted measures with mean error, mean percentage error, and percentage predicted within 10% and 20% of actual.

Results

Six hundred twenty-four participants

SUBMITTER: Abdel-Rahman SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4039210 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature