Are "virtual" paediatric weight estimation studies valid?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

"Virtual" studies account for nearly one-third of all published weight estimation articles, but the validity of these virtual studies has never been evaluated. It is important to establish this validity in order to decide whether the results of these studies can be applied to real-world usage. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the accuracy of virtual weight estimates using the Broselow and PAWPER tapes and compare these to actual real-life estimates from the tapes.

Methods

Virtual weights were generated for the Broselow and PAWPER tapes using anthropometric data from a sample of 1385 children for whom actual Broselow and PAWPER tape weights were available. The accuracy of the virtual and real-life estimates was compared against each child's actual we

SUBMITTER: Wells M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6400007 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature