How well does the Best Guess method predict children's weight in an emergency department in 2018-2019?

Daming PanMieke FosterAndrew TaggSharon KlimAnne-Maree Kelly

Published in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2019)

The Best Guess method has not reduced in accuracy as a weight estimation method in emergent situations in this Australian cohort, despite a tendency to slightly over-estimate children's weight. Further study is needed to test the Best Guess method's accuracy in ethnic subgroups.

Keyphrases

emergency department
body mass index
weight loss
physical activity
young adults
weight gain
body weight