Weight Estimation for Drug Dose Calculations in the Prehospital Setting - A Systematic Review.
Mike WellsBrendon HenryLara GoldsteinPublished in: Prehospital and disaster medicine (2023)
There were limited robust data identified on the accuracy of different weight estimation methods used in the prehospital setting. Future high-quality clinical research in this area is of critical importance to ensure patient safety in the prehospital environment.
Keyphrases
- patient safety
- cardiac arrest
- trauma patients
- emergency medical
- body mass index
- quality improvement
- weight loss
- physical activity
- electronic health record
- density functional theory
- body weight
- current status
- molecular dynamics simulations
- big data
- emergency department
- machine learning
- adverse drug
- monte carlo
- artificial intelligence