Estimating the weight of ethnically diverse children attending an Australian emergency department: a prospective, blinded, comparison of age-based and length-based tools including Mercy, PAWPER and Broselow.
Fenton O'LearyBlessy John-DennyKathryn McGarveyAlexandra HannIoannis PegiazoglouJennifer PeatPublished in: Archives of disease in childhood (2016)
In an ethnically diverse population, length-based methods with or without body habitus modification are superior to age-based methods for predicting actual body weight. Body habitus modifications increase the accuracy and precision slightly.