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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
The PAWPER tape: A new concept tape-based device that increases the accuracy of weight estimation in children through the inclusion of a modifier based on body habitus
Resuscitation, Volume 84, No. 2, Year 2013
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Aims: Weight estimations in children, which are required when actual weight cannot be measured, are often very inaccurate because of variations in body habitus not accounted for in the estimating methodology. This study was conducted to evaluate the accuracy of the PAWPER tape, a new two-step weight-estimation tape device which employs a length-based habitus-modified weight estimation system. Methods: This was a prospective study in the Emergency Departments of two hospitals in Johannesburg, South Africa on a population of children aged from 1 month to 12 years. Each child had their weight estimated by both the Broselow tape and the PAWPER tape. These weight estimates were then compared against measured weight to determine the bias and precision of the estimation techniques. Results: The PAWPER tape performed well, and better than the Broselow tape in every analysis performed. The mean percentage error was -3.8% vs 0% and the root mean squared percentage error was 9.1% vs 4.5% for the Broselow tape and PAWPER tape, respectively (. p<. 0.0001). The Broselow tape predicted weight to within 10% of actual weight in 63.6% of children and the PAWPER tape in 89.2% (. p<. 0.0001). The difference between the performances of the Broselow tape and PAWPER tape was most pronounced in children >20. kg, and in children above or below average weight-for-length. Conclusions: The PAWPER tape has been shown to be a simple and reliable method of weight estimation in children and infants. The inclusion of an appraisal of body habitus in the methodology considerably improved the accuracy of weight estimation. © 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Wells, Mike D.
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences
Coovadia, Ashraf Hassen
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences
Kramer, Efraim Benjamin
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences
Goldstein, L. N.
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences
Statistics
Citations: 68
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.05.028
ISSN:
03009572
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Locations
South Africa