Journal of Perioperative & Critical Intensive Care Nursing
Open Access
ISSN: 2471-9870
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ISSN: 2471-9870
+44-20-4587-4809
Ying Chu Choi
Hong Kong
Research Article
Anthropometric Measurement of Patients Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit
Author(s): Wai Keung Cheung, Ying Chu Choi, lai Sheung Chau and Ion Ieng Laurinda MakWai Keung Cheung, Ying Chu Choi, lai Sheung Chau and Ion Ieng Laurinda Mak
Background: Visual estimation is the usual method that many healthcare professional use to estimate the body weight of patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), but this method has been shown to be significantly inaccurate. This study aimed to explores the feasibility of using fibula length to estimate the acute body weight of patients admitted to an ICU.
Methods: The study collected all ICU records in which patient’s body weight was estimated by the equation:
Males: 153.1 – (0.26 x age) – 11 + (1.05 x fibular length)
Females: 153.1 – (0.26 x age) – 22 + (1.05 x fibular length).
The body weight(BW) then estimated by: BW=20 x [estimated body height (in metres)]2. The degree of agreement between the estimated body weight by anthropometric measurement methods and the actual recorded body weight.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2471-9870.1000113