Weight Estimation without Waiting: Design, Development and Testing of a Mobile Application to Measure the Length and Estimate the Weight of New Zealand Children for Advanced Paediatric Resuscitation

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Weight Estimation without Waiting: Design, Development and Testing of a Mobile Application to Measure the Length and Estimate the Weight of New Zealand Children for Advanced Paediatric Resuscitation

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Auckland University of Technology

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Background Weight estimation is critical in paediatric resuscitation as the time taken to weigh a child could directly influence their survival and quality of life. Unfortunately, the weight estimation techniques used in New Zealand are not accurate which, impacts the complexity of prescribing medication doses and selecting equipment size used in treatment during paediatric resuscitation. Aim Mobile technology could streamline the process of weight estimation and paediatric resuscitation. The...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2020

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Britnell, Sally

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https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/13252

Related subjects

Computer Visision / Paediatric / Resuscitation / Application Development

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