Abstract

Background: Paediatric weight information is vital in paediatric anaesthesia. The gold standard is weight measured less than 24 hrs prior to induction of anaesthesia. There are a number of validated tools for paediatric weight estimation based on age. We have audited two of the most popular weight estimation tools to assess their accuracy in the paediatric population of University Hospital Limerick.

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