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Although BT has previously been validated, given the increasing prevalence of obesity in today\u2019s society, it behooves clinicians relying on this resuscitation aid to revisit the issue.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the color-coded BT in weight estimation and the influence of obesity on its accuracy.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>This is a retrospective study conducted in a pediatric clinic of urban hospital. This study reviewed the medical records of children up to 96 months of age, who presented during 2008\u20132010. We recorded the child\u2019s age (in months), actual (measured) weight (in kilograms), and height (in centimeters). Based on the height, weight estimation was obtained using the color-coded BT. The actual weight was compared with the predicted weight obtained by the height-based BT. Patients presenting with any medical condition that would substantially affect growth of the child were excluded. A univariate logistic regression model was utilized to predict any underestimation based on age, sex, and body mass index (BMI) percentile.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The medical records of 538 children were reviewed. There was a discrepancy in 226 children (42%). Broselow Pediatric Emergency Tape underestimated weight (measured weight was higher than predicted weight) in 158 children (29.4%) and overestimated (measured weight was lower than predicted weight) in 68 children (12.6%). Of the 158 underestimated children, 138 were off by 1 color zone, 16 by 2 color zones, and 4 by more than 2 color zones. When characterized by BMI, 46 children (13.6%) had normal BMI, 27 (45.8%) were overweight, and 84 (80.8%) were obese, whereas one child (2.8%) was underweight.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>In our population, BT was inaccurate in predicting weight in 42% of children (underestimation in 158 children [29.4%] and overestimation weight in 68 children [12.6%]). However, the majority of discrepancies involved only 1 BT color zone. Emergency physicians should be aware of this discrepancy until more accurate methods become available.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1097\/pec.0000000000000982","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,1,18]],"date-time":"2017-01-18T06:57:58Z","timestamp":1484722678000},"page":"112-116","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["A Reexamination of the Accuracy of the Broselow Tape as an Instrument for Weight Estimation"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"35","author":[{"given":"Muhammad","family":"Waseem","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Justin","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hofstra North Shore\u2013LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mark","family":"Leber","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn; and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ashley E.","family":"Giambrone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Linda M.","family":"Gerber","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"bib1-20230930","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"227","DOI":"10.1097\/PEC.0b013e31803f5aca","article-title":"Accuracy of weight estimation methods for children","volume":"23","year":"2007","journal-title":"Pediatr Emerg Care"},{"key":"bib2-20230930","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"363","DOI":"10.1016\/S0736-4679(98)00182-6","article-title":"The facilitated pediatric resuscitation room","volume":"17","year":"1999","journal-title":"J Emerg Med"},{"key":"bib3-20230930","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"167","DOI":"10.1016\/S0196-0644(97)70137-9","article-title":"Analysis of parental estimates of children\u2019s weights in the ED","volume":"30","year":"1997","journal-title":"Ann Emerg Med"},{"key":"bib4-20230930","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"17","DOI":"10.1097\/00006565-199902000-00005","article-title":"Doctors, nurses, and parents are equally poor at estimating pediatric weights","volume":"15","year":"1999","journal-title":"Pediatr Emerg Care"},{"key":"bib5-20230930","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"756","DOI":"10.1136\/emj.2007.047993","article-title":"Parental weight estimation of their child\u2019s weight is more accurate than other weight estimation methods for determining children\u2019s weight in an emergency department?","volume":"24","year":"2007","journal-title":"Emerg Med J"},{"key":"bib6-20230930","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"576","DOI":"10.1016\/S0196-0644(88)80396-2","article-title":"A rapid method for estimating weight and resuscitation drug dosages from length in the pediatric age group","volume":"17","year":"1988","journal-title":"Ann Emerg Med"},{"key":"bib7-20230930","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"125","DOI":"10.1016\/S0736-4679(01)00354-7","article-title":"Estimation of pediatric patient weight by EMT-PS","volume":"21","year":"2001","journal-title":"J Emerg Med"},{"key":"bib8-20230930","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"431","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1553-2712.2008.00081.x","article-title":"Internationalizing the Broselow tape: how reliable is weight estimation in Indian children","volume":"15","year":"2008","journal-title":"Acad Emerg Med"},{"key":"bib9-20230930","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e326","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2005-0320","article-title":"Comparing the utility of a standard pediatric resuscitation cart with a pediatric resuscitation cart based on the Broselow tape: a randomized, controlled, crossover trial involving simulated resuscitation scenarios","volume":"116","year":"2005","journal-title":"Pediatrics"},{"key":"bib10-20230930","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"283","DOI":"10.1093\/bja\/88.2.283","article-title":"How reliable is length-based determination of body weight and tracheal tube size in the paediatric age group? 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