A study to predict weight of children aged upto 2 years based on foot length for emergency drug dosage calculation on basis of predicted weight.
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 12
Abstract
Background: Anthropometry is the science of measurement of human body and is important part of clinical examination. Foot length is an important the growth parameter. Aims & Objective s : (1) To determine correlation between foot length, weight & length of child. (2) To compare drug dosage calculated as per predicted weight from foot length with those calculated on the basis of actual weight. Materials and Methods: The study was a cross sectional study. After taking consent of the parents, 250 chil dren age up to 2 years admitted in NICU and PICU during April 2008 to October 2008 were selected by purposive sampling. Information on anthropometri c measurements like weight, Head circumference, height and foot length were collected and analyzed using app ropriate software. Results: Out of 250 children, 113 (45.2%) are 0 - 28 days, 87 (34.8%) are 29 days to 1 year, 48 (21%) are between 1 to 2 years of age. The scatter diagram demonstrate a significant correlation between foot length and weight (r 2 = 0.948 ; p< 0.01) and between foot length and length (r 2 = 0.94; p<0.01). The weight of the child up to 2 years can be calculated by mathematical formula, using best fit regression line is weight = - 4.55 + [1.222 + foot length in cm]. The dose calculated on the ba sis of predicted weight exceeded the standard dose up to + 2.48 - 2.50% for drugs. Conclusion: There is significant direct correlation between foot length and weight and also with length in child up to 2 years.
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Unnati Asari, Ashish Kharadi, Mukesh Suvera, Ushma Baranda, Pradip Damor, Nilesh Thakor
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- DOI 10.5455/ijm sph. 2014. 1 4 0 9 2014 1
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