Baby TAPE

Validation and human factor analysis study of an infant weight estimation device

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BMC Pediatrics • January 2020

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Abdel-Rahman SM, Paul IM, Delmore P, Chen JY, Mills M, Greenberg RG, on behalf of the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act – Pediatric Trials Network

Weight is critical for the medical management of infants; however, scales can be unavailable or inaccessible in some practice settings. We recently developed and validated a robust infant weight estimation method based on chest circumference (CC) and head circumference (HC). Among 486 infants enrolled, predicted weight was within 10 and 15% of actual weight in 86 and 99%, of infants. This device can be used to estimate weight in infants when calibrated scales are impractical or unavailable.

A Weight Estimation Strategy for Preterm and Full-Term Infants

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Global Pediatric Health • December 2017

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Abdel-Rahman SM, Paul IM, Delmore P, James L, Fearn L, Atz A, Poindexter B, Al-Uzri A, Lewandowski A, Harper B, Smith PB.

Weight is the foremost marker of health outcomes in infants; however, the majority of community workers and health care providers in remote, resource-constrained settings have limited access to functional scales. This study develops and validates a simple weight estimation strategy for infants that addresses the limitations of current approaches.

An anthropometric survey of US pre-term and full-term neonates

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Annals of Human Biology • December 2017

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Abdel-Rahman SM, Paul IM, Delmore P, James L, Fearn L, Atz AM, Poindexter BB, Al-Uzri A, Lewandowski A, Harper BL, Smith PB; Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act – Pediatric Trials Network.

Anthropometric data prove valuable for screening and monitoring various medical conditions. In young infants, however, only weight, length and head circumference are represented in publicly accessible databases. Our aim was to characterise length and circumferential measures in pre-term and full-term infants up to 90 days post-natal.

Evaluation of the Mercy TAPE: performance against the standard for pediatric weight estimation

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Annals of Emergency Medicine • October 2013

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Abdel-Rahman SM, Paul IM, James LP, Lewandowski A; Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act-Pediatric Trials Network.

We assessed the performance of 2 new devices (2D- and 3D-Mercy TAPE) to implement the Mercy Method for pediatric weight estimation and contrasted their accuracy with the Broselow method. We enrolled children aged 2 months through 16 years in this prospective, multicenter, observational study.