Accuracy of weight and height estimation in an intensive care unit: Implications for clinical practice and research.

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Published in Crit Care Med on August 01, 2006

Authors

Roxanna Bloomfield1, Elizabeth Steel, Graeme MacLennan, David W Noble

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Intensive Care, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK.

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