A weighty matter: Obtaining and documenting pediatric weight in the emergency department

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, United States of America. Electronic address: Ashley.Foster@childrens.harvard.edu.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Floating Hospital for Children/Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, United States of America. Electronic address: EPetrack@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, United States of America. Electronic address: KBoggs@partners.org.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, United States of America. Electronic address: AFSullivan@partners.org.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, United States of America. Electronic address: CCamargo@partners.org.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, United States of America. Electronic address: Joyce.Li@childrens.harvard.edu.

Ashley A Foster et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Mar.

. 2020 Mar;38(3):685-686.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.158425. Epub 2019 Sep 5.

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, United States of America. Electronic address: Ashley.Foster@childrens.harvard.edu.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Floating Hospital for Children/Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, United States of America. Electronic address: EPetrack@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, United States of America. Electronic address: KBoggs@partners.org.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, United States of America. Electronic address: AFSullivan@partners.org.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, United States of America. Electronic address: CCamargo@partners.org.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, United States of America. Electronic address: Joyce.Li@childrens.harvard.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Emergency medicine; Medication error; Patient safety; Triage; Vital signs.

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest None reported.