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A Comparison of Three Maneuvers and Their Effect on Laryngoscopic View, Time to Intubate, and Intubation Outcome by Novice Intubators in a Simulated Airway.

scientific article published on 6 April 2017

A Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Impact of Upfront Point-of-Care Testing on Emergency Department Treatment Time

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the accuracy of weight estimation systems used in paediatric emergency care in developing countries

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A validation of the PAWPER XL-MAC tape for total body weight estimation in preschool children from low- and middle-income countries

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Abnormal P and QRS Axes in a Young Male With a Stab Wound to the Chest

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

Accuracy of weight estimation by the Broselow tape is substantially improved by including a visual assessment of body habitus

scientific article published on 18 October 2017

Adrenaline and amiodarone dosages in resuscitation: rectifying misinformation.

scientific article published on 03 September 2013

Audit of acute appendicitis in a black South African population

scientific article published on November 1, 1997

Blood pressure measurements in the ankle are not equivalent to blood pressure measurements in the arm.

scientific article published on 25 July 2014

Development and validation of a method to estimate body weight in critically ill children using length and mid-arm circumference measurements: The PAWPER XL-MAC system

scientific article published on 31 October 2017

Doctors' perceptions of the impact of upfront point-of-care testing in the emergency department

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Drug preparation and administration errors during simulated paediatric resuscitations

scientific article published on 09 November 2018

ED neuro-ultrasonography and the mental foramen: Practice makes perfect

scientific article published on 20 August 2016

Early closure of colostomies in trauma patients--a prospective randomized trial

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Emergency department echocardiography for preoperative patients at high risk of underlying cardiac disease

scientific article published on 01 June 2012

Emergency department noise: mental activation or mental stress?

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Fat is the new normal.

scientific article published on 15 October 2015

Finding the mental foramen

scientific article published on 13 October 2015

Ideas and the origin of evidence during the COVID-19 pandemic

scientific article published on 17 June 2020

International evidence-based recommendations for focused cardiac ultrasound.

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It is time to abandon age-based emergency weight estimation in children! A failed validation of 20 different age-based formulas.

scientific article published on 15 May 2017

Locating the mental foramen at the bedside with point of care ultrasound imaging.

scientific article published on 21 January 2018

Management of acute fever in children: guideline for community healthcare providers and pharmacists.

scientific article published on 3 September 2013

Optimising emergency weight estimation in underweight and obese children

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Optimizing Emergency Drug Dosing in Children

scientific article published on 17 October 2008

Paediatric weight estimation practices of advanced life support providers in Johannesburg, South Africa

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Poor discriminatory performance of the Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) score in a South African intensive care unit

scientific article published in September 1996

Size Does Matter: Calculation of Tidal Volume Using Weight Estimations From the PAWPER Tape

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Smart watch-detected tachycardia: a case of atrial flutter

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Technically Adequate Images for Preparticipation Screening Echocardiography Can Be Obtained by Novices After a Single Day of Training

scientific article published on 15 April 2019

The "PAWPER-on-a-page": Increasing global access to a low-cost weight estimation system

The PAWPER tape and the Mercy method outperform other methods of weight estimation in children at a public hospital in South Africa

scientific article published on 7 August 2016

The PAWPER tape: A new concept tape-based device that increases the accuracy of weight estimation in children through the inclusion of a modifier based on body habitus

scientific article published on 13 July 2012

The Use of Body Habitus Reference Images Improves the Ability of Novices to Accurately Estimate Children's Weight Using the PAWPER XL Tape System.

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

The accuracy of emergency weight estimation systems in children-a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 21 September 2017

The accuracy of paediatric weight estimation during simulated emergencies: The effects of patient position, patient cooperation, and human errors

scientific article published on 19 January 2018

The accuracy of the Broselow tape as a weight estimation tool and a drug-dosing guide - A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 25 September 2017

The cost of time: A randomised, controlled trial to assess the economic impact of upfront, point-of-care blood tests in the Emergency Centre.

scientific article published in March 2019

The cost-effectiveness of upfront point-of-care testing in the emergency department: a secondary analysis of a randomised, controlled trial

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

The utility of pediatric age-based weight estimation formulas for emergency drug dose calculations in obese children

scientific article published on 22 May 2020

Ultrasonographically locating the mental foramen and its soft tissue relations.

scientific article published on 10 August 2016

Ultrasound evaluation of the respiratory changes of the inferior vena cava and axillary vein diameter at rest and during positive pressure ventilation in spontaneously breathing healthy volunteers

scientific article published on 09 March 2018