Evaluation of a ruler to find weigth-adapted dosings of medications in pediatric emergency care - non-randomised pre-post-design with a historical controll-group.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00000502

Enrollment

Registered

2010-07-29

Start date

2010-08-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Life threatening events. I46.0

Interventions

Group 1: Historical control group. Group 2: Prospective observational group.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

No minimum to 14 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Pediatric patients that suffer from an emergency situation and require drugs that are not applicated rectally.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children with more than 140 cm of lenght.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Correct bodyweight-relates doses of emergency medications, assessed as deviation of means and variations, as well as incidence of surely clinical relevant wrong doses.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Assessment of the ruler by emergency physicians recorded by an questionnaire.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactJost Kaufmann

Kinderkrankenhaus der Stadt Köln

jost.kaufmann@uni-wh.de0221890715199

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026