Growth and Development
Conditions
Keywords
Emergency Department, Estimation of age and weight, Size measurement
Brief summary
Smart phones are omnipresent. Apps exist to calculate size of medical equipment and doses of medication if a valid weight or age is entered. During emergency situations, these values are often unknown. An App has been developed to measure the size of a child noninvasively. This App is now to be validated in clinical practice. App measured size is calculated and compared to the real size of a child. Via known percentiles of age/weight of the child is calculated upon the App measured size. This value is compared to the mother's, physician's and nurses estimation of the size and weight. Depending on the size multiple algorithms exist to estimate weight, age and medical values. (Kindersicher ®, Notfalllineal ® and Broselow Tape ®). These estimations by the calculations will also be compared to actual weight and age. Children from 0-12 years of age are included in the emergency Department of the Children's Hospital of the University of Zurich after informed consent obtained by the parents. No therapy decisions from these calculations will be made. The therapy is independent of this study.
Interventions
DEVICESize Measurement by a Smart phone App
Sponsors
University of Zurich
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* male and female patients 0-12 years of age (45 per age group) * obtained informed consent * admitted to the emergency department of the Children's Hospital of the University of Zurich
Exclusion criteria
* physically or mentally unable for measurement * denial of informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Comparison of the size measured by the smart phone app with the child's size. | immediate, no follow up |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Comparison of the estimations calculated upon the smart phone measured size (via known percentiles) with the real age and weight. | immediate, no follow up |
| Comparison of estimations by Kindersicher ®, Notfalllineal ® and Broselow Tape ® with real age and weight. | immediate, no follow up |
| Comparison of estimations by parents, physicians and nurses with the actual size and weight. | immediate, no follow up |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed