Australian Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 197-207 , November 2010

Determination of body weight and height measurement for critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit: A quality improvement project

  • Elke Freitag, MN

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Austin Health, 145 Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 9496 4830; fax: +61 3 9496 3932.
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  • Gay Edgecombe, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • RMIT University, Bundoora 3083, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Ian Baldwin, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Austin Health, 145 Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
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  • Brendan Cottier, RN

      Affiliations

    • Occupation, Health and Safety, Austin Health, Burgundy Street, Heidelberg, Victoria 3080, Australia
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  • Melodie Heland, RN, MN

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Austin Health, 145 Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia

Received 1 July 2009 ,Revised 16 March 2010 ,Accepted 30 April 2010.

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PII: S1036-7314(10)00079-2

doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2010.04.003

Australian Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 197-207 , November 2010

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