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  • Clinical Decision Support
  • Medical Simulation

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  • Accurate weight estimation in critically ill children is vital for appropriate equipment and drug dosing.
  • Traditional age-based formulas are being replaced by reference tables in pediatric life support guidelines.
  • Evaluating new weight estimation methods is essential to ensure patient safety.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the accuracy and efficiency of different pediatric weight estimation methods.
  • To assess the impact of the Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) shift from age-based formulas to reference tables.
  • To evaluate weight estimation under simulated cognitive stress.

Main Methods:

  • A bespoke online simulation platform was used to assess weight estimation by acute pediatric staff.
  • Methods compared included APLS age-based formulae, Best Guess, and reference tables.
  • A time-based competitive element introduced cognitive stress.

Main Results:

  • Reference tables were the fastest and most preferred method.
  • No significant difference in percentage accuracy (93%-97%) across methods.
  • Magnitude of errors was significantly smaller with APLS formulae (10%) versus reference tables (69%), often due to table confusion.

Conclusions:

  • No method was error-free under simulated stress.
  • Reference tables, though fastest, produced the largest errors.
  • Reference table design should be optimized to minimize selection errors.