Air Medical Journal
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 139-145 , May 2009

Estimation of Total Body Weight in Obese Patients

  • Cameron S. Crandall, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
    • ,
  • Stephanie Gardner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
    • ,
  • Darren A. Braude, MD, EMT-P

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
    • PHI Air Medical, Albuquerque, NM
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Darren Braude, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, MSC 10-5560, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

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 Presented at the SAEM Annual Meeting 2005

PII: S1067-991X(09)00038-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2009.02.002

Air Medical Journal
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 139-145 , May 2009

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