Project Details

Validation study of the newly designed Indian Pediatric Advanced Life Support tape

Shruti Mondkar, MD, PDCC

Summary

BACKGROUND: Pediatric Advanced Life Support (ALS) tape (Broselow tape), is an invaluable tool in the emergency management of sick children. The original Broselow tape was designed for assessing American children and tends to overestimate weights of Indian children. We thus designed a new Indianized ALS tape based on Indian children’s growth data (manuscript- OA-00679.pdf (indianpediatrics.net). We would now like to develop a modified tape and validate its accuracy in Indian children. GAP: To improve accuracy of estimated weights by Broselow’s tape for Indian children, a correction factor was suggested. However, no study has developed an indigenous India-specific tape based on contemporary Indian multicenter data which has been validated by pediatric intensive health care providers in seriously sick children. HYPOTHESIS: The newly developed tape will not estimate Indian children’s weights more accurately than the measured weight when used at centers in different zones of India. METHODS: A prospective, cross-sectional, multicentre, observational study will be performed in 100 children < 12 years from 2 pediatric intensive care centers from 5 zones of India. The tape will be used to estimate child's approximate weight (kg) and accuracy of the newly developed tape in predicting child’s weight within 10% of the actual weight will be assessed. RESULTS: Pending. IMPACT: The tape will likely estimate Indian children’s weights more accurately and reduce errors in estimating emergency supplies. By accurately estimating the weight of seriously sick children, the project will save lives, contribute to policy and capacity build by training a Physician Scientist. Website Link: https://www.hcjmri.org.in/