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  1. Methodological Challenges in Describing Medication Dosing Errors in Children - Advances in Patient Safety: From ... 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20505
    ... the prescription. A provider could potentially recognize a pound-to-kilogram conversion error or inaccurate weight by noting that a ...
  2. Improving the Safety of Heparin Administration by Implementing a Human Factors Process Analysis - Advances in Patient ... 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20570
    ... the computer will ask whether the number indicates pounds or kilograms. If the practitioner responds with “kilograms,” the computer would convert the pounds to kilograms, and respond, “Do you mean 396 lb/180 ...
  3. Data Elements for Registries - Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User’s Guide - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK562565
    ... would typically write the amount in stone or pounds or possibly kilograms. 4. Registry Data Map Once data elements have ...
  4. Obtaining Data From Electronic Health Records - Tools and Technologies for Registry Interoperability, Registries for ... 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK551878
    ... height data may include incorrect units (e.g., pounds reported as kilograms). EHR also may lack proper meta-data that ...
  5. Quantitative Synthesis—An Update - Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews - NCBI ... 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519365
    ... difference even if different studies reported weights in kilograms and pounds; however it is not possible to pool quality ...
  6. Reasons for Exclusion - Management of Uterine Fibroids - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537733
    ... developed a uterine fibroid, experienced indigestion, gained 20 pounds, and had one abnormal mammogram (with, thankfully, a ... RL. Total laparoscopic hysterectomy for uteri over one kilogram. Jsls. 2010 Apr-Jun;14(2):178–82. ...