Online databases (MEDLINE, SCOPUS, Science Direct and Google) were interrogated for eligible studies, published between January 1983 and May 2017, using the following search terms: "paediatric weight estimation", "weight estimation children" and "Broselow tape".
We will endeavour to obtain English translations for eligible articles published in languages other than English.
A systematic search of Medline (via Ovid) was conducted for eligible articles published between January 1996 May 200707, inclusive.
According to an analysis of the offenders who would be eligible for re-sentencing, published by the commission in October, 94percentt are males, 86 percent are black and their average age is 35.
Studies eligible for inclusion were published randomised controlled trials (RCTs).
In order to be eligible for inclusion, a published study had to take place in a resource poor setting, refer to community based rehabilitation, and involve alternative cadres of health workers.
To locate other relevant work, particularly unpublished studies, we asked for suggestions from experienced researchers in the field, circulated requests for assistance to five special interest groups [see Additional file 1], and contacted the corresponding authors of studies eligible for inclusion and published in the past 20 years.
For each eligible trial, published in the peer-reviewed literature up to the end of 2015, we assessed its risk of bias (internal validity) using the seven-domain Cochrane tool, and its relative pragmatic or explanatory attitude (external validity) using the 10-domain PRECIS tool.
In addition, an updated PubMed search was conducted for potentially eligible studies published between August 1 , 2012 and November 11, 2014.
For each eligible published RCT, data were extracted regarding study design, sample size, enrollment dates, experimental arms, and response rates (RRs).
Studies published subsequent to those reviews were also eligible for inclusion: for walking, studies published between January 2007 and March 2011; and for cycling, studies published between January 2010 and March 2011.
