Methodology

This page explains where PediHero's numbers come from and how they are checked. Every statement here describes PediHero's own process.

Source of the values

All 149 entries and all 5811 values (149 entries × 39 weights from 2 to 40 kg) are taken unchanged from an existing paediatric emergency reference, used with its author’s permission. No value has been changed.

Automatic checks on every build

• Every value is compared with an untouched copy of the original data, by a separate program written only for this check.
• Each formula is stored as a rule that reproduces its values; values that a rule does not explain are listed with a reason.
• The published pages and the calculator in real browsers are checked again, value by value, for every weight.
• Numbers are formatted once, when the site is built, with exact decimal arithmetic. The browser never calculates a dose.
• Formatting follows medication-safety conventions: a leading zero ( 0.5 mg), no trailing zero ( 5 mg, not 5.0 mg), and “mcg” and “mL” in English.

Verification against published sources

Next, every value will be checked against European sources: Italian and EU product information (AIFA, EMA), the European Resuscitation Council guidelines and European paediatric societies. A source counts only if its exact words are found in the published document. Any difference is discussed with a clinician, and a value changes only with a clinician’s approval. Until then, every value is shown exactly as in the original reference.

Clinical review

PediHero has no named clinical reviewer yet. Values that differ from a source, or whose caps or ranges are not explained, have been listed for review by a clinician; until then they are shown exactly as in the original.

Report a problem

Every entry has a “Report a problem with this value” link, or write to [email protected].