References for Body Surface Area

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References

1. Favier M., de CAzanove F, Saint-Martin F, Bressolle F,  Preventing medication errors in antineoplastic therapy.  American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy.   51:832-833, 1994.
2. Du Bois D, Du Bois EF, A formula to estimate the approximate surface area if height and weight be known.  Archives of Internal Medicine.  17:863-871, 1916.
3. Gehan EA, George SL, Estimation of human body surface area from height and weight.   Cancer Chemother Rep  54:225-235, 1970.
4. Mosteller RD, Simplified calculation of body-surface area.  New England Journal of Medicine. 317:1098, 1987.
5. Jones PRM, Wilkinson S, Davies PSW,  A revision of body surface area estimations.   European Journal of Applied Physiology,  53:376-379,  1985.
6. Banerjee S, Sen R, Determination of the surface area of the body of indians.  J Appl Physiol,  7:585-588, 1955.
7. Mitchell D, Strydon NB, Van GRaun CH, Van Der Walt WH,  Human surface area: comparison of the DuBois formula with direct photometric measurement. Pflugers Arch.   325:188-190, 1971.
8. Haycock GB, Schwartz GJ, Wisotsky DH,  Geometric method for measuring body surface area: A height-weight formula validated in infants, children and adults. J Pediatr.   93:62-66, 1978.
9. Wang Y, Moss J, Thisted R,  Predictors of Body Surface Area.  J Clin Anesth.  4:4-10, 1992.
10. Turcotte G, Erroneous nomograms for body-surface area.  New England Journal of Medicine. 300:1339. 1979.
11. Lam TK, Leung DTY, More on Simplified calculation of body surface area.  New England Journal of Medicine.  318:1130.  1988.
12. Reilly JJ, Workman P, Normalization of anti-cancer drug dosage using body weight and surface area: is it worthwhile? Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology 32:411-418, 1993.
13. Grochow LB, Baraldi C, Noe D, Is dose normalization to weight or body surface area useful in adults? J Natl Cancer Inst 21;82(4):323-5 1990.
14. Slevin ML, Clark PI, Joel SP, et al, A randomized trial to evaluate the effect of schedule on the activity of etoposide in small-cell lung cancer.  J Clin Oncol, 7(9):1333-40  1989.
15. Gurney H, Dose calculation of anti-cancer drugs: A review of the current practice and introduction of an alternative.  Journal of Clinical Oncology.   14(9):2590-2611, 1996.
16. Boyd E, Scammon RE, Lawrence D,  The determination of surface area in living children. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 27:445-449, 1930.
17. Bailey BJR, BRairs GL, Estimating the surface area of the human body, Statistics in medicine, 15:1325-1332, 1996.

 
 

1. Verbraecken J, Van de Heyning P, Body surface area in normal-weight, overweight, and obese adults. A comparison study. Metabolism. 2006; 55(4):515-24.
2. Livingston EH, Lee S, Body surface area prediction in normal-weight and obese patients. Am J Physiol Metab. 2001; 281:E586-91.

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