more about Standardization of Body Surface Area Back to BSA report page 2 of report by Thanh Vu, B.Sc. (pharm), ( click here to go to the BSA calculator ) As part of the review at the Cross Cancer Institute (CCI), three slide rules and one calculating device for calculation of body surface area, all […]
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…continuing the discussion of Standardization of Body Surface Area Standard Calculations Back to BSA report page 1. by Thanh Vu, B.Sc. (pharm), The Dubois Body Surface Area Standard Formula Currently several institutions use the DuBois formula. There are several arguments for and against the use of the Du Bois formula for calculating […]
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Body Mass Index topic pages In a departure from the simplicity of an old sitemap that only lists local pages, I am led to believe that having some external links to authority pages, such as the CDC body mass index page, would benefit my own major internal pages such as my own: Advanced Body Mass […]
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References and formulas used by the Body Surface Area Calculator. The Body Surface Area formula. Below are the body surface area formula by Dr’s Mosteller, DuBois and DuBois, Haycock and Boyd. The Mosteller formula1 BSA (m2) = SQRT( [Height(cm) x Weight(kg) ]/ 3600 ) e.g. BSA = SQRT( (cm*kg)/3600 ) or in inches and pounds: BSA […]
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Lean body mass or lean body weight: A waste of arithmetic? Sometimes, people ask me to explain what is lean body mass or lean body weight. However, it is not what you think. Indeed, lean body mass has nothing to do with your ideal weight or what your body should be like if you were […]
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Hello and Welcome. Listings of ALL our Articles on this site …and here are a few Examples of our Popular Posts The new Body Mass Index calculator, the alternate BMI calculator for men with no fancy graphics, the Ideal Weight Calculator and Body Surface Area calculators. A few more Articles for you to Sample […]
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Body Surface Area Calculation standard, continued… Back to BSA report page 3 of report by Thanh Vu, B.Sc. (pharm), ( click here to go to the Body Surface Area BSA calculator ) Calculating BSA in obese individuals is more controversial, with each center developing its own policy. Robin O’Brien, the drug information pharmacist at the […]
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Body Surface Area Standard formula for Calculating doses A report by Thanh Vu, B.Sc. (pharm), Dept. of Pharmacy, Cross Cancer Institute. 1999. ( click here to go to the Body Surface Area BSA calculator ) Variation between individuals in response to chemotherapy can be of great clinical significance. A successful chemotherapy program should produce a […]
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Standardization of Body Surface Area Calculations Back to BSA report page 4 of a report by Thanh Vu, B.Sc. (pharm), ( click here to go to the Body Surface Area BSA calculator ) Other methods for dose calculations that do not rely on direct patient monitoring have been developed using Pharmacokinetic (PK) information. The best […]
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References for Body Surface Area Back to BSA report page 5. A report by Thanh Vu, B.Sc. (pharm), ( click here to go to the Body Surface Area BSA calculator ) References 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. […]
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Curriculum Vitae ofSteven Bruce Halls, MD, FRCPC Note to visitors. In the first half of my career, I was in an academic environment and used to keep my CV up to date. But in the second half of my career as a community radiologist, I’m neither academic or seeking new jobs, so I don’t keep […]
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The start of “halls.md“. I’m Dr. Halls, and way back in 1999, I got an email offering .md websites. (Dot MD websites are for the country of Moldova, which didn’t matter to me.) I registered ‘halls.md’ in order to get a short permanent email address [email protected] My first calculator: Back then, I was working at […]