Dear Vivek
Many thanks for your help. Much appreciated.
Some of the advice I have had has been most flamboyant and inventive ....
Happy New Year to you also!
Lars
-----Original Message-----
From: VIVEKANANDAN SACHIDANANDAM [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 29 December 2000 13:10
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Body surface area nomograms and formulae -- how best to
correct f or out of proportion body sizes?
I think I have seen the formula of your interest in
www.medal.org/ which is freely available.
Happy New Year to every one.
Regards
Vivek
Guy's & St.Thomas'Hospital
On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Breimer, Lars {PDC2~Welwyn} wrote:
> Dear Colleagues
>
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> Please, can you direct me to the best way of correcting a body surface area when the body weight is out of proportion to the height as in obesity for example.
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> The formulae used to calculate or derive the body surface area from the height and weight generally assume a reasonably normal body mass in relation to height. For example a man standing 185cm tall can be expected to weight 75-80kg and a lady of 162cm about 60kg.
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> How does one best handle a 152cm tall lady weighing 72kg? Or, a 203cm tall man weighing 108kg?
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> Given that a sphere is the smallest surface area for a given volume does applying the standard BSA calculations to obese people lead to an overestimate of the BSA?
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> I appreciate that this is a bit specialised but if someone can direct me to a review article on the subject (may be from before the second world war even?) I would be grateful.
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> Happy New Year.
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> Yours sincerely
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>
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> Lars Breimer
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