Surface Area In Children: A Simple Formula
Document Type
Article
Department
Paediatrics and Child Health
Abstract
We retrospectively compared body surface area (BSA) using the Mosteller formula square root(H x (w/360)) and a simple weight-based BSA formula ([4Wkg+7]/ [90+Wkg]). The participants were 363 children who underwent cardiac surgery from 1991 to 2000. Their age ranged from 5 days to 18 years, weight ranged from 1.2 kg to 98 kg and height ranged from 38 cm to 178 cm. There was excellent correlation (r(2)=0.991) between Mosteller formula and the new formula (P < 0.001). We propose that the weight-based formula is easy to use and accurate. It can safely replace Mosteller formula and dispense the need for time-consuming calculations.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Indian Pediatrics
Recommended Citation
Furqan, M.,
Haque, A.
(2009). Surface Area In Children: A Simple Formula. Indian Pediatrics, 46(12), 1085-1087.
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