17272 cm x 50 kg 3600 239. Optional to determine weight required to achieve target bmi. The most widely used of these is the du bois formula which has been shown to be effective for estimating body fat in both obese and non obese patients unlike body mass index. If your bmi is less than 185 it falls within the. Body surface area bsa like bmi bsa uses both height and weight to describe a patients body habitus. Enter your weight and height using standard or metric measures.

Dubois and dubois formula of 1916. The bmi and bsa calculators estimate the body mass index and body surface area. The federal guidelines on the identification evaluation and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults released by the national heart lung and blood institute nhlbi in cooperation with the national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases niddk defined overweight as a body mass index value between 25 and. A high bmi can be an indicator of high body fatness. The average adult bsa is 17 m 2 19 m 2 for adult males and 16 m 2 for adult females. The global unit selector only affects unanswered questions.

There are many different formulas for measuring this. Bsa m 2 height m 0725 x weight kg 0425 x 020247 the equation is derived from the mathematical application of a few patients and a kid. Click on the units for more unit options. 5 feet 8 inches 68 inches x 254 cminch 17272 cm. Ideal body weight men 50 23 height in 60 ideal body weight women 455 23 height in 60 body mass index weight kg height m2. It is the dedication of healthcare workers that will lead us through this crisis.

Bmi is commonly used to calculate the dose of chemotherapy agents and to estimate certain cardiac physiologic variables eg cardiac output and stroke volume. Select compute bmi and your bmi will appear below. Body mass index bmi is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women. To calculate bmi see the adult bmi calculator or determine bmi by finding your height and weight in this bmi index chart external icon. As a result it has become less applicable in different populations. Take square root of 239 155 m2.

Another common one is the mosteller formula which states that bsa m2 sqrt height cm x weight kg 3600. However the most commonly used is the du bois formula which states the bsa weight kg 0425 x height cm 0725 x 0007184. Where bsa is represented in m 2 w is weight in kg and h is height in cm the formulas are as follows. Calculate bmi and body surface area using mosteller formula. Body mass index bmi is a persons weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. This is an unprecedented time.

This number is used to calculate dosages for cytotoxic anticancer agents.

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