Calculate body surface area — calc_bsa • clinPK

Get an estimate of body-surface area (in m2) based on weight and height

calc_bsa(
  weight = NULL,
  height = NULL,
  method = c("dubois", "mosteller", "haycock", "gehan_george", "boyd")
)

Arguments

weight: weight
height: height
method: estimation method, choose from `dubois`, `mosteller`, `haycock`, `gehan_george`, `boyd`

Value

Returns a list of the following elements:

value: Body Surface Area (BSA) in units of m2
unit: Unit describing BSA, (m2)

Examples

calc_bsa(weight = 70, height = 170)
#> $value
#> [1] 1.809708
#> 
#> $unit
#> [1] "m2"
#> 
calc_bsa(weight = 70, height = 170, method = "gehan_george")
#> $value
#> [1] 1.831289
#> 
#> $unit
#> [1] "m2"
#>