Body surface area
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body-surface-area-303-8752461
title:
Body surface area
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In physiology and medicine, the body surface area (BSA) is the measured or calculated surface area of a human body. For many clinical purposes, BSA is a better indicator of metabolic mass than body weight because it is less affected by abnormal adipose mass. Nevertheless, there have been several important critiques of the use of BSA in determining the dosage of medications with a narrow therapeutic index, such as chemotherapy. Typically there is a 4–10 fold variation in drug clearance between in
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Drug calculating formula
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_surface_area
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2024-02-14T16:03:09Z
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