Body Surface Area
Du Bois and Mosteller body surface area, for dosing that is quoted per m².
When to use it. Dosing chemotherapy and other per-m² drugs, and indexing physiological measurements such as cardiac index.
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Limits of this score. The two formulae disagree by a few percent, and neither was derived in obesity. Follow whichever formula your local protocol specifies rather than whichever gives the more convenient dose.
Sources
- Mosteller RD. Simplified calculation of body-surface area. N Engl J Med. 1987.
- Du Bois D, Du Bois EF. A formula to estimate the approximate surface area if height and weight be known. Arch Intern Med. 1916.
Where this is written from. This site is written from Indian clinical practice. Drug availability and brand names, vaccination schedules, national health programmes and some reference cut-offs differ between countries — a schedule or a threshold that is standard here may not be standard where you are. If you are reading outside India, check anything on this page against your own country’s guidance before you act on it.
Educational use only — not medical advice. Never a substitute for clinical judgement.