(41C) Body Surface Area (BSA)

[Dieter]

(03-05-2019 03:05 AM)Dinamarco Wrote:  In addition, the International System of Units, is recommending the use in the related units that are part of this system. I hope I justified myself.

No justifications required. ;-)

Re. SI units: both the Dubois and the Boyd formula use (centi)meters and kilograms, i.e. regular SI-units. Which also applies to all other BSA formulas I have found (but what do I know about this subject).

Which - for me - leads to the question if there are any relevant medical applications where something else (e.g. imperial units) is used. I would expect SI to be the common worldwide standard, if only for safety reasons.

But the above program of course can be adjusted for "feet/inches" and "pounds". I'll gladly provide an "imperial" version. ;-)

BTW, Gene: maybe you can change the thread title from "Surface Body Area" to "Body Surface Area". Thank you.

Dieter