body surface area , BSA (Abkürzung)

In large burns (over 30% of the total body surface area), there is a significant inflammatory response.

The main body surface area is very tough, very dense.

The medication carries a total lifetime dose based on body surface area.

The review identified an interaction between tumor diameter and body surface area.

(For example, body surface area is a function of height and width).

In children, one calculation used for insensible fluid loss is 400ml/m body surface area.

GFR is usually normalized in people to body surface area.

The fluid required for the first 24 hours is four times the product of the body weight and body surface area affected by burns.

Exposure can be fatal if greater than 6% body surface area is exposed to chloroacetic acid.

Dose ranges from 1-1.2 g/m of body surface area according to type of cancer treated.

The body surface area largely bald and shiny.

When used in the pediatric population, the dose of flecainide may be adjusted to the individual's body surface area.

In these situations, a course of prednisone at 10 mg/m2 of body surface area 4 times per day may be necessary.

In severe cases, when over fifty percent of the body surface area is covered with white patches, patients cannot use these repigmentation treatments.

Dosage is individualized, based on factors such as body-weight, body surface area and the overall health of the patient.

The authors suggest that the term TEN be limited to cases in which 30% or more of the total body surface area is involved.

Because of their high body surface area to mass ratio, children are more vulnerable to poisons absorbed transdermally.

Children are more prone to dehydration and heat illness than adults because they have more body surface area per pound of weight.

Heat dissipation depends on body surface area.

They presented basically the same findings: a greater mean aortic root diameter, which nevertheless remains within the normal range for body surface area.

The rates of these can be affected by body mass index, body surface area to volume ratios, clothing and other environmental conditions.

These are usually prescribed in more severe cases, when a large amount of body surface area is affected, or when topical treatment has not succeeded.

See also Body surface area.

Carboplatin is an intravenous (IV) medicine usually given in a dose based on body surface area.

(The 6/37 is the allometric conversion for rats to humans based on body surface area.)