General

Body Surface Area (Mosteller)

BSA from height and weight.

Education and reference only. Not a substitute for clinical judgement, local policy or product labelling. Always verify before clinical use. Values are calculated in your browser and never stored.

When to use

Use where dosing or physiological values are indexed to body surface area (e.g. chemotherapy, cardiac index).

Why use

BSA is the basis for several dose and physiology calculations.

Evidence & references

  1. Mosteller RD. Simplified calculation of body-surface area. NEJM. 1987.

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