Body Surface Area Calculator (Mosteller)
Body Surface Area Calculator (Mosteller): a planned Super Calculator tool. Stub page: the tool, its formula and a worked example are not published yet.
Body Surface Area Calculator (Mosteller) is a planned calculator in the health section of Super Calculator, covering energy and body composition.
What this calculator will compute
Inputs: height (cm) and weight (kg).
Outputs: body surface area (m2).
Formula, recorded as scope and not yet verified against a primary source: Mosteller 1987 (New England Journal of Medicine): BSA (m2) = sqrt(height_cm * weight_kg / 3600). The most widely used formula in chemotherapy dosing because it is computable by hand.
Status
This page is a stub. The calculator is not built, no figure on this page has been verified against the authority that sets it, and nothing here should be used to make a decision. The page exists so that the site structure is complete and so that articles can link this concept on first mention.
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