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#80 – Weighting on a Miracle: Understanding Unknowns of Dosing Children and Adults with Obesity

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Rethinking Body Surface Area Standards: Implications for Dosing and Kidney Function

This chapter examines the outdated standard of 1.73 meters squared for body surface area normalization in dosing, established in 1928. It discusses the inaccuracies of this standard, particularly in relation to current averages and its implications for kidney function estimation in adults and children with obesity.

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