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MacDonald, J. J., Moore, J., Davey, V., Pickering, S., & Dunne, T. (2015). The weight debate. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 16(3), 234-238. https://doi.org/10.1177/1751143714565059
MacDonald, J J, et al. "The weight debate." Journal of the Intensive Care Society vol. 16,3 (2015): 234-238. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1751143714565059
MacDonald JJ, Moore J, Davey V, Pickering S, Dunne T. The weight debate. J Intensive Care Soc. 2015 Aug;16(3):234-238. doi: 10.1177/1751143714565059. Epub 2015 Jan 08. PMID: 28979416; PMCID: PMC5606431.
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J Intensive Care Soc. 2015 Aug;16(3):234-238. doi: 10.1177/1751143714565059. Epub 2015 Jan 08.

The weight debate.

Journal of the Intensive Care Society

J J MacDonald, J Moore, V Davey, S Pickering, T Dunne

Affiliations

  1. Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Central Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
  2. Department of Critical Care, Central Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.

PMID: 28979416 PMCID: PMC5606431 DOI: 10.1177/1751143714565059

Abstract

Therapeutic interventions administered on Critical Care are often dosed on the basis of patient body size, to ensure treatments are effective in achieving their goals and to prevent harm from overdose. Many treatment modalities use predicted weights estimated from descriptors such as sex, weight and height to reduce error that is associated with using total body weight in critically ill patients. In this article we review the size descriptors that have been described, their origin and calculation. We then examine the role they play in dosing of common therapies utilised in Critical Care and potential areas of research for the future.

Keywords: Body weights and measures; adult; ideal body weight; nutrition requirements; renal replacement therapy; respiratory distress syndrome

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