Drug dosing

Ideal & adjusted body weight

Devine IBW + adjusted BW for dosing in obesity.

dosingobesity

Required inputs

  • Sex
  • Height (cm)
  • Actual weight (kg)

Equation or source

Devine BJ. Drug Intell Clin Pharm 1974;8:650.

Provenance and release status

Equation / algorithm
Devine IBW + adjusted BW for dosing in obesity.
Formula version
ibw-adj-v1
Tool version
2.4.0
Clinical risk class
B. CLINICAL DECISION-SUPPORT CALCULATOR
Release status
Under clinical review
Source status
Direct primary source identifier not yet resolved
Clinical review status
Under clinical verification
Clinical review date
Clinical review date not yet documented

DOI / PMID / direct guideline identifier not yet documented.

Assumptions

  • Entered values and units are accurate and apply to the population described by the cited source.
  • The published equation or rule is being used without a patient-specific clinical adjustment.

Important limitations

  • The result does not replace clinical assessment or establish a diagnosis.
  • Performance outside the source population may differ.
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