Six commonly used empirical body surface area formulas disagreed in young children undergoing corrective heart surgery.

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2020)

Commonly used BSA formulas did not agree in young children undergoing heart surgery, but they were all close to the overall mean of the six formulas, with the Mosteller formula producing the same value.

Keyphrases

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