Body Surface Area: Drug Dose (Drug Dose Ordered) X (BSA in M
Body Surface Area: Drug Dose (Drug Dose Ordered) X (BSA in M
BODY WEIGHT
Three steps:
Step One: convert pound to kilograms if necessary
Step two: determine the drug dose per body weight by
multiplying
Client’s dose per day = drug dose x body weight
• Step three: follow with the basic formula or ratio and
proportion method to calculate drug dose
BASIC FORMULA
𝐷 (𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑)
𝑥 𝑉 (𝑉𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒) = 𝐴 (𝐴𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒)
𝐻 (𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑒)
CLARK’S RULE
𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 (𝑙𝑏𝑠)
𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 ′ 𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑠𝑒 = 𝑥 𝐴𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑠𝑒
150
YOUNG’S RULE
𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑
𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑′ 𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑠𝑒 = 𝑥 𝐴𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑠𝑒
𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 + 2