Calculate commonly used "dosing weight" — calc_dosing_weight • clinPK

Dosing weight is determined based on total (TBW), ideal (IBW), or adjusted (ABW) body weight in kg.

Usage

calc_dosing_weight(weight, height, age, sex, verbose = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

weight: weight
height: height
age: age
sex: sex
verbose: verbosity (TRUE or FALSE)
...: pased to calc_abw() function

Value

Returns a list of the following elements:

value: Dosing weight, in units of kg
unit: Units of dosing weight (kg)
type: Type of dosing weight selected, e.g., total body weight, ideal body weight.

Details

This is derived using following:

In principle, use IBW
If total body weight (TBW) > 1.2*IBW, then use ABW
If TBW < IBW, use TBW

Examples

calc_dosing_weight(weight = 50, height = 170, sex = "female", age = 50)
#> Using total body weight.
#> $value
#> [1] 50
#> 
#> $unit
#> [1] "kg"
#> 
#> $type
#> [1] "Total BW"
#>