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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"
#>