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"
#>