Description
The Body Surface Area calculator calculates a patient's BSA value based on their current height and weight.
Calculator Search/Filter Keywords
At the calculator level, eCalcs comes delivered with default keywords that can be leveraged in the "Search/Filter" field to enable Specialty or System driven calculator searching. The following calculator keywords are delivered by default for the Body Surface Area calculator:
Specialties
- Critical Care
- Endocrinology
- Family Practice
- Gerontology
- Hematology
- Internal Medicine
- Obstetrics
- Oncology
- Pediatrics
- Rehabilitation Medicine
Systems
Calculator Configuration Options
| Preference Name
|
Valid Range
|
Description
|
| Publishing |
Checked / Unchecked |
When checked, the calculator will display for users on the front end.
When unchecked, the calculator WILL NOT display for users on the front end.
|
| Orderable Item Override |
(BLANK) / G-BSA |
“(BLANK)” indicates that the global configuration options for Orderable Item will be used.
“G-BSA” indicates that the calculator specific value will be used and can display the specific calculator name in the chart output.
|
Calculator Inputs
| Input
|
Mapping Type
|
Description
|
| Height |
Vitals |
Patient Height
|
| Weight |
Vitals |
Patient Weight
|
Calculator Outputs
| Output
|
Mapping Type
|
Description
|
| Body Surface Area |
Result |
The patient's BSA value
|
References
http://easycalculation.com/medical/bsa-Mostellers.php
