Galen eCalcs - Calculator: Body Surface Area
Revision as of 20:59, 19 November 2019 by David.Burkhead (talk | contribs)
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
- Musculoskeletal
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 |
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Height | Vitals | Patient Height |
Weight | Vitals | Patient Weight |
Calculator Outputs
Output | Mapping Type | Description |
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Body Surface Area | Result | The patient's BSA value |