Du Bois and Du Bois BSA Formula
Formula originally described by Delafield Du Bois.
Used for: Historical height-weight BSA estimation; derived from early direct surface-area measurement work
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Body surface area measurement and clinical calorimetry
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Overview
Delafield Du Bois, B.S., was a co-author of the 1916 Clinical Calorimetry paper that produced one of the earliest enduring height-and-weight equations for estimating human body surface area. The work was carried out through the Russell Sage Institute of Pathology in affiliation with the Second Medical Division of Bellevue Hospital and used direct measurements of body surface area to derive the equation now known as the Du Bois and Du Bois formula.
- Qualifications
- B.S.
- Specialty
- Body surface area measurement and clinical calorimetry
- Institutions
- Russell Sage Institute of Pathology; Second Medical Division of Bellevue Hospital
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Original research
Du Bois D, Du Bois EF. Clinical calorimetry: tenth paper. A formula to estimate the approximate surface area if height and weight be known. Archives of Internal Medicine. 1916;17(6_2):863-871
Historical article — PMID not available for 1916 publication. Publisher link verified via JAMA Network archive.
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