calc_dosing_weight: Calculate commonly used "dosing weight"

In clinPK: Clinical Pharmacokinetics Toolkit

Calculate commonly used "dosing weight"

Description

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

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

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.

Examples

calc_dosing_weight(weight = 50, height = 170, sex = "female", age = 50)

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