Sentence examples for body surface area however from inspiring English sources
Obviously, this means that there might very well be small differences among patients (probably related to body surface area); however, we believe that the method gains in simplicity, ease of application and cost containment for bedside use.
Estimated tibial or patellar pressures, using the metric of body weight/joint surface area, however, were equivalent in men and women, suggesting that smaller joint surfaces in women were not a likely explanation for sex differences in knee OA [ 20].
The dose of chemotherapeutic agents is usually determined on the basis of body surface area (BSA) or creatinine clearance; however, elimination of the agents will vary from patient to patient because of a variety of factors such as pharmacogenetic background (Friedman et al, 1999) and drug interactions (Relling et al, 2000).
These applications are, however, limited to observing body surface area because the infrared camera systems are usually bulky and cannot be inserted into the human body.
Direct extrapolation by body weight is often used as a guideline, however, as proposed by others, body surface area might be a better option [ 31].
The dose of anticancer drugs administered, however, are lower in Japan, due to the smaller body surface area of patients.
Severely affected psoriatic inpatients (>30% body surface area affected) were likely to suffer clinical depression and suicidal ideation (7.2%); however, suicidal ideation was still relatively high (2.5%) in less severely affected outpatients (<30% total body surface area affected) and comparable to the reported prevalence among general medical patients (2.4 3.3%) [ 21].
However, only the excretion of dermatan sulfate correlated with the fraction of body surface area involved in the psoriasis patients.
