Surface area estimation: pocket calculator v nomogram.
Open Access
- 1 March 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 70 (3) , 246-247
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.70.3.246
Abstract
Three sheets of 10 surface area determinations were completed by 10 subjects using a nomogram and a formula. The formula was faster to calculate, 4.27 v 7.6 minutes for each sheet, and resulted in fewer serious errors (three v 30 errors).Keywords
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