Body Surface Area

"Body Surface Area" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The two dimensional measure of the outer layer of the body.

Descriptor ID	D001830
MeSH Number(s)	E01.370.600.115.100.231 E05.041.124.231 G07.100.100.231
Concept/Terms	Body Surface Area Body Surface Area Area, Body Surface Areas, Body Surface Body Surface Areas Surface Area, Body Surface Areas, Body

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Body Surface Area".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
Physical Examination [E01.370.600]
Body Constitution [E01.370.600.115]
Body Weights and Measures [E01.370.600.115.100]
Body Surface Area [E01.370.600.115.100.231]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Anthropometry [E05.041]
Body Weights and Measures [E05.041.124]
Body Surface Area [E05.041.124.231]
Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Body Constitution [G07.100]
Body Weights and Measures [G07.100.100]
Body Surface Area [G07.100.100.231]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Body Surface Area".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Body Surface Area".

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Bar chart showing 17 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2004 and 2005

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	0	1	1
2000	0	1	1
2004	0	3	3
2005	0	3	3
2006	0	1	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	1	0	1
2014	2	0	2
2015	0	1	1
2017	1	0	1
2019	0	1	1
2020	1	0	1

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Brooksbank JA, Greene SJ, Harris HM, Stebbins A, Fiuzat M, Whellan DJ, Alhanti B, Kraus WE, Pi?a IL, O'Connor CM, Mentz RJ. Beta-blocker and ACE-inhibitor dosing as a function of body surface area: From the HF-ACTION trial. Am Heart J. 2021 03; 233:1-4.

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Teng TK, Cooper L, Tay WT, Luo N, Sharma A, Whellan D, Anand I, Pina IL, Tromp J, Richards AM, Kraus WE, Connor CMO, Mentz RJ, Lam CSP. Association between body surface area and prescribed doses of guideline-directed medications among international patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction. Eur J Heart Fail. 2020 04; 22(4):754-758.

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Lopez L, Colan S, Stylianou M, Granger S, Trachtenberg F, Frommelt P, Pearson G, Camarda J, Cnota J, Cohen M, Dragulescu A, Frommelt M, Garuba O, Johnson T, Lai W, Mahgerefteh J, Pignatelli R, Prakash A, Sachdeva R, Soriano B, Soslow J, Spurney C, Srivastava S, Taylor C, Thankavel P, van der Velde M, Minich L. Relationship of Echocardiographic Z Scores Adjusted for Body Surface Area to Age, Sex, Race, and Ethnicity: The Pediatric Heart Network Normal Echocardiogram Database. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Nov; 10(11).

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Schumacher KR, Gossett J, Guleserian K, Naftel DC, Pruitt E, Dodd D, Carboni M, Lamour J, Pophal S, Zamberlan M, Gajarski RJ. Fontan-associated protein-losing enteropathy and heart transplant: A Pediatric Heart Transplant Study analysis. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Sep; 34(9):1169-76.

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Rothstein DH. Letter to the editor. J Pediatr Surg. 2014 Nov; 49(11):1702.

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Stojanovska J, Prasitdumrong H, Patel S, Sundaram B, Gross BH, Yilmaz ZN, Kazerooni EA. Reference absolute and indexed values for left and right ventricular volume, function and mass from cardiac computed tomography. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2014 Oct; 58(5):547-58.

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Cheung MC, Spalding PB, Gutierrez JC, Balkan W, Namias N, Koniaris LG, Zimmers TA. Body surface area prediction in normal, hypermuscular, and obese mice. J Surg Res. 2009 May 15; 153(2):326-31.

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Marelli D, Silvestry SC, Zwas D, Mather P, Rubin S, Dempsey AF, Stein L, Rodriguez E, Diehl JT, Feldman AM. Modified inferior vena caval anastomosis to reduce tricuspid valve regurgitation after heart transplantation. Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(1):30-5.

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Davies RR, Gallo A, Coady MA, Tellides G, Botta DM, Burke B, Coe MP, Kopf GS, Elefteriades JA. Novel measurement of relative aortic size predicts rupture of thoracic aortic aneurysms. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Jan; 81(1):169-77.

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Schott AF, Rae JM, Griffith KA, Hayes DF, Sterns V, Baker LH. Combination vinorelbine and capecitabine for metastatic breast cancer using a non-body surface area dosing scheme. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2006 Jul; 58(1):129-35.

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