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Some Cautionary Tales About Ideal Body Weight Dosing of Anesthetic Medications: It Is Not All That Ideal! 2018

Olubukola O Nafiu, and Katherine Mills, and Kevin K Tremper

From the Section of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D009765	Obesity	A status with BODY WEIGHT that is grossly above the recommended standards, usually due to accumulation of excess FATS in the body. The standards may vary with age, sex, genetic or cultural background. In the BODY MASS INDEX, a BMI greater than 30.0 kg/m2 is considered obese, and a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2 is considered morbidly obese (MORBID OBESITY).
D002487	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.	An agency of the UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE that conducts and supports programs for the prevention and control of disease and provides consultation and assistance to health departments and other countries.	United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,CDC,CDCP,Center for Disease Control,Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Centers for Disease Control,Centers for Disease Control (U.S.),Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.),Centers for Disease Control, U.S.,United States Centers for Disease Control
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D004334	Drug Administration Schedule	Time schedule for administration of a drug in order to achieve optimum effectiveness and convenience.	Administration Schedule, Drug,Administration Schedules, Drug,Drug Administration Schedules,Schedule, Drug Administration,Schedules, Drug Administration
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000776	Anesthesiology	A specialty concerned with the study of anesthetics and anesthesia.
D000777	Anesthetics	Agents capable of inducing a total or partial loss of sensation, especially tactile sensation and pain. They may act to induce general ANESTHESIA, in which an unconscious state is achieved, or may act locally to induce numbness or lack of sensation at a targeted site.	Anesthetic,Anesthetic Agents,Anesthetic Drugs,Anesthetic Effect,Anesthetic Effects,Agents, Anesthetic,Drugs, Anesthetic,Effect, Anesthetic,Effects, Anesthetic