TABLE 2

Pediatric Dose Formulas

RuleFormula
Body mass (straight weight basis)(Body mass (kg) × adult dose)/70 kg
BSA(BSA (m2) × adult dose)/1.73 m2
Webster's formula(Age (y) + 7) × (adult dose)/(age (y) + 1)

  • Data are adapted from Accorsi et al. ( 12) and Gelfand ( 16).