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Ideal Body Weight

Ideal and adjusted body weight calculations.

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Author B.J. Devine

First Published 1974

Evidence Standard for drug dosing

Category Endocrinology

Original Study Gentamicin therapy (Drug Intell Clin Pharm, 1974)

About The Devine formula estimates ideal body weight (IBW). Adjusted body weight (ABW) is used for certain drugs in obesity.

Clinical Use Drug dosing, tidal volume calculation in mechanical ventilation. Not a weight-loss target.