Inductors and obesity: weight-based dosage adjustments
Updated: April 2022
Etomidate
TBW - Resuscitation of the morbidly obese patient. Am J Emerg Med. 2004.
TBW - The Crashing Obese Patient. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2020.
TBW - Drug dosing in the critically ill obese patient (...). Crit Care. 2020.
TBW - EM Updates 2010 (Ruben Strayer)
TBW - Core EM 2015 (Anand Swaminathan)
TBW - LITFL 2020 (Life in the Fast Lane) (Chris Nickson)
LBW - The Walls Manual of Emergency Airway Management. 5th edition. 2018.
LBW - EMDocs 2015 (Francesca R. Civitarese)
Ketamine
IBW - Resuscitation of the morbidly obese patient. Am J Emerg Med. 2004.
IBW - Drug dosing in the critically ill obese patient (...). Crit Care. 2020.
IBW - EM Updates 2010 (Ruben Strayer)
IBW - Core EM 2015 (Anand Swaminathan)
IBW - LITFL 2020 (Life in the Fast Lane) (Chris Nickson)
LBW - EMDocs 2015 (Francesca R. Civitarese)
LBW - The Crashing Obese Patient. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2020.
N/S - The Walls Manual of Emergency Airway Management. 5th edition. 2018.
Propofol
IBW - The Walls Manual of Emergency Airway Management. 5th edition. 2018.
IBW - The Crashing Obese Patient. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2020.
IBW - Drug dosing in the critically ill obese patient (...). Crit Care. 2020.
IBW - EMDocs 2015 (Francesca R. Civitarese)
DW - Resuscitation of the morbidly obese patient. Am J Emerg Med. 2004.
DW - EM Updates 2010 (Ruben Strayer)
DW - Core EM 2015 (Anand Swaminathan)
DW - LITFL 2020 (Life in the Fast Lane) (Chris Nickson)
Midazolam
TBW - Resuscitation of the morbidly obese patient. Am J Emerg Med. 2004.
TBW - The Crashing Obese Patient. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2020.
TBW - EM Updates 2010 (Ruben Strayer)
TBW - Core EM 2015 (Anand Swaminathan)
TBW - LITFL 2020 (Life in the Fast Lane) (Chris Nickson)
IBW - The Walls Manual of Emergency Airway Management. 5th edition. 2018.
IBW - Drug dosing in the critically ill obese patient (...). Crit Care. 2020.
IBW - EMDocs 2015 (Francesca R. Civitarese)
Abbreviations
TBW: Total Body Weight
LBW: Lean Body Weight
IBW: Ideal Body Weight
DW: Dosing Weight = IBW + (0.4xTBW)
N/S: Non Specified
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