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Tag Ideal body weight
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Obesity and Pharmacokinetics

Obesity affects all four aspects of pharmacokinetics. As drug administration based on total body weight can result in in underdosing or overdosing, depending on the characteristics of the drug, weight-based dosing scalars must be considered. Lean body weight is the optimal scalar for most IV opioids and anaesthetics