Body Surface Area

Preferred Label : Body Surface Area;

NCIt related terms : BSA; Vital Signs - BSA;

NCIt definition : A measure of the 2-dimensional extent of the body surface (i.e., the skin). Body surface area (BSA) can be calculated by mathematical formula or from a chart that relates height to weight. BSA is often an important factor in dosing.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: A measure of the 2-dimensional extent of the body surface (i.e., the skin). Body surface area (BSA) can be calculated by mathematical formula or from a chart that relates height to weight. BSA is often an important factor in dosing. (NCI); ACC/AHA: A measurement that indicates overall patient size incorporating one of several different accepted equations, as measured in square meters.;

Details

Origin ID

C25157;

UMLS CUI

C0005902;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Body surface area [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- body surface area [MeSH Descriptor]
- body surface area [MeSH concept]
- body surface area [SNOMED Notion]
False automatic mappings
- Body surface area (body structure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Body surface area (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Bovine serum albumin (BSA) [LOINC component]
Semantic type(s)
- Organism Attribute [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Body surface area [LOINC component]
- Body surface area [LOINC part]
- Body surface area [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Body surface area (body structure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Body surface area (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- body surface area [MeSH concept]
- body surface area [MeSH Descriptor]
- body surface area [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- ACC/AHA Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology EHR Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Vital Sign Test Code Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Vital Sign Test Name Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]
- EWS Authorized Value Terminology [NCIt concept]
- EWS Vitals Table [NCIt concept]
- GDC Property Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- HL Authorized Value Terminology [NCIt concept]
- HL Vitals Table [NCIt concept]
- ICDC Property Terminology [NCIt concept]
- ICDC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NCPDP Measurement Unit Code Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NCPDP Terminology [NCIt concept]
- OS Authorized Value Terminology [NCIt concept]
- OS Total Dose Table [NCIt concept]
- OS Vitals Table [NCIt concept]

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