Description

Poovathumkadavil et al reported an equation for estimating the liver volume of an adult Middle Eastern Arab. The authors are from King Fahad Specialist Hospital in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.


Patient selection: Middle Eastern adult Arab with age > 16 years, without liver disease or obesity (weight > 100 kg)

 

Parameters:

(1) body weight in kilograms

 

liver volume in mL =

= (12.26 * (body weight)) + 555.65


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