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Library Clinical Tools
These are web-based tools that you or your patients can use.
Recommended for medical staff or educated patients:
BMI (body mass index) calculator - National Institutes of Health BMI calculator page. BMI is the number, derived by using height and weight measurements, that gives a general indication if weight falls within a healthy range.
BMI (body mass index) calculator: Children and Teens - This calculator provides BMI and the corresponding BMI-for-age percentile on a CDC BMI-for-age growth chart. Use this calculator for children and teens, aged 2 through 19 years old.
Recommended for trained medical staff only:
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) calculator - National Institutes of Health page with instructions and links to GFR calculators for adults and children. GFR is a blood test that measures kidney function.
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