AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF BODY SURFACE AREA (BSA) IN PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING PREOPERATIVE PREPROCEDURAL ASSESSMENT CLINIC (PPAC) IN CHENGALPATTU GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE.

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

Dr. A. Abdul Rahim, Dr. R. Sudhakar

In anaesthesiology and surgery, the body surface area (BSA) is the measured or calculated surface area of a human body. For many clinical purposes

BSA is a better indicator of metabolic mass than body weight because it is less affected by abnormal adipose mass. Nevertheless, there have been

several important critiques of the use of BSA in determining the dosage of medications with a narrow therapeutic index, such as chemotherapy.

METHODS AND MATERIALS :

Design: A hospital based prospective observational study.

An observational study of BSA status in 109 participants attending Preoperative Preprocedural Assessment Clinic ( PPAC) was done in

Government chengalpattu medical college, chengalpattu.

The aim of the study is to assess the BSA in participants attending PPAC in government chengalpattu medical college, chengalpattu.The

participants had come for undergoing various elective surgeries.

RESULTS : The data collected were analysed and following results were observed:

Male participants had a mean BSA of 1.3909.

Female participants had mean BSA of 1.4737.

The mean BSA of all participants was 1.4387.

CONCLUSION: There was no significant statistical difference in the Body Surface Area (BSA) between the male and female participants.(p

value=0.846),even though Female participants had a statistically significant better BMI than Male participants because the participants included

more number of term pregnant mothers. (p value=0.008) .This being a simple observational study of BSA status, more detailed studies with

appropriate sample size must be carried out to validate the findings of this study.