Test: Weight

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Background/Purpose

Weight is a useful for understanding some general understanding of the patient's metabolic processes.
This value is used to calculate the body mass index (BMI).
BMI = kg/m2 where kg is a person's weight in kilograms and m2 is their height in metres squared. A BMI of 25.0 or more is overweight, while the healthy range is 18.5 to 24.9

Procedure

1. Ask the patient to remove their coat and footwear (shoes, slippers,
sandals etc) and socks.
2 Ask the participant to step onto scale with one foot on each side of
the scale.
3 Ask the participant to:
• stand still
• face forward
• place arms on the side and
• wait until asked to step off
4 Record the weight in the appropriate units (kilograms or pounds).
Performed: Bilaterally

Dialog

Record patients weight.

Criteria

• No significant changes
• Weight should be within age appropriate growth charts

Measurement

lbs.

LOINC Code

0

Scale/Grading

Pass/Fail