A 55-year-old woman on ICU has septic shock and ARDS. She weighs 60 kg. The team calculates her ideal body weight (IBW) for ventilator tidal volume se...

Question

A 55-year-old woman on ICU has septic shock and ARDS. She weighs 60 kg. The team calculates her ideal body weight (IBW) for ventilator tidal volume settings. She is 165 cm tall. Using the ARDSNet formula for females (IBW = 45.5 + 0.91 × [height in cm - 152.4]), what is her IBW?

Accepted Answer

57 kg

Answer

50 kg

Answer

55 kg

Answer

60 kg

Answer

65 kg

uk-fficm MCQ (SBA): IBW Calculation

A 55-year-old woman on ICU has septic shock and ARDS. She weighs 60 kg. The team calculates her ideal body weight (IBW) for ventilator tidal volume settings. She is 165 cm tall. Using the ARDSNet formula for females (IBW = 45.5 + 0.91 × [height in cm - 152.4]), what is her IBW?