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Instant Weight For Height app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 3824 ratings )
Medical
Developer: DGR Enterprises Ltd
Free
Current version: 1.2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 28 Apr 2016
App size: 27.17 Mb

Now you can calculate your patient’s Weight For Height instantly. A fast, convenient way to calculate essential eating disorder weight parameters and enhance your clinical insight of your patient’s condition.

Introducing Instant Weight For Height. UK and USA compatible. An easy to use, dual function calculator for health professionals working with child and adolescent patients with a possible eating disorder or low body weight condition. An intuitive mobile solution to desktop alternatives; making on the spot calculations in various clinical and meeting settings beautifully practical.

Simply enter your patient’s measurement data and you can calculate their current Ideal Body Weight, Percentage Weight For Height, BMI and growth percentiles. You can also compare two separate measurements and quantitatively display their Percentage Weight For Height and Percentile changes over time, giving you an enhanced insight into their progress.

Created by a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, this tool has been made with clinicians and researchers in mind. With the option to switch calculation reference data between UK and USA growth norms, and units between metric and imperial, this app is internationally adaptable.


Benefits:

+ Easy to use
+ Convenient and informative
+ Useful in the assessment and monitoring of weight in Anorexia Nervosa
+ Get results immediately without having to find a desktop computer and interrupt clinical workflow
+ Plot display helps you to visually communicate current weight status to patients and families
+ Enhance your insight into patient progress by quantifying average weight changes over time
+ Helpful for GP’s and community health professionals to enhance early intervention and more informed referrals to specialists
+ Suitable for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, paediatric and dietetic staff alike


Features:

+ Dual function: CALCULATE and COMPARE
+ CALCULATE current Ideal Body Weight, %WFH and BMI
+ CALCULATE Percentiles for BMI, Weight and Height
+ Plot current %WFH and Weight Percentile
+ COMPARE two separate measurements and quantify Absolute change in Weight and %WFH, Average rate of change in Weight and %WFH, and Percentile Change for BMI, Weight and Height
+ Metric and Imperial units modes
+ UK and USA data source modes
+ Hide weight axis values option
+ Operational for patient ages between 2.08-19.92yrs


NOTE: This app is intended for the use of health professionals and researchers, not for patient or general public use. The generated Percentage Weight For Height value (%WFH), otherwise known as Percentage BMI (%BMI), is often considered to be more clinically meaningful in paediatric growth measurement than BMI alone. It is expressed as a percentage of the median BMI, for a child or adolescent, of that same sex and age. %WHF is widely considered as an essential measurement in the assessment and management of paediatric eating disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa.