Purpose: To estimate FEV1 for pediatric aged patient using physical characteristics.				Citations with documentation. 08.01.02	Medal Project 2004. See disclaimer.
conversion	enter
body weight in pounds		lbs equals	0		kg
body height in feet and		feet and
with residual height in inches		inches equals	0		cm
data	enter
Are you trying to estimate a pediatric patient's FEV1? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)
age of the patient in years		years of age
gender of the patient (enter M or F)		:-):-):-)				2
height of the patient in cm		cm				59.1
enter an "x" in the appropriate column to indicate the patient's race (give only 1 answer)
	Black	Hispanic	White	Other
race of the patient					Yes	3
calculate
data complete?	Yes
evaluation appropriate?	Yes	:-):-):-)
FEV1 estimate
Weng and Levinson	2.01	liters
Dickman	2.52	liters
Polger and Promadhat	2.60	liters
Godfrey	2.88	liters
Rosenthal	2.32	liters
Hsu	2.61	liters
Lebowitz et al	1.35	liters
Wang et al	2.83	liters
data for Hsu
data for Wang et al
A to use	0.062
B to use	2.409
Boys - Age in Years	A	B
Girls - Age in Years	A	B