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The way to approach this (especially given the criticality) is to break it
into parts, each in its own cell, then sum the results; that way you can *see* that the calculation is working. Define a name for the input cell containing the weight: eg call it 'Weight' Cell 1: = Min(Weight * 100, 1000) Cell 2: = IF(Weight 10, Min((Weight - 10) * 50, 500), 0) Cell 3: = IF(Weight 20, (Weight - 20) * 20, 0) Dosage = Cell 1 + Cell 2 + Cell 3 "Marc" wrote in message ... Hi ! My name is Marc and I am a medical resident in Canada. I use MS Excel 2003. I would need your help in order to find or "set up a calculation strategy" in Excel. When a child has lost lots of fluids (e.g by vomiting), I need to give him some intravenous fluids. I need to calculate this amount of fluids based on the child's weight. In clinic, the formula is : - For the first 10 kg, it is 100 mL/kg - For every kg between 10 and 20 kg (included), it is 50 mL/kg - For every kg above 20 kg, it is 20 mL/kg) For example, The child is 9 kg : 9 kg * 100 mL/kg = 900 mL The child is 16 kg : (10 kg * 100 mL/kg) + (6 kg * 50 mL/kg) =1300 mL The child is 34 kg : (10 kg * 100 mL/kg) + (10 kg * 50 mL/kg) + (14 kg * 20 mL/kg) = 1780 mL Would you have any suggestion for a formula to calculate the IV fluids only by entering the child's weight in Excel. Thank you for your help ! Marc A. Allard, MD, MSc Please, send your suggestions to |
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Hi!
Try this: A1 = weight =SUMPRODUCT(--(A1{0,10,20}),(A1-{0,10,20}),{100,-50,-30}) Biff "Marc" wrote in message ... Hi ! My name is Marc and I am a medical resident in Canada. I use MS Excel 2003. I would need your help in order to find or "set up a calculation strategy" in Excel. When a child has lost lots of fluids (e.g by vomiting), I need to give him some intravenous fluids. I need to calculate this amount of fluids based on the child's weight. In clinic, the formula is : - For the first 10 kg, it is 100 mL/kg - For every kg between 10 and 20 kg (included), it is 50 mL/kg - For every kg above 20 kg, it is 20 mL/kg) For example, The child is 9 kg : 9 kg * 100 mL/kg = 900 mL The child is 16 kg : (10 kg * 100 mL/kg) + (6 kg * 50 mL/kg) =1300 mL The child is 34 kg : (10 kg * 100 mL/kg) + (10 kg * 50 mL/kg) + (14 kg * 20 mL/kg) = 1780 mL Would you have any suggestion for a formula to calculate the IV fluids only by entering the child's weight in Excel. Thank you for your help ! Marc A. Allard, MD, MSc Please, send your suggestions to |
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Another option:
=MIN(100*Wgt, 500+50*Wgt, 1100+20*Wgt) HTH. :) -- Dana DeLouis Win XP & Office 2003 "Marc" wrote in message ... Hi ! My name is Marc and I am a medical resident in Canada. I use MS Excel 2003. I would need your help in order to find or "set up a calculation strategy" in Excel. When a child has lost lots of fluids (e.g by vomiting), I need to give him some intravenous fluids. I need to calculate this amount of fluids based on the child's weight. In clinic, the formula is : - For the first 10 kg, it is 100 mL/kg - For every kg between 10 and 20 kg (included), it is 50 mL/kg - For every kg above 20 kg, it is 20 mL/kg) For example, The child is 9 kg : 9 kg * 100 mL/kg = 900 mL The child is 16 kg : (10 kg * 100 mL/kg) + (6 kg * 50 mL/kg) =1300 mL The child is 34 kg : (10 kg * 100 mL/kg) + (10 kg * 50 mL/kg) + (14 kg * 20 mL/kg) = 1780 mL Would you have any suggestion for a formula to calculate the IV fluids only by entering the child's weight in Excel. Thank you for your help ! Marc A. Allard, MD, MSc Please, send your suggestions to |
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On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 20:12:03 -0700, "Marc"
wrote: Hi ! My name is Marc and I am a medical resident in Canada. I use MS Excel 2003. I would need your help in order to find or "set up a calculation strategy" in Excel. When a child has lost lots of fluids (e.g by vomiting), I need to give him some intravenous fluids. I need to calculate this amount of fluids based on the child's weight. In clinic, the formula is : - For the first 10 kg, it is 100 mL/kg - For every kg between 10 and 20 kg (included), it is 50 mL/kg - For every kg above 20 kg, it is 20 mL/kg) For example, The child is 9 kg : 9 kg * 100 mL/kg = 900 mL The child is 16 kg : (10 kg * 100 mL/kg) + (6 kg * 50 mL/kg) =1300 mL The child is 34 kg : (10 kg * 100 mL/kg) + (10 kg * 50 mL/kg) + (14 kg * 20 mL/kg) = 1780 mL Would you have any suggestion for a formula to calculate the IV fluids only by entering the child's weight in Excel. Thank you for your help ! Marc A. Allard, MD, MSc Please, send your suggestions to This is a common type of problem. Although more often seen with tax tables than rehydration calculations <smile. I would set up a table with three columns showing your "base fluid amt" and incremental amount for each of the weight breaks: Wt Base Incremental 0 0 100 10 1000 50 20 1500 20 Select the range and NAME it "tbl" (Insert/Name/Define:) I would then use the following formula: =VLOOKUP(A1,tbl,2)+VLOOKUP(A1,tbl,3)*(A1-VLOOKUP(A1,tbl,1)) with the child's weight in A1, this will give you the fluid requirement. --ron |
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Thanks for your help !
Marc "Biff" wrote: Hi! Try this: A1 = weight =SUMPRODUCT(--(A1{0,10,20}),(A1-{0,10,20}),{100,-50,-30}) Biff "Marc" wrote in message ... Hi ! My name is Marc and I am a medical resident in Canada. I use MS Excel 2003. I would need your help in order to find or "set up a calculation strategy" in Excel. When a child has lost lots of fluids (e.g by vomiting), I need to give him some intravenous fluids. I need to calculate this amount of fluids based on the child's weight. In clinic, the formula is : - For the first 10 kg, it is 100 mL/kg - For every kg between 10 and 20 kg (included), it is 50 mL/kg - For every kg above 20 kg, it is 20 mL/kg) For example, The child is 9 kg : 9 kg * 100 mL/kg = 900 mL The child is 16 kg : (10 kg * 100 mL/kg) + (6 kg * 50 mL/kg) =1300 mL The child is 34 kg : (10 kg * 100 mL/kg) + (10 kg * 50 mL/kg) + (14 kg * 20 mL/kg) = 1780 mL Would you have any suggestion for a formula to calculate the IV fluids only by entering the child's weight in Excel. Thank you for your help ! Marc A. Allard, MD, MSc Please, send your suggestions to |
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Thanks for your help !
Marc "Jezebel" wrote: The way to approach this (especially given the criticality) is to break it into parts, each in its own cell, then sum the results; that way you can *see* that the calculation is working. Define a name for the input cell containing the weight: eg call it 'Weight' Cell 1: = Min(Weight * 100, 1000) Cell 2: = IF(Weight 10, Min((Weight - 10) * 50, 500), 0) Cell 3: = IF(Weight 20, (Weight - 20) * 20, 0) Dosage = Cell 1 + Cell 2 + Cell 3 "Marc" wrote in message ... Hi ! My name is Marc and I am a medical resident in Canada. I use MS Excel 2003. I would need your help in order to find or "set up a calculation strategy" in Excel. When a child has lost lots of fluids (e.g by vomiting), I need to give him some intravenous fluids. I need to calculate this amount of fluids based on the child's weight. In clinic, the formula is : - For the first 10 kg, it is 100 mL/kg - For every kg between 10 and 20 kg (included), it is 50 mL/kg - For every kg above 20 kg, it is 20 mL/kg) For example, The child is 9 kg : 9 kg * 100 mL/kg = 900 mL The child is 16 kg : (10 kg * 100 mL/kg) + (6 kg * 50 mL/kg) =1300 mL The child is 34 kg : (10 kg * 100 mL/kg) + (10 kg * 50 mL/kg) + (14 kg * 20 mL/kg) = 1780 mL Would you have any suggestion for a formula to calculate the IV fluids only by entering the child's weight in Excel. Thank you for your help ! Marc A. Allard, MD, MSc Please, send your suggestions to |
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Thanks a lot for your help !
I tried hard to understand to logic behind this formula and it wasn't a success. But it works, that is the important ;) Marc "Dana DeLouis" wrote: Another option: =MIN(100*Wgt, 500+50*Wgt, 1100+20*Wgt) HTH. :) -- Dana DeLouis Win XP & Office 2003 "Marc" wrote in message ... Hi ! My name is Marc and I am a medical resident in Canada. I use MS Excel 2003. I would need your help in order to find or "set up a calculation strategy" in Excel. When a child has lost lots of fluids (e.g by vomiting), I need to give him some intravenous fluids. I need to calculate this amount of fluids based on the child's weight. In clinic, the formula is : - For the first 10 kg, it is 100 mL/kg - For every kg between 10 and 20 kg (included), it is 50 mL/kg - For every kg above 20 kg, it is 20 mL/kg) For example, The child is 9 kg : 9 kg * 100 mL/kg = 900 mL The child is 16 kg : (10 kg * 100 mL/kg) + (6 kg * 50 mL/kg) =1300 mL The child is 34 kg : (10 kg * 100 mL/kg) + (10 kg * 50 mL/kg) + (14 kg * 20 mL/kg) = 1780 mL Would you have any suggestion for a formula to calculate the IV fluids only by entering the child's weight in Excel. Thank you for your help ! Marc A. Allard, MD, MSc Please, send your suggestions to |
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Thanks for your help Ron !
Marc "Ron Rosenfeld" wrote: On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 20:12:03 -0700, "Marc" wrote: Hi ! My name is Marc and I am a medical resident in Canada. I use MS Excel 2003. I would need your help in order to find or "set up a calculation strategy" in Excel. When a child has lost lots of fluids (e.g by vomiting), I need to give him some intravenous fluids. I need to calculate this amount of fluids based on the child's weight. In clinic, the formula is : - For the first 10 kg, it is 100 mL/kg - For every kg between 10 and 20 kg (included), it is 50 mL/kg - For every kg above 20 kg, it is 20 mL/kg) For example, The child is 9 kg : 9 kg * 100 mL/kg = 900 mL The child is 16 kg : (10 kg * 100 mL/kg) + (6 kg * 50 mL/kg) =1300 mL The child is 34 kg : (10 kg * 100 mL/kg) + (10 kg * 50 mL/kg) + (14 kg * 20 mL/kg) = 1780 mL Would you have any suggestion for a formula to calculate the IV fluids only by entering the child's weight in Excel. Thank you for your help ! Marc A. Allard, MD, MSc Please, send your suggestions to This is a common type of problem. Although more often seen with tax tables than rehydration calculations <smile. I would set up a table with three columns showing your "base fluid amt" and incremental amount for each of the weight breaks: Wt Base Incremental 0 0 100 10 1000 50 20 1500 20 Select the range and NAME it "tbl" (Insert/Name/Define:) I would then use the following formula: =VLOOKUP(A1,tbl,2)+VLOOKUP(A1,tbl,3)*(A1-VLOOKUP(A1,tbl,1)) with the child's weight in A1, this will give you the fluid requirement. --ron |
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