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. 2013 Jan 11;69(6):1275–1283. doi: 10.1007/s00228-012-1466-4

Table 3.

Percentage of children with predicted maintenance doses underestimated (prediction <80 % of actual dose), ideal (prediction ± 20 % of actual dose) or overestimated (prediction >120 % of actual dose), and bias and imprecision for the different dose prediction models

Dose Underestimated Dose Ideal Dose Overestimated Bias (Mean Prediction Error) Imprecision (Root Mean Square Error)
A priori dose predictions
Fixed dose 0.2 mg/kg 8 % 33 % 59 % 1.94 2.19
Algorithm by Nowak-Göttl et al. [12] 28 % 35 % 37 % −0.26 1.05
Algorithm by Moreau et al. [13] 16 % 33 % 51 % 0.32 0.98
Algorithm by Biss et al. [14] 31 % 41 % 28 % −0.03 0.90
Bridged KPD model 35 % 41 % 24 % −0.13 0.94
A posteriori dose prediction
Bridged KPD model 14 % 70 % 16 % −0.04 0.57