{"id":8163,"date":"2020-04-27T10:32:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T13:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/es\/unidad-de-dedo\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T14:13:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T17:13:05","slug":"finger-drive","status":"publish","type":"wiki","link":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wiki\/unidad-de-dedo\/","title":{"rendered":"Finger unit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fingertip units is a term coined by CC Long and AY Finlay who, in an article published in 1991, described a convenient way of measuring how much cream<\/span> prescribe to a patient with skin disease. Accurate prescription is particularly important for current<\/span> steroids<\/p>\n

One unit describes the amount of cream squeezed from its tube onto the end of your finger, as shown.<\/p>\n

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The amount of cream on a finger unit varies with age:<\/p>\n

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  • Adult male: 1 finger unit provides 0.5 g<\/li>\n
  • Adult female: 1 finger unit provides 0.4 g<\/li>\n
  • 4 year old child: about 1\/3 of the adult amount<\/li>\n
  • Baby 6 months to 1 year: about 1\/4 of the adult amount.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The amount of cream to use varies with the part of the body:<\/p>\n

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    • One hand: apply 1 unit of finger<\/li>\n
    • One arm: apply 3 finger units<\/li>\n
    • One foot: apply 2 units of fingertips<\/li>\n
    • One leg: apply 6 units of fingertips<\/li>\n
    • Face and neck: apply 2.5 finger units<\/li>\n
    • Front and rear trunk: 14 fingertip units<\/li>\n
    • Whole body: about 40 units.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Example<\/h2>\n

      An adult woman applies a cream once a day to both arms. She uses 2.4 g in a day (2 arms x 3 fingertip units x 0.4 g = 2.4 g). This is 16.8 g per week (7 x 2.4 g).
      A 30g tube should last you two weeks. But if you apply it twice a day (4.8 g\/day), the tube will be gone in less than a week (33.6 g\/week).<\/p>\n

      An adult man applies a cream once a day to dorsal<\/span> and fly<\/span><\/span> surfaces of both feet and both hands. Use about 3g per day (2 feet x 2 units PLUS 2 hands x 1 unit, x 0.5g = 3.0g). This works out to 21g\/week (7 x 3g).
      A 50g tube should last about 2 1\/2 weeks.<\/p>\n

      A baby has a cream applied twice a day all over the body, which is about 10 g a day.<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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