catheter {rmeta}R Documentation

Meta-analysis of antibacterial catheter coating

Usage

data(catheter)

Format

A data.frame with 8 variables giving information about 16 controlled trials of antibacterial-coated venous catheters
Name : Name of principal author
n.trt : number of coated catheters
n.ctrl : number of standard catheters
col.trt : number of coated catheters colonised
by bacteria
col.ctrl : number of standard catheters colonised
by bacteria
inf.trt : number of coated catheters resulting in
bloodstream infection
inf.ctrl : number of standard catheters resulting in
bloodstream infection
or : Odds ratio

Source

Veenstra D et al (1998) "Efficacy of Antiseptic Impregnated Central Venous Catheters in Preventing Nosocomial Infections: A Meta-analysis" JAMA 281:261-267

Examples

library(rmeta)
data(catheter)
a<-meta.MH(n.trt,n.ctrl,col.trt,col.ctrl,data=catheter,names=Name,subset=c(13,6,5,3,7,12,4,11,1,8,10,2))
b<-meta.DSL(n.trt,n.ctrl,col.trt,col.ctrl,data=catheter,names=Name,subset=c(13,6,5,3,7,12,4,11,1,8,10,2))
a
b
summary(a)
summary(b)
plot(a)
plot(b)

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