catheter                package:rmeta                R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Data on the effectiveness of silver sulfadiazine coating on venous
     catheters for preventing bacterial colonisation of the catheter
     and bloodstream infection

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(catheter)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     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

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

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

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     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)

