

catheter(rmeta)                              R Documentation

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_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 Impreg-
     nated 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)

