Meta-analysis of antibacterial catheter coating
Data on the effectiveness of silver sulfadiazine coating on venous catheters for preventing bacterial colonisation of the catheter and bloodstream infection
data(catheter)
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 |
Veenstra D et al (1998) "Efficacy of Antiseptic Impregnated Central Venous Catheters in Preventing Nosocomial Infections: A Meta-analysis" JAMA 281:261-267
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)
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