medicaldata0.2.0 package

Data Package for Medical Datasets

blood_storage

Retrospective Cohort Study of the Effects of Blood Storage on Prostate Cancer

covid_testing

Deidentified Results of COVID-19 testing at the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP) in 2020

cytomegalovirus

Retrospective Cohort Study of the Effects of Donor KIR genotype on the reactivation of cytomegalovirus (CMV) after myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant.

esoph_ca

esoph_ca: Esophageal Cancer dataset

indo_rct

RCT of Indomethacin for Prevention of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis

indometh

Cohort Study of the Pharmacokinetics of Intravenous Indomethacin

laryngoscope

Randomized, Comparison Trial of Video vs. Standard Laryngoscope

licorice_gargle

Randomized, Controlled Trial of Licorice Gargle before Intubation for Elective Thoracic Surgery

opt

Obstetrics and Periodontal Therapy Dataset

polyps

RCT of Sulindac for Polyp Prevention in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

scurvy

Randomized Trial of Six Therapies for Scurvy

smartpill

Prospective Cohort Study of Intestinal Transit using a SmartPill to Compare Trauma Patients to Healthy Volunteers

strep_tb

RCT of Streptomycin Therapy for Tuberculosis

supraclavicular

Study of Supraclavicular Anesthesia

theoph

Cohort Study of the Pharmacokinetics of Oral Theophylline

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Provides access to well-documented medical datasets for teaching. Featuring several from the Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences website <https://www.causeweb.org/tshs/category/dataset/>, a few reconstructed datasets of historical significance in medical research, some reformatted and extended from existing R packages, and some data donations.

  • Maintainer: Peter Higgins
  • License: MIT + file LICENSE
  • Last published: 2021-08-16

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