R: Meta-analysis of antibacterial catheter coating

catheter {rmeta} | R Documentation

## Meta-analysis of antibacterial catheter coating

### Description

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

### 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)

[Package rmeta version 2.16 Index]