This dataset, respiratory_infections_df, is a data frame containing results from 15 clinical trials comparing the effectiveness of azithromycin versus amoxycillin or amoxycillin/clavulanic acid (amoxyclav) in the treatment of acute lower respiratory tract infections.
Usage
data(respiratory_infections_df)Format
A data frame with 15 observations and 11 variables:
- author
Study author(s) (character vector)
- year
Year of publication (integer vector)
- ai
Number of successful treatments in azithromycin group (integer vector)
- n1i
Total number of participants in azithromycin group (integer vector)
- ci
Number of successful treatments in control group (integer vector)
- n2i
Total number of participants in control group (integer vector)
- age
Patient age characteristics (character vector)
- diag.ab
Number diagnosed with acute bronchitis (integer vector)
- diag.cb
Number diagnosed with chronic bronchitis (integer vector)
- diag.pn
Number diagnosed with pneumonia (integer vector)
- ctrl
Type of control treatment (character vector)
Details
The dataset name has been kept as 'respiratory_infections_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the PulmoDataSets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.