dat.carless {altmeta}

A Meta-Analysis on the Efficacy of Platelet-Rich-Plasmapheresis in Reducing Peri-Operative Allogeneic Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery

Description

This meta-analysis serves as an example to illustrate the usage of the function meta.pen.

Usage

data("dat.ha")

Format

A data frame containing 20 studies.

n1

the sample size in the treatment group in each study.

n2

the sample size in the control group in each study.

r1

the event count in the treatment group in each study.

r2

the event count in the control group in each study.

y

the observed effect size (log odds ratio) for each study in the meta-analysis.

s2

the within-study variance for each study.

Source

Carless PA, Rubens FD, Anthony DM, O'Connell D, Henry DA (2011). "Platelet-rich-plasmapheresis for minimising peri-operative allogeneic blood transfusion." Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 3. Art. No.: CD004172. <doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004172.pub2>