catheter {rmeta}

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)