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

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)

Results