horse_colic_surgery_df: Colic Horse Surgery

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Colic Horse Surgery

Description

This dataset, horse_colic_surgery_df, is a data frame containing clinical observations of horses with colic, where the primary task is to determine if the lesion requires surgery. The data consists of 300 cases with 31 clinical variables, modified from the original UCI repository version with adjusted factor levels.

Usage

data(horse_colic_surgery_df)

Format

A data frame with 300 observations and 31 variables:

surgery

Factor with 2 levels indicating surgical requirement

age

Factor with 1 level (age group)

hospitalID

Integer hospital identifier

temp_rectal

Numeric rectal temperature

pulse

Numeric pulse rate

respiratory_rate

Numeric respiratory rate

temp_extreme

Factor with 4 levels (temperature extremes)

pulse_peripheral

Factor with 4 levels (peripheral pulse)

capillayr_refill_time

Factor with 3 levels (capillary refill time)

pain

Numeric pain score

peristalsis

Numeric peristalsis measure

abdominal_distension

Numeric distension score

nasogastric_tube

Numeric tube measure

nasogastric_reflux

Numeric reflux quantity

nasogastric_reflux_PH

Numeric reflux pH

rectal_examination

Numeric exam result

abdomen

Numeric abdomen assessment

cell_volume

Numeric cell volume

protein

Numeric protein level

abdominocentesis_appearance

Numeric appearance score

abdomcentesis_protein

Numeric protein measure

outcome

Factor with 3 levels (outcome status)

surgical_lesion

Factor with 2 levels (lesion type)

lesion_type1

Factor with 60 levels (primary lesion type)

lesion_type2

Integer secondary lesion code

lesion_type3

Integer tertiary lesion code

cp_data

Factor with 2 levels (CP data)

temp_extreme_ordered

Ordered factor with 4 levels (temperature)

temp_extreme_num

Numeric temperature measure

mucous_membranes_col

Factor with 6 levels (membrane color)

mucous_membranes_group

Factor with 5 levels (membrane group)

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'horse_colic_surgery_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the DigestiveDataSets 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 beyond factor level adjustments.

Source

Data taken from the VIM package version 6.2.2 (originally from UCI repository).

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