bp: Lowering Blood Pressure Data

bpR Documentation

Lowering Blood Pressure Data

Description

Lowering a patient's blood pressure during surgery, using a hypotensive drug.

Usage

data(bp)

Format

A data frame with 53 observations on the following 3 variables.

logdose

the logarithm (base 10) of the dose of drug in milligrams

bloodp

average systolic blood pressure achieved while the drug was being administered

recovtime

time in minutes before the patient's systolic blood pressure returned to 100mm of mercury

Source

J. D. Robertson and P. Armitage (1959) Comparison of Two Hypotensive Agents, Anaesthesia, 14(1), 53–64


HSAUR3 documentation built on Sept. 11, 2024, 8:37 p.m.