dosage_tbl_df: Treatment Dosages Defined by EUCAST
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dosage_tbl_df

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Treatment Dosages Defined by EUCAST

Description

This dataset, dosage_tbl_df, is a tibble containing treatment dosage information for antimicrobial agents as defined by EUCAST. The dosages are used to support interpretive breakpoints in antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

Usage

data(dosage_tbl_df)

Format

A tibble with 759 observations and 9 variables:

ab: Antimicrobial ID
name: Name of the antimicrobial agent
type: Type of dosage scheme
dose: Dose amount
dose_times: Number of doses per day
administration: Route of administration
notes: Additional clinical notes
original_txt: Original EUCAST dosage description
eucast_version: EUCAST guideline version number

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'dosage_tbl_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the MedxR package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'tbl_df' indicates that the dataset is a tibble. The original content has not been modified in any way.