rhc: Right Heart Catheterization Dataset
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This dataset was used in Connors et al. (1996), JAMA: The effectiveness of RHC in the initial care of critically III patients. 276:889-897, The data and description are available from Harrell's Hmisc R package, using getHdata() function, obtaining information from https://hbiostat.org/data.

1	data("rhc")

A data frame with 5735 observations on the following 62 variables.

cat1: Primary disease category
cat2: Secondary disease category
ca: Cancer
sadmdte: Study admission date
dschdte: Hospital discharge date
dthdte: Date of death
lstctdte: Date of last contact
death: Death at any time up to 180 Days
cardiohx: Indicator for acute MI, peripheral vascular disease, severe cardiovascular symptoms (NYHA-Class III), very severe cardiovascular symptoms (NYHA-Class IV)
chfhx: Indicator for congestive heart failure
dementhx: Indicator for dementia, stroke or cerebral infarct, parkinson’s disease
psychhx: Indicator for psychiatric history, active psychosis or severe depression
chrpulhx: Indicator for chronic pulmonary disease, severe pulmonary disease, very severe pulmonary disease
renalhx: Indicator for chronic renal disease, chronic hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis
liverhx: Indicator for cirrhosis, hepatic failure
gibledhx: Indicator for upper GI bleeding
malighx: Indicator for solid tumor, metastatic disease, chronic leukemia/myeloma, acute leukemia, lymphoma
immunhx: Indicator for immunosupperssion, organ transplant, HIV positivity, diabetes mellitus without end organ damage, diabetes mellitus with end organ damage, connective tissue disease
transhx: Indicator for transfer (> 24 Hours) from another hospital
amihx: Indicator for definite myocardial infarction
age: Age
sex: Sex
edu: Years of education
surv2md1: Support model estimate of the prob. of surviving 2 months at day 1
das2d3pc: DASI (Duke Activity Status Index)
t3d30: mindthdte - sadmdte, 30
dth30: Death within 30 days of admission
aps1: APACHE score at day 1
scoma1: Glasgow Coma Score at day 1
meanbp1: Mean blood pressure at day 1
wblc1: White blood cell count at day 1
hrt1: Heart rate at day 1
resp1: Respiratory rate at day 1
temp1: Temperature (celcius) at day 1
pafi1: PaO2/FIO2 ratio at day 1
alb1: Albumin at day 1
hema1: Hematocrit at day 1
bili1: Bilirubin at day 1
crea1: Serum creatinineat at day 1
sod1: Serum sodium at day 1
pot1: Serum potassium at day 1
paco21: PaCo2 at day 1
ph1: Serum PH (arterial) at day 1
swang1: Whether or not a patient received a RHC (also called the Swan-Ganz catheter) onthe first day in which the patient qualified for the SUPPORT study
wtkilo1: Weight in kilograms
dnr1: DNR status on day 1
ninsclas: Medical insurance
resp: Categories of admission diagnosis: Respiratory Diagnosis
card: Categories of admission diagnosis: Cardiovascular Diagnosis
neuro: Categories of admission diagnosis: Neurological Diagnosis
gastr: Categories of admission diagnosis: Gastrointestinal Diagnosis
renal: Categories of admission diagnosis: Renal Diagnosis
meta: Categories of admission diagnosis: Metabolic Diagnosis
hema: Categories of admission diagnosis: Hematologic Diagnosis
seps: Categories of admission diagnosis: Sepsis Diagnosis
trauma: Categories of admission diagnosis: Trauma Diagnosis
ortho: Categories of admission diagnosis: Orthopedic Diagnosis
adld3p: Activities of daily living at day 3
urin1: Urine output at day 1
race: Race
income: Income
ptid: Patient ID

The following code constructed the data as used here.

library(Hmisc) getHdata(rhc) save(rhc,file='rhc.rda', compress='xz')

The data and description are available from Harrell's Hmisc R package, using getHdata() function, obtaining information from https://hbiostat.org/data.

Harrell Jr, F. E., & Dupont, M. C. (2021). The Hmisc package. R package version, 4.6-0.