charlson_list: List of Charlson comorbidities

In medicalrisk: Medical Risk and Comorbidity Tools for ICD-9-CM Data

Description

List of Charlson comorbidities

Usage

charlson_list

Format

A list, with one column for each comorbidity; value is a textual description

Examples

# List the strings used to refer to Charlson comorbidities
names(charlson_list)

# List descriptions of comorbidities
charlson_list

Example output

 [1] "mi"       "chf"      "perivasc" "cvd"      "dementia" "chrnlung"
 [7] "rheum"    "ulcer"    "liver"    "dm"       "dmcx"     "para"    
[13] "renal"    "tumor"    "modliver" "mets"     "aids"    
$mi
[1] "Myocardial infarction"

$chf
[1] "Congestive heart failure"

$perivasc
[1] "Peripheral vascular disorders"

$cvd
[1] "Cerebrovascular disease"

$dementia
[1] "Dementia"

$chrnlung
[1] "Chronic pulmonary disease"

$rheum
[1] "Rheumatic disease"

$ulcer
[1] "Peptic ulcer disease"

$liver
[1] "Mild liver disease"

$dm
[1] "Diabetes without chronic complication"

$dmcx
[1] "Diabetes with chronic complication"

$para
[1] "Hemiplegia or paraplegia"

$renal
[1] "Renal disease"

$tumor
[1] "Any malignancy, including lymphoma and leukemia, except malignant neoplasm of skin"

$modliver
[1] "Moderate or severe liver disease"

$mets
[1] "Metastatic solid tumor"

$aids
[1] "AIDS/HIV"

medicalrisk documentation built on March 26, 2020, 6:31 p.m.