Bernard: Survival of patients with sepsis.

BernardR Documentation

Survival of patients with sepsis.

Description

A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of intravenous ibuprofen in 455 patients who had sepsis, defined as fever, tachycardia, tachypnea, and acute failure of at least one organ system.

Usage

Bernard

Format

A labelled tibble with 455 rows and 9 variables:

id

Patient ID

treat

Treatment, factor with levels "Placebo" and "Ibuprofen".

race

Race/ethnicity, factor with levels "White", "African American" and "Other".

fate

Mortality status at 30 days, factor with levels "Alive" and "Dead".

apache

Baseline APACHE score.

o2del

Oxygen delivery at baseline.

followup

Follow-up time in hours.

temp0

Baseline temperature in centigrades.

temp10

Temperature after 36 hr in centigrades.

Source

Bernard, GR, et al. (1997) The effects of ibuprofen on the physiology and survival of patients with sepsis, N Engl J Med 336: 912–918.


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