peld_US: PELD score (US units)

In transplantr: Audit and Research Functions for Transplantation

Description

A wrapper for peld(), a vectorised function to generate a PELD score for paediatric liver transplant candidates, using mg/dl as the unit for the serum bilirubin level.

Usage

peld_US(INR, bili, albumin, listing_age, growth_failure)

Arguments

INR	numeric vector of INR
bili	numeric vector of serum biliruin (mg/dl)
albumin	numeric vector of serum albumin (g/dl)
listing_age	numeric vector of age at the time of listing (years)
growth_failure	numeric vector of whether there is growth failure (1 = yes, 0 = no)

Details

Reference: McDiarmid SV, Anand R, Lindblad AS, et. al. Development of a pediatric end-stage liver disease score to predict poor outcome in children awaiting liver transplantation. Transplantation 2002; 74(2):173-81.

Value

numeric vector of PELD scores

Examples

peld_US(INR = 2, bili = 3.1, albumin = 2.5, listing_age = 2, growth_failure = 1)

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