extract_bp: Extract blood pressure values from text (SBP/DBP)

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Extract blood pressure values from text (SBP/DBP)

Description

Separates SBP and DBP from a string of blood pressure readings, and returns it as a dataframe. Mean arterial pressure is added unless default 'meanBP' option changed.

Usage

extract_bp(text, meanBP = TRUE, digits = 3)

Arguments

text	A string containing blood pressure readings
meanBP	if FALSE, does not return calculated MAP
digits	Desired number of signficant digits, default=3

Value

A dataframe containing SBP, DBP and MAP

Examples

bpreadings <- c("120/80", "90/50", "220/40")
bpreadings2 <- c("120 / 80", "90 / 50", "220 / 40")
extract_bp(bpreadings)
extract_bp(bpreadings2)
extract_bp(bpreadings2, meanBP = F)

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