transplantr (version 0.2.0)

liver_dri: Liver Donor Risk Index (DRI)

Description

A vectorised function to calculate the Liver Donor Risk Index as published by Feng and others.

Usage

liver_dri(age, cod, eth, dcd, split, share, cit, height)

Arguments

age

numeric vector of patient ages in years

cod

character string vector of donor causes of death, one of "trauma", "anoxia", "cva" or "other"

eth

character string vector of ethnicity, one of "black", "white" or "other"

dcd

numeric vector of whether DCD (1 = yes, 0 = no)

split

numeric vector of whether liver split (1 = yes, 0 = no)

share

character string vector of type of sharing, one of "regional" or "national"

cit

numeric vector of cold ischaemic times in hours

height

numeric vector of patient heights in cm

Value

numeric vector of liver DRI values

Details

Reference: Feng S, Goodrich NP, Bragg-Gresham JL et al. Characteristics Associated with Liver Graft Failre: The Concept of a Donor Risk Index. American Journal of Transplantation 2006; 6:783-790.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
liver_dri(age = 25, cod = "trauma", eth = "white", dcd = 0, split = 0,
    share = "local", cit = 8, height = 170) # 1.00

liver_dri(age = 64, cod = "cva", eth = "white", dcd = 0, split = 0,
    share = "local", cit = 14, height = 170) # 1.88
# }