Longitudinal tables can currently be enriched with clinical features using clinical_features_X() functions.
Additional functions are needed for the following medication features:
dose administered between t_start and t_end in wide format: dose_administered_XXX
daily dose prescribed as of t_start in wide format: daily_dose_prescribed_XXX
cumulative dose administered in the last H hours: cum_dose_administered_Hh_XXX where H is set by function argument hours
where XXX is provided by drug_prescriptions.drug_code.
Antifungal and antibacterial prescription dosing is most commonly expressed in
mass (easily convertible into grams) - this is the preferred unit
IU (eg nystatin, colistin) - this may be accommodated by conversion functions
number of table/capsule/etc: this may need to be disallowed by validate_prescription in future releases
volume of solution: this may need to be disallowed by validate_prescriptions() in future releases.
In the event users need to preserve all types of units as currently possible, the alternative solution would be to introduce a mandatory dose_gram field in the drug_prescriptions schema definition.
Longitudinal tables can currently be enriched with clinical features using clinical_features_X() functions.
Additional functions are needed for the following medication features:
t_startandt_endin wide format:dose_administered_XXXt_startin wide format:daily_dose_prescribed_XXXHhours:cum_dose_administered_Hh_XXXwhereHis set by function argumenthourswhere
XXXis provided bydrug_prescriptions.drug_code.Antifungal and antibacterial prescription dosing is most commonly expressed in
validate_prescriptions()in future releases.In the event users need to preserve all types of units as currently possible, the alternative solution would be to introduce a mandatory
dose_gramfield in thedrug_prescriptionsschema definition.Views are welcome - please contribute!