Lab: an R package for generating analysis-ready data from laboratory records.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic health records (EHRs) play a crucial role in healthcare decision-making by giving physicians insights into disease progression and suitable treatment options. Within EHRs, laboratory test results are frequently utilized for predicting disease progression. However, processing laboratory test results often poses challenges due to variations in units and formats. In addition, leveraging the temporal information in EHRs can improve outcomes, prognoses, and diagnosis predication. Nevertheless, the irregular frequency of the data in these records necessitates data preprocessing, which can add complexity to time-series analyses.

Methods

To address these challenges, we developed an open-source R package that facilitates the extraction of temporal information fr

SUBMITTER: Tseng YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10495959 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature