urinary {bnRep} | R Documentation |
urinary Bayesian Network
Description
Urinary tract infections in children: building a causal model-based decision support tool for diagnosis with domain knowledge and prospective data.
Format
A discrete Bayesian network to describe the causal relationships among variables relevant to paediatric urinary tract infections. Probabilities were given within the referenced paper. The vertices are:
- AbdoPain
(Yes, Unknown);
- AgeGroup
(LessThan6Mon, Btw6MonAnd2Yr, Btw2And5Yr, Above5Yr);
- CauseUTI
(EColi, OtherGramNeg, GramPos, None);
- CollMethod
(CleanCatch, Catheter, SupraAsp);
- ContaminationRisk
(High, Low);
- CRPLevel
(Above70, Btw15And70, Below50, NotDone)
- CurrPhenotype
(Type1, Type2, Type3);
- Diarrhea
(Yes, No);
- EColi
(Positive, Negative);
- EColiPresence
(High, Low);
- EmpricAbxGroup3
(Narrow, Broader);
- Epithelials
(Low, Moderate);
- FeverPR
(Yes, No);
- GramPos
(Positive, Negative);
- GramPosPresence
(High, Low);
- Irritable
(Yes, No);
- Lethargy
(Yes, No);
- Microscopy_bacts
(Many, Moderate, Few, NotSeen);
- NauseaOrVomit
(Yes, No);
- NeutLevel
(Above15, Btw8And15, Below8, NotDone);
- OnAbxEDGroup3
(No, Narrow, Broader);
- OtherGramNeg
(Positive, Negative);
- OtherGramNegPresence
(High, Low);
- PoorIntake
(Yes, No);
- PrevUriKidProbs
(Reported, Unknown);
- RespSymp
(Yes, No);
- Sex
(Female, Male);
- TemperatureLvl2
(Abv385, Btw375and385, Btw365and375, Below365);
- UltraSound
(Abnormal, Unknown, NotDone);
- Urin_Leuc
(High, Moderate, Low);
- Urin_LeucEst
(High, Moderate, Low, NotDetected);
- Urin_Nitrite
(Detected, NotDetected);
- UrinSym_haematuria
(Yes, Unknown);
- UrinSym_PainOrDiscomf
(Yes, Unknown);
- UrinSym_smelly
(Yes, Unknown);
- WCCLevel
(Above18, Btw10And18, Below10, NotDone);
Value
An object of class bn.fit
. Refer to the documentation of bnlearn
for details.
References
Ramsay, J. A., Mascaro, S., Campbell, A. J., Foley, D. A., Mace, A. O., Ingram, P., ... & Wu, Y. (2022). Urinary tract infections in children: building a causal model-based decision support tool for diagnosis with domain knowledge and prospective data. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 22(1), 218.