Creates a dataframe with distinct parameters and units combinations — get_unique_units_df • scicalc

Creates a dataframe with distinct parameters and units combinations

Usage

get_unique_units_df(params, units)

Arguments

params: a column from a dataset with lab parameters
units: a column from a dataset with units associated with those parameters

Value

a dataframe with distinct units and parameters with IU replaced to U and mu replaced with u

Examples

df <- data.frame(
  PARAM = c(
    "ALB","ALT","AST","CR","TBIL",
    "ALB","CR","TBIL","ALT","AST"),
  UNIT = c(
    "g/L","U/L","U/L","umol/L","umol/L",
    "U/L","μmol/L","μmol/L","IU/L","IU/L")
)
unique_df <- get_unique_units_df(df$PARAM, df$UNIT)