A vectorised function to calculate the P-PASS pre-procurement pancreas allocation suitability score used in the Eurotransplant area. The score are between 9 and 27, and in a study published by Vinkers et al. in 2008, pancreata with P-PASS score less than 17 were three times more likely to be transplanted than those with scores of 17 or more.
p_pass(age, bmi, icu, c.arr, Na, amylase = NULL, lipase = NULL, norad, dopam)
| age | numeric vector of donor ages in years |
|---|---|
| bmi | numeric vector of donor body mass index (BMI) |
| icu | numeric vector of length of donor ICU stay in days |
| c.arr | numeric vector for duration of cardiac arrest (use 0 if no cardiac arrest) |
| Na | numeric vector of donor serum sodium in mmmol/l |
| amylase | numeric vector of donor serum amylase in IU/l (0 if not available) |
| lipase | numeric vector of donor serum lipase in IU/l (0 if not available) |
| norad | numeric vector of noradrenaline (0 if not used) |
| dopam | numeric vector of dopamine or dobutamine (0 if not used) |
numeric vector of P-PASS scores
At least one of amylase or lipase is needed for each case, but this function can take datasets with a mixture of amylase and lipase levels and will allocate points based on the higher points for cases when both are provided.
Reference: Vinkers MT, Rahmel AO, Slot MC, et al. How to recognize a suitable pancreas donor: a Eurotransplant study of preprocurement factors. Transplant Proc 2008; 40(5):1275-8.
# as a single case p_pass(age = 25, bmi = 19, icu = 0, c.arr = 0, Na = 135, amylase = 101, lipase = 120, norad = 0, dopam = 0) # 9#> [1] 9# as a vector with mixed amylase and lipase availability p_pass(age = c(25, 31, 45), bmi = c(18, 22, 35), icu = c(2, 5, 10), c.arr = c(0, 4, 10), Na = c(135, 157, 164), amylase = c(120, NA, 400), lipase = c(155, 170, NA), norad = c(0, 0.02, 0.06), dopam = c(0, 5, 11)) # 9, 19, 25#> [1] 9 20 27# as a vector with all lipase values missing p_pass(age = c(25, 31, 45), bmi = c(18, 22, 35), icu = c(2, 5, 10), c.arr = c(0, 4, 10), Na = c(135, 157, 164), amylase = c(120, 145, 400), lipase = c(NA, NA, NA), norad = c(0, 0.02, 0.06), dopam = c(0, 5, 11)) # 9, 19, 25#> [1] 9 20 27