Laboratory Result Interpretation provides comprehensive analysis and clinical interpretation of laboratory test results with reference ranges, demographic adjustments, trend analysis, and critical value monitoring for evidence-based diagnostic decision-making and clinical assessment optimization.
Usage
labinterpret(
  data,
  labValues,
  patientDemo,
  testDates,
  clinicalHistory,
  medicationVars,
  reference_ranges = TRUE,
  critical_values = TRUE,
  trend_analysis = TRUE,
  delta_checks = TRUE,
  reference_source = "demographic_adjusted",
  interpretation_level = "comprehensive",
  confidence_interval = 0.95,
  delta_threshold = 50,
  trend_window = 90,
  age_adjustment = TRUE,
  gender_adjustment = TRUE,
  ethnicity_adjustment = FALSE,
  medication_interaction = TRUE,
  clinical_correlation = TRUE,
  quality_assessment = TRUE,
  interpretation_plots = TRUE,
  trend_plots = TRUE,
  reference_visualization = TRUE,
  delta_plots = FALSE,
  correlation_matrix = FALSE,
  clinical_guidelines = TRUE,
  interpretation_report = TRUE
)Arguments
- data
- . 
- labValues
- Laboratory test results and biomarker values for interpretation 
- patientDemo
- Patient demographic variables (age, gender, ethnicity) for reference range adjustment 
- testDates
- Date/time variables for temporal trend analysis (optional) 
- clinicalHistory
- Clinical history and comorbidity variables affecting reference ranges (optional) 
- medicationVars
- Current medications that may affect laboratory values (optional) 
- reference_ranges
- Apply demographic-adjusted reference ranges and normal value analysis 
- critical_values
- Monitor and flag critical laboratory values requiring immediate attention 
- trend_analysis
- Analyze laboratory value trends over time with statistical significance testing 
- delta_checks
- Perform delta checks for significant changes between consecutive results 
- reference_source
- Source of reference ranges for laboratory value interpretation 
- interpretation_level
- Level of detail for laboratory result interpretation and clinical correlation 
- confidence_interval
- Confidence level for reference range calculations and interpretations 
- delta_threshold
- Percentage change threshold for delta check significance testing 
- trend_window
- Time window for temporal trend analysis and pattern detection 
- age_adjustment
- Apply age-specific reference ranges for laboratory value interpretation 
- gender_adjustment
- Apply gender-specific reference ranges for laboratory value interpretation 
- ethnicity_adjustment
- Apply ethnicity-specific reference ranges when available 
- medication_interaction
- Analyze potential medication effects on laboratory values 
- clinical_correlation
- Correlate laboratory results with clinical presentation and history 
- quality_assessment
- Include quality indicators and analytical performance metrics 
- interpretation_plots
- Create visualization plots for laboratory result interpretation 
- trend_plots
- Create time-series plots showing laboratory value trends 
- reference_visualization
- Visualize reference ranges and patient results comparison 
- delta_plots
- Create plots showing significant changes between consecutive results 
- correlation_matrix
- Create correlation matrix of laboratory values for pattern analysis 
- clinical_guidelines
- Integrate clinical laboratory guidelines and best practice recommendations 
- interpretation_report
- Generate comprehensive clinical interpretation report with recommendations 
Value
A results object containing:
| results$todo | a html | ||||
| results$interpretationTable | a table | ||||
| results$criticalValuesTable | a table | ||||
| results$trendAnalysisTable | a table | ||||
| results$deltaChecksTable | a table | ||||
| results$medicationEffectsTable | a table | ||||
| results$correlationAnalysisTable | a table | ||||
| results$qualityMetricsTable | a table | ||||
| results$interpretationSummary | a html | ||||
| results$clinicalRecommendations | a html | ||||
| results$interpretationPlot | an image | ||||
| results$trendPlot | an image | ||||
| results$referencePlot | an image | ||||
| results$deltaPlot | an image | ||||
| results$correlationPlot | an image | 
Tables can be converted to data frames with asDF or as.data.frame. For example:
results$interpretationTable$asDF
as.data.frame(results$interpretationTable)