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Referral advice for body height

advice_hgt.Rd

This function traverses the decision tree of the "JGZ-Richtlijn Lengtegroei 2019".

Usage

calculate_advice_hgt(
  sex = NA_character_,
  bw = NA,
  bl = NA,
  ga = NA,
  etn = "NL",
  hgtf = NA,
  hgtm = NA,
  dob = NA_character_,
  dom = NA_character_,
  y = NA,
  y1 = NA,
  y0 = NA,
  dom1 = NA_integer_,
  dom0 = NA_integer_,
  test_gain = TRUE,
  verbose = FALSE
)

Arguments

sex

Character, either "male" or "female"

bw

Birth weight (grammes)

bl

Birth length (cm)

ga

Gestational age, completed weeks (Integer or character)

etn

Etnicity, one of "NL" (dutch), "TU" (turkish), "MA" (moroccan) or "HS" (hindustani). Currently not functional, always uses "NL". Only used for target height.

hgtf

Height of father (cm)

hgtm

Height of mother (cm)

dob

Date of birth (yyyymmdd). Required if dom is supplied as a date string.

dom

Vector with dates of measurements. Either supplied as age in decimal years or a date in the format yyyymmdd.

y

Vector with height measurements (cm)

y1

Legacy parameter.

y0

Legacy parameter.

dom1

Legacy parameter.

dom0

Legacy parameter.

test_gain

Logical. Should the increase or decrease in Z-scores be tested? The default is TRUE.

verbose

Set to TRUE to obtain warnings on reference finding.

Value

calculate_advice_hgt returns an integer, the msgcode

Details

The decision tree assesses both single and paired measurements. The observation corresponding to the oldest age is taken is the current measurement.

Author

Paula van Dommelen, Stef van Buuren, 2021

Examples

msg(calculate_advice_hgt())
#> [1] "Voer het geslacht in."
msgcode <- calculate_advice_hgt(sex = "male", dob = "20200101",
                                dom = c("01022020", "20200601"),
                                y = c(54, 68),
                                ga = 35,
                                test_gain = FALSE)
msg(msgcode)
#> [1] "Het advies volgens de JGZ-richtlijn lengtegroei is als volgt: Zijn er duidelijke andere symptomen die samenhangen met aandoeningen die gepaard gaan met een grote lengte? Met name achterstanden in de ontwikkeling, gedragsproblemen en macrocefalie (groot hoofd). Indien ja, Verwijzen naar huisarts/kinderarts. Indien nee, in principe geen verwijzing nodig, naar eigen inzicht handelen."