This abstract was presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Danish Society of Nephrology. Authors: Qais Waleed Saleh 1,2 Martin Tepel 1,2 Affiliations: 1 – Department of Nephrology, Odense University Hospital, Odense Denmark. 2 – Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Renal and Cardiovascular Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. Introduction: Patients …
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is performed by infusion of dialysate into the peritoneal cavity. The peritoneum (the membrane covering the abdominal cavity) acts as a semipermeable membrane from which waste products are allowed to be transported to the dialysate which is then removed. This infographic provides an overview of the two principle types of PD, continuous …
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Licorice is a popular sweet in Scandinavian countries. I have observed cases in which resistant hypertension appeared to reverse after the consumption of licorice was ceased. Here is how licorice may induce hypertension.
R cheat sheets were my go-to aid as a new-comer to R. These cheat sheets provide a quick overview of the essential commands within a specific package of R. However, the information can be hard to appreciate if one is not familiar with R or R language. Fellow newcomers to R have also reiterated similar …
In my view, the most exciting aspect of using R is the vast ability to customize graphs. As a beginner, graphical presentation in R is challenging and not easily memorable. Therefore, I developed an easy to follow strategy that helps in navigating graphical presentation in R. In this session the following R packages are discussed: …
Project Directories I find it beneficial to use a specific file directory for each statistical analysis or data visualization project, regardless of the statistical program. This simplifies revisiting the project, as all needed documents, data and code files are in the same directory. Furthermore, working in projects in R simplifies code for importing data, and …
Rstudio On opening Rstudio, notice the different windows. The Console You can write commands here. On pressing ENTER, the result will also be displayed in the console. Environment The environment tab displays any imported data set(s) as an object(s). Importing data can be achieved by writing commands in the console, or perhaps easier by pressing …
