title: A real-time analysis of a transplantation program with a personal computer.
abstract: This study concerns the use of commercial software (a spreadsheet combined with database and graphic functions) to analyze data on kidney transplantation. The program consists of a section containing (macro) instructions, a section for entering data, a database, a set of spreadsheets (one for each field) with which the statistical calculations and summary tables are executed, and a set of diagrams for the final visual output. Three kinds of data are made available: descriptive statistics, actuarial survival rates, and risk factor evaluation. The program can analyze the importance of the variables considered and estimate the effect of a therapeutic or diagnostic maneuver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, St. Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buscaroli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stefoni
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bonomini
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000401:mortality; D008838:Microcomputers; D012307:Risk Factors; D012984:Software; D015996:Survival Rate; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted