Interpretation of pathophysiology by laboratory data (2). Graphic display of data, dynamic pattern.
In order to display the pathophysiology of a patient more efficiently and adequately than in the static radar chart presented in the first report, a dynamic radar chart and serial line graphs using colored lines were presented. A dynamic radar chart prepared as described particularly in this report, shows the whole data of a patient along with the time course of illness by the space-saving "overlapped-drawing". Moreover serial line graphs are employed for items important for the understanding of a patient's pathophysiology or for items which show obscure change due to overlapping in the dynamic radar chart. Although this line graph is space-occupying it reveals more clearly the changes of data throughout the entire course of a patient's disease. In this second report the dynamic presentation of data and its interpretation, were presented for nine cases. This was done more efficiently and adequately than in the cases described in the first report where the display and interpretation of pathophysiology of a patient was made using merely the data of a single point.
Niwa
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Department of Clinical Pathology, School of Medicine, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan.
Shimizu
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D001699:Biometry; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D003626:Data Display; D006801:Humans