Developing Data Products Week4 Project: Tylenol Dosage Calculator for Children

Yanhua Hou
10/24/16

Overview

These slides serve as the reproducible pitch presentation part of the week 4 assignment of the course: Developing Data Products.

The shiny app developed for this assignment is available at: (https://phyhouhou.shinyapps.io/Children_Tylenol_Dosage_Calculator/)

The source codes of ui.R and server.R as well as the Rpresentatoin are available on the GitHub at: (https://github.com/phyhouhou/DevelopingDataProductWeek4Project/tree/gh-pages)

Fever and Fever Reducer

  • Children's normal temperature vary with their age, activity, and the time of day. Parents should be very concerned if the kid's temperature is at or above (see refs here ):

    • 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit for children under 3 months old
    • 101 degrees Fahrenheit for children between 3 and 6 months old
    • 103 degrees Fahrenheit for children over 6 months old

  • Tylenol is commonly used to reduce fever and relieve pain. Improper dosing (much larger amounts can cause fatal overdoses) is one big problem.

  • Dosage differs for children of different ages.

Safe Use of Children's Tylenol: Dose by Weight

Children Tylenol Suspension Liquid Dosage (strength: 160mg/5ml)

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Notice:

  • Consult pediatricians for infants under 12 weeks or infants lighter than 6 lb (Fever).
  • Measure the dosage using the syringe or device that comes with the medication.
  • Repeat every 4-6 hours as needed. Don't give more than 5 times a day.
  • The left plot is obtained by visulizing the dosage data in the reference.
  • The left plot is no substitute for your pediatrician's advice.

Shiny App: Interactive Tylenol Dosage Calculator

An image of the app

  • Sidebar panel
    • Select input: 'yes'(age >3 months) or 'no' (age<=3 months )
    • Numeric input: body weight in 'lb'
  • Main panel
    • Short description of the calculator
    • Make calculation based on the input value
    • Display the safe dosage