Date:         Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:35:30 -0800
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Subject:      Re: Question on Data cleansing in Clinical Trails
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Bhavani,

It might also be possible that the measured unit is not mg/dL.  This
happens when the lab data is collected at different sites which use
different units.

-Srinivas

"Sridhar, Kumar" wrote:
> Pull the CRF for the patient and visit where it is 570 mg/dL.  If that
> says 570 mg/dL then that's what you've got to go by.  Otherwise, check
> with your Data management group and see what they've got to say about
> this.   Generally Lab data is dirty so you've got to be doubly careful
> when handling this.  IMHO, it looks like the dosing value was messed up.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Bhavani Shankar
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 8:55 AM
> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Question on Data cleansing in Clinical Trails
>
> While collecting the data from Clinical research organization. I found
> that the Blood Sugar value is 460mg/dL in some cases 570mg/dL in one
> case  ( Normal value is 64 to 110 mg/dL).
> How do I know whether it is a Data Error while entering the data value
> or is it the impact of the drug that was administered.
> Please suggest an idea to solve this
> Thanks
> Bhavani
>