check_key

<p>chlorpromazineR uses conversion factors stored in a named list of 3 named
lists. This verifies that the key is in a usable format, which can be helpful
when creating custom keys or modifying included keys.</p>

As different antipsychotic medications have different potencies,
the doses of different medications cannot be directly compared. Various
strategies are used to convert doses into a common reference so that
comparison is meaningful. Chlorpromazine (CPZ) has historically been used
as a reference medication into which other antipsychotic doses can be
converted, as "chlorpromazine-equivalent doses". Using conversion keys
generated from widely-cited scientific papers, e.g. Gardner et. al 2010
<doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09060802> and Leucht et al. 2016
<doi:10.1093/schbul/sbv167>, antipsychotic doses are converted
to CPZ (or any specified antipsychotic) equivalents. The use of the package
is described in the included vignette. Not for clinical use.

Eric Brown

chlorpromazineR

Convert Antipsychotic Doses to Chlorpromazine Equivalents

Parita Shah

Julia Kim

Frederick Boehm

check_key function

Check whether a conversion key is the expected format — check_key

Check whether a conversion key is the expected format

check_key: Check whether a conversion key is the expected format

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