Impara Analyzing Lab Results with pandas | Clinical Data Analysis and Visualization

Lab result analysis is a crucial part of pharmacy practice because it enables you to make informed clinical decisions for your patients. By examining lab data such as blood glucose or creatinine levels, you can identify potential issues, monitor treatment effectiveness, and adjust therapies as needed. With the help of the pandas library, you can efficiently organize, filter, and interpret large volumes of patient lab results, making it easier to spot trends or abnormalities that may require intervention.


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import pandas as pd

# Create a DataFrame with sample patient lab results
data = {
    "Patient": ["Alice", "Bob", "Charlie", "Dana", "Eli"],
    "Test": ["Glucose", "Glucose", "Creatinine", "Glucose", "Creatinine"],
    "Value": [110, 185, 1.1, 205, 2.3]
}

lab_results = pd.DataFrame(data)
print(lab_results)

Once you have your lab results organized in a DataFrame, you can filter the data to focus on patients with abnormal values. For example, elevated glucose levels may indicate the need for diabetes management or further testing. Filtering allows you to quickly pinpoint which patients have results outside the normal range so you can take appropriate clinical action.


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# Define the clinical threshold for high glucose
high_glucose_threshold = 140

# Filter for patients with glucose above the threshold
high_glucose = lab_results[
    (lab_results["Test"] == "Glucose") &
    (lab_results["Value"] > high_glucose_threshold)
]

# Summarize the patients with high glucose
print("Patients with high glucose levels:")
print(high_glucose[["Patient", "Value"]])

1. How can pandas help identify patients with abnormal lab results?

2. What is the benefit of filtering lab data for clinical decision making?

3. Which pandas method is used to select rows based on a condition?

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What other lab values can I filter for abnormalities?

How can I adjust the threshold for high glucose?

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