RCPCHGrowth CLI (Command-line Interface) tool

Partly for our own uses, we've wrapped the Python package in a command-line tool so that you can use the power of the growth functions in the rcpchgrowth-python package conveniently in the terminal.

GitHub repository

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Installation

pip install rcpchgrowth-python-cli

Usage

Check that rcpchgrowth-python-cli was correctly installed

rcpchgrowth --help

Should return some help text.

Calculating a decimal chronologic age

rcpchgrowth age-calculation [birth_date] [observation_date] \
    [gestation_weeks] [gestation-days] [-a --adjustment]

This returns a decimal age representing the different between two dates.

If the gestation is supplied with the -a adjustment flag, age will be returned, corrected for gestational age.

• birth_date: format YYYY-MM-DD (required)
• observation_date: format YYYY-MM-DD (required)
• gestation_weeks: this is an integer which defaults to 40 if not specified
• gestation_days: this is an integer which defaults to 0 if not specified

Note the command line will usually error if a leading 0 is supplied.

Gestational Age Correction

If the -a or --adjustment flags are passed, gestational age correction will be performed to the supplied gestation in weeks and days, if nothing is passed, then gestational age correction will still be applied but it will use the default 40+0 weeks.

Example

The following calculates a decimal age for a child born on 10th October 1759 and measured on 12th November 1759, with genstational age correction for birth at 28 weeks 2 days.

rcpchgrowth age-calculation 1759-10-10 1759-11-12 28 2 -a

Below is the same calculation without gestational age correction

rcpchgrowth age-calculation 1759-10-10 1759-11-12 28 2

Generating measurements that fit a certain SDS

The measurement-for-sds function returns a measurement for an SDS.

Required arguments (argument order sensitive)

• decimal_age: a float value
• measurement_method: one of 'height', 'weight', 'bmi' (body mass index) or 'ofc' (head circumference)
• sex: one of 'male' or 'female'
• SDS: a float value

Option

-r
--reference

This defaults to uk-who if not provided. If provide, parameters are one of 'uk-who', 'trisomy-21' or 'turners-syndrome'

Example

foo@bar:~$ rcpchgrowth measurement-for-sds 8.3 height female 0.72 --reference turners-syndrome
 ____   ____ ____   ____ _   _  ____                   _   _     
|  _ \ / ___|  _ \ / ___| | | |/ ___|_ __ _____      _| |_| |__  
| |_) | |   | |_) | |   | |_| | |  _| '__/ _ \ \ /\ / / __| '_ \ 
|  _ <| |___|  __/| |___|  _  | |_| | | | (_) \ V  V /| |_| | | |
|_| \_\\____|_|    \____|_| |_|\____|_|  \___/ \_/\_/  \__|_| |_|


Reference: Turner's Syndrome
SDS 0.72
Centile: 76.424 %
height: 115.79078818040003 cm

sds-for-measurement

Required arguments (argument order sensitive)

• decimal_age: a float value
• measurement_method: one of 'height', 'weight', 'bmi' (body mass index) or 'ofc' (head circumference)
• sex: one of 'male' or 'female'
• observation_value: a float value

Option

-r
--reference

This defaults to uk-who if not provided. If provide, paramaters are one of 'uk-who', 'trisomy-21' or 'turners-syndrome'

Example

foo@bar:~$ rcpchgrowth sds-for-measurement 16.3 ofc female 55
 ____   ____ ____   ____ _   _  ____                   _   _     
|  _ \ / ___|  _ \ / ___| | | |/ ___|_ __ _____      _| |_| |__  
| |_) | |   | |_) | |   | |_| | |  _| '__/ _ \ \ /\ / / __| '_ \ 
|  _ <| |___|  __/| |___|  _  | |_| | | | (_) \ V  V /| |_| | | |
|_| \_\\____|_|    \____|_| |_|\____|_|  \___/ \_/\_/  \__|_| |_|


Reference: UK-WHO
SDS: -0.27811780457145885
Centile: 39.0 %

measurement-for-centile

This function returns a measurement for an centile.

Required arguments (argument order sensitive)

• decimal_age: a float value
• measurement_method: one of 'height', 'weight', 'bmi' (body mass index) or 'ofc' (head circumference)
• sex: one of 'male' or 'female'
• centile: a float value

Option

-r
--reference

This defaults to uk-who if not provided. If provide, paramaters are one of 'uk-who', 'trisomy-21' or 'turners-syndrome'

Example

foo@bar:~$ rcpchgrowth measurement-for-centile 3.4 weight male 25.0 --reference trisomy-21
 ____   ____ ____   ____ _   _  ____                   _   _     
|  _ \ / ___|  _ \ / ___| | | |/ ___|_ __ _____      _| |_| |__  
| |_) | |   | |_) | |   | |_| | |  _| '__/ _ \ \ /\ / / __| '_ \ 
|  _ <| |___|  __/| |___|  _  | |_| | | | (_) \ V  V /| |_| | | |
|_| \_\\____|_|    \____|_| |_|\____|_|  \___/ \_/\_/  \__|_| |_|


Reference: Trisomy 21/Down's Syndrome
SDS -0.674
Centile: 25.0 %
weight: 12.367721906931306 kg

Development of the CLI tool

see Development