PIC, a paediatric-specific intensive care database

Area of Science:

• Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
• Health Informatics
• Clinical Data Management

Background:

• The Paediatric Intensive Care (PIC) database is a significant bilingual, single-center resource from a Chinese children's hospital.
• It contains deidentified data for children admitted to critical care units, encompassing vital signs, medications, lab results, and more.
• PIC serves as a pediatric critical care extension to the widely used MIMIC database.

Purpose of the Study:

• To introduce the Paediatric Intensive Care (PIC) database and its comprehensive data.
• To highlight the database's potential for academic and industrial applications.
• To promote responsible data sharing and collaborative research in pediatric critical care.

Main Methods:

• The PIC database is deidentified and includes extensive clinical information.
• Data access is publicly available upon registration, completion of human subjects research training, and signing a data use agreement.
• The database supports various applications including machine learning and clinical decision support.

Main Results:

• The PIC database provides a rich source of deidentified pediatric critical care data.
• It is designed for diverse applications such as machine learning algorithms and quality improvement initiatives.
• The data facilitate international collaboration and advanced research in the field.

Conclusions:

• The PIC database is a valuable, publicly accessible resource for pediatric critical care research.
• Its unique characteristics support advanced applications and international data sharing.
• PIC promotes responsible data use and collaborative research endeavors.