Critical Care Database Comprising Patients With Infection.

Area of Science:

• Critical Care Medicine
• Medical Informatics
• Infectious Diseases

Background:

• Intensive care units (ICUs) generate high-granularity data crucial for clinical practice and research.
• Existing open-access critical care databases primarily originate from Western countries.
• There is a significant need for comprehensive critical care datasets specific to Chinese adult populations.

Purpose of the Study:

• To establish a high-granularity critical care database for Chinese adult patients with infections.
• To address the lack of accessible critical care data for this demographic.
• To facilitate diverse clinical studies, particularly those involving sepsis and septic shock.

Main Methods:

• Integrated high-granularity data from electronic health records and nursing charts.
• Included laboratory findings, baseline characteristics, medications, ICD codes, and follow-up results.
• Focused on patients diagnosed with infection, sepsis, and/or septic shock.

Main Results:

• Successfully established a comprehensive critical care database.
• The database contains detailed information on infection and sepsis patients.
• The dataset is now publicly accessible for research purposes.

Conclusions:

• The newly established database provides a valuable resource for critical care research in China.
• This initiative addresses a critical data gap for Chinese adult patients with infections.
• The comprehensive and accessible nature of the database will support numerous clinical studies.