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. 2022 Mar 17;10:852410. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.852410

Table 1.

Overview of the data tables in the critical care database.

Table name Description
dtBaseline.csv This data table contains data on baseline characteristics of individual patients. One line represents one patient entry.
dtDrugs.csv This data table contains data from the HIS and it is medical order prescribed by physicians. The datatime represents the time of the prescription and is not necessarily the time of drug administration.
dtICD.csv This data table contains ICD-10 code and diagnosis descriptions. The description was translated from Chinese words. The Status_Discharge column describes the status of each individual diagnosis. If a patient died on hospital discharge, Status_Discharge will be coded as “dead” for all diagnoses. This table can be used to compute hospital mortality.
dtLab.csv Laboratory variables, as well as the reference range for each item, are listed.
dtTansfer.csv The data table contains information on transferring between different departments, i.e., from the gastroenterology department to ICU.
dtNursingChart.csv The nursing chart contains all kinds of recordings by bedside nurses. The progress notes were written in Chinese, which can be used for natural language processing.
dtOutCome.csv The outcomes of included patients. Especially, it contains the SF-36 questionnaire, which was obtained by follow-up after being discharged home.
datDictionary.csv Description for the column variables in each table.

SF-36, Short Form Health Survey; ICU, intensive care medicine; ICD, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems; HIS, Hospital Information System.