Table 4 List of tables available in the eICU Collaborative Research Database (v2.0).

From: The eICU Collaborative Research Database, a freely available multi-center database for critical care research

Table name

Type of data

admissionDrug

Care documentation: Medications taken prior to unit admission.

admissionDx

APACHE: Admission diagnoses and other APACHE information.

allergy

Care documentation: Known patient allergies.

apacheApsVar

APACHE: Physiology score components used in predictions.

apachePredVar

APACHE: Other components used in predictions.

apachePatientResult

APACHE: Predictions made by APACHE IV and IVa.

carePlanCareProvider

Care plan: Details regarding managing or consulting providers.

carePlanEOL

Care plan: End of life care planning.

carePlanGeneral

Care plan: Plans for patient care, often including end of life care.

carePlanGoal

Care plan: Stated goals of care for the patient.

carePlanInfectiousDisease

Care plan: Precautions for patient related to infectious disease.

customLab

Care documentation: Infrequent, unstandardized laboratory tests.

diagnosis

Care documentation: Structured record of active problems.

hospital

Administration: Hospital level survey information: bed size, teaching status, and US region.

infusionDrug

Care documentation: Continuous infusions administered.

intakeOutput

Care documentation: Intake and output recorded for patients.

lab

Care documentation: Laboratory measurements for patient derived specimens.

medication

Care documentation: Prescribed medications usually interfaced from a local pharmacy system.

microLab

Care documentation: Manually entered microbiology information.

note

Care documentation: Semi-structured notes entered by the physician or physician extender responsible.

nurseAssessment

Care documentation: Documentation for patient items such as pain, psychosocial status, etc.

nurseCare

Care documentation: Documentation for patient items such as nutrition, wound care, drain/tube care, restraints, etc.

nurseCharting

Care documentation: Primary location for information charted at the bed side such as vital signs.

pastHistory

Care documentation: Structured list detailing patient's health status prior to presentation in the unit.

patient

Administration: Demographic and administrative information regarding the patient and their unit/hospital stay.

physicalExam

Care documentation: Semi-structured results of physical examinations performed.

respiratoryCare

Care documentation: Documentation for airway structure, cuff pressures, and other respiratory related details.

respiratoryCharting

Care documentation: Primary location for ventilator setting information including tidal volumes, pressure settings, etc.

treatment

Care documentation: Structured list detailing active treatments provided to the patient

vitalAperiodic

Monitor data: Unevenly sampled vital sign measurements such as non-invasive blood pressure.

vitalPeriodic

Monitor data: Five minute medians for continuous vital sign measurements such as invasive blood pressure.

  1. Short descriptions of data contained in the table are provided. APACHE: Acute Physiology, Age, and Chronic Health Evaluation.