This User Guide is intended to describe the MIMIC II
(Multiparameter Intelligent Monitoring in
Intensive Care) database,
an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) database which is freely available,
together with this guide, from:
http://www.physionet.org/physiobank/database/mimic2db.
This document can be viewed as HTML or downloaded as a PDF from the
same location.
The MIMIC II database was collected as part of a Bioengineering Research
Partnership (BRP) grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging
and Bioengineering entitled, ``Integrating Data, Models and Reasoning in
Intensive Care'' (RO1-EB001659). The project was established in October
2003 and included an interdisciplinary team
from academia (MIT), industry (Philips Medical Systems) and clinical
medicine (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center).
The objective of the BRP is to develop and evaluate
advanced Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patient monitoring systems that
will substantially improve the efficiency, accuracy and timeliness of
clinical decision making in intensive care.