Collaborative Resource for Intensive care Translational science, Informatics, Comprehensive Analytics, and Learning (CRITICAL)

The CRITICAL dataset is the first cross-Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) initiative to create a multi-site, multi-modal, de-identified clinical dataset. It combines deep-data depth with broad-data width, addressing a major unmet need in healthcare research. The dataset encompasses comprehensive longitudinal inpatient and outpatient data, including pre-, during- and post-ICU admissions, for approximately 400,000 distinct critical-care patients. This diverse dataset supports the exploration of urgent clinical problems and facilitates the development of fair and generalizable AI tools for advanced patient monitoring and decision support. The dataset has been curated to serve the research community, fostering innovations in AI/machine learning (ML), outcomes research, and other translational science domains. Its unique combination of size, diversity, and comprehensiveness makes it a valuable resource for tackling long-standing clinical challenges. The metadata provided here for this dataset is licensed under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Please note that access to the data itself is restricted and requires compliance with the applicable Data Use Agreement (DUA). More information about the DUA and how to request access can be found at https://critical.fsm.northwestern.edu/, or by contacting [e-mail]数据集是首个跨临床与转化科学奖（Clinical and Translational Science Award，CTSA）项目所构建的多中心、多模态、去标识化临床数据集。该数据集兼具数据深度与广度，解决了医疗健康研究领域一项重大的未被满足的需求。数据集涵盖全面的纵向住院与门诊数据，包含约40万名不同的重症护理患者在重症监护病房（Intensive Care Unit，ICU）收治前、收治期间及出院后的相关全周期数据。这一多样化数据集可为紧迫临床问题的探索提供支撑，并助力开发公平且可泛化的人工智能工具，用于高级患者监测与决策支持。 本数据集专为服务科研社群而整理，旨在推动人工智能/机器学习（AI/ML）、临床转归研究及其他转化科学领域的创新。其独特的规模、多样性与全面性组合，使其成为攻克长期临床难题的宝贵资源。 本数据集附带的元数据采用署名4.0国际许可协议（Attribution 4.0 International，CC BY 4.0）进行授权。请注意，数据集本身的访问受到限制，需遵守适用的数据使用协议（Data Use Agreement，DUA）。如需了解数据使用协议详情及申请访问方式，请访问https://critical.fsm.northwestern.edu/，或发送邮件至[e-mail]。