From 87d544766991dcfaf16e145f75c60f59d4c6a6a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kyle Belanger Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 19:08:48 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update chapter3.qmd --- chapter3.qmd | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/chapter3.qmd b/chapter3.qmd index c395065..540be4e 100644 --- a/chapter3.qmd +++ b/chapter3.qmd @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ # Methods ## Population and Data + +This study was designed using the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC) database [@johnsonalistair]. MIMIC (Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care) is an extensive, freely-available database comprising de-identified health-related data from patients who were admitted to the critical care units of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The study is using version IV of the database, containing data from 2008 - 2019. The database contains many different types of information, but only data from the patients and laboratory events table are used in this study. + +## Data Variables and Outcomes