The Japanese Intensive care PAtient Database (JIPAD): A national intensive care unit registry in Japan

Abstract Purpose The Japanese Intensive care PAtient Database (JIPAD) was established to construct a high-quality Japanese intensive care unit (ICU) database. Materials and methods A data collection structure for consecutive ICU admissions in adults (≥16 years) and children (≤15 years) has been established in Japan since 2014. We herein report a current summary of the data in JIPAD for admissions between April 2015 and March 2017. Results There were 21,617 ICU admissions from 21 ICUs (217 beds) including 8416 (38.9%) for postoperative or procedural monitoring, defined as adult admissions following elective surgery or for procedures and discharged alive within 24 h, 11,755 (54.4%) critically ill adults other than monitoring, and 1446 (6.7%) children. The standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) based on the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) III-j, APACHE II, and Simplified Acute Physiology Score II scores in adults ranged from 0.387 to 0.534, whereas the SMR based on the Pediatric Index of Mortality 2 in children was 0.867. Conclusion The data revealed that the SMRs based on general severity scores in adults were low because of high proportions of elective and monitoring admission. The development of a new mortality prediction model for Japanese ICU patients is needed.