Systematized and efficient: organization of critical care in the future

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Annette M. Esper, Emory University; Yaseen M. Arabi, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; Maurizio Cecconi, Humanitas University; Bin Du, Union Medical College Hospital; Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Nicole Juffermans, Erasmus Medical Center; Flavia Machado, Federal University of São Paulo; Sandra Peake, University of Adelaide; Jason Phua, Alexandra Hospital; Kathryn Rowan, Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre; Gee Young Suh, Sungkyunkwan University; Gregory Martin, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2022-11-28
• Publisher: BMC
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © The Author(s) 2022
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-022-04244-1
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: CRITICAL CARE
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 1
• Start Page: 366
• End Page: 366
• Keywords: MORTALITY; ICU; DELIRIUM; Critical Care Medicine; DESIGN; ICU space; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Critical care; Science & Technology; ILL; Intensive care medicine; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL-RECORD; DISEASE; General & Internal Medicine
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery; Health Sciences, Health Care Management

Abstract

Since the advent of critical care in the twentieth century, the core elements that are the foundation for critical care systems, namely to care for critically ill and injured patients and to save lives, have evolved enormously. The past half-century has seen dramatic advancements in diagnostic, organ support, and treatment modalities in critical care, with further improvements now needed to achieve personalized critical care of the highest quality. For critical care to be even higher quality in the future, advancements in the following areas are key: the physical ICU space; the people that care for critically ill patients; the equipment and technologies; the information systems and data; and the research systems that impact critically ill patients and families. With acutely and critically ill patients and their families as the absolute focal point, advancements across these areas will hopefully transform care and outcomes over the coming years.