In this AVF Podcast: Behind-The-Scenes ICU Stories episode, Professor Jean-Louis Vincent paints his vision for the future of intensive care. Professor Vincent is Professor of intensive care medicine at the University of Brussels. He is Past-President of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. He is the editor-in-chief of Critical Care, Current Opinion in Critical Care, and ICU Management & Practice, and member of the editorial boards of about 30 other journals. He has authored more than 1000 original articles, and his H index is 193.
Issues discussed in this interview:
- Critical care medicine outside the intensive care unit (ICU)
- Mixed versus medical or surgical ICU
- Multidisciplinary teams
- Protocolised versus personalised care with artificial intelligence
- Outcomes beyond mortality
- Telemedicine and pre-hospital care
- Humanity and diversity in medicine
- Noninvasive monitoring and extracorporeal organ support
- Passion and inspiration
Work cited:
- Evans L, Rhodes A, Alhazzani W, et al. Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021. Intensive Care Med 2021;47:1181-247.
- Alam N, Oskam E, Stassen PM, et al. Prehospital antibiotics in the ambulance for sepsis: a multicentre, open label, randomised trial. Lancet Respir Med 2018;6:40-50.
- Vincent JL. Antibiotic administration in the ambulance? Lancet Respir Med 2018;6:5-6.
- Lane DJ, Wunsch H, Saskin R, et al. Association between early intravenous fluids provided by paramedics and subsequent in-hospital mortality among patients with sepsis. JAMA Netw Open 2018;1:e185845.
- Ranieri VM, Brodie D, Vincent JL. Extracorporeal organ support: from technological tool to clinical strategy supporting severe organ failure. JAMA 2017;318:1105-6.
- Mang S, Reyher C, Mutlak H, et al. Awake extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2022;205:847-51.
