TY - JOUR
T1 - Systems modeling and simulation applications for critical care medicine
AU - Dong, Yue
AU - Chbat, Nicolas W.
AU - Gupta, Ashish
AU - Hadzikadic, Mirsad
AU - Gajic, Ognjen
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, and National Library of Medicine LM10468Z-01
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Critical care delivery is a complex, expensive, error prone, medical specialty and remains the focal point of major improvement efforts in healthcare delivery. Various modeling and simulation techniques offer unique opportunities to better understand the interactions between clinical physiology and care delivery. The novel insights gained from the systems perspective can then be used to develop and test new treatment strategies and make critical care delivery more efficient and effective. However, modeling and simulation applications in critical care remain underutilized. This article provides an overview of major computer-based simulation techniques as applied to critical care medicine. We provide three application examples of different simulation techniques, including a) pathophysiological model of acute lung injury, b) process modeling of critical care delivery, and c) an agent-based model to study interaction between pathophysiology and healthcare delivery. Finally, we identify certain challenges to, and opportunities for, future research in the area.
AB - Critical care delivery is a complex, expensive, error prone, medical specialty and remains the focal point of major improvement efforts in healthcare delivery. Various modeling and simulation techniques offer unique opportunities to better understand the interactions between clinical physiology and care delivery. The novel insights gained from the systems perspective can then be used to develop and test new treatment strategies and make critical care delivery more efficient and effective. However, modeling and simulation applications in critical care remain underutilized. This article provides an overview of major computer-based simulation techniques as applied to critical care medicine. We provide three application examples of different simulation techniques, including a) pathophysiological model of acute lung injury, b) process modeling of critical care delivery, and c) an agent-based model to study interaction between pathophysiology and healthcare delivery. Finally, we identify certain challenges to, and opportunities for, future research in the area.
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U2 - 10.1186/2110-5820-2-18
DO - 10.1186/2110-5820-2-18
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22703718
AN - SCOPUS:84864216689
SN - 2110-5820
VL - 2
JO - Annals of Intensive Care
JF - Annals of Intensive Care
IS - 1
M1 - 18
ER -