[Applications and challenges of large language models in critical care medicine]

Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2023 Aug 22;103(31):2361-2364. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20230524-00847.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

The rapid development of big data methods and technologies has provided more and more new ideas and methods for clinical diagnosis and treatment. The emergence of large language models (LLM) has made it possible for human-computer interactive dialogues and applications in complex medical scenarios. Critical care medicine is a process of continuous dynamic targeted treatment. The huge data generated in this process needs to be integrated and optimized through models for clinical application, interaction in teaching simulation, and assistance in scientific research. Using the LLM represented by generative pre-trained transformer ChatGPT can initially realize the application in the diagnosis of severe diseases, the prediction of death risk and the management of medical records. At the same time, the time and space limitations, illusions and ethical and moral issues of ChatGPT emerged as the times require. In the future, it is undeniable that it may play a huge role in the diagnosis and treatment of critical care medicine, but the current application should be combined with more clinical knowledge reserves of critical care medicine to carefully judge its conclusions.

大数据方法和技术发展日新月异,给临床诊疗提供了越来越多的新的思路和方法。大语言模型的出现使得人机交互式的对话和复杂的医疗场景下的应用成为了可能。重症医学是一个连续动态目标性治疗的过程,这个过程中产生的庞大数据需要通过模型进行整合与优化并在临床应用,在教学模拟中互动,在科学研究中助力。使用以生成式预训练转换模型(ChatGPT)为代表的大语言模型可初步实现在重症疾病的诊断、死亡风险预测和病案管理方面的应用。同时ChatGPT的时空局限性、幻象和伦理道德问题应运而生。ChatGPT在未来的重症医学诊疗中可能会发挥巨大作用,但目前需要结合更多的重症医学临床知识储备并谨慎对待其作出的结论进行判断。.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Critical Care
  • Humans
  • Language*
  • Technology*