Abstract: In the past thirty years, intensive medicine has made great development, and it has been playing an active role in hospital medical practice and other emergencies. Intensive medicine has become an indispensable part in rescuing critically ill patients and protecting people’s life and health. It has been proved that intensive medicine is capable to adapt to change and to lead the development of the discipline. These changes have greatly improved the prognosis of patients. This article is mainly focused on the four aspects to explore the research status and future development of intensive medicine,including the early recognition of sepsis, acute kidney injury (AKI) and renal replacement therapy (RRT), respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic monitoring and volume resuscitation. It can be predicted that the future trend of intensive medicine is to foster collaboration between clinical and basic researches, and to make full use of big data and artificial intelligence.

Key words: sepsis, respiration, artificial, renal replacement therapy, hemodynamics, critical care medicine