Intensive care medicine is 60 years old: The history and future of the intensive care unit

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 376-379

  Kelly, Fiona E ^a   Fong, Kevin ^b,c   Hirsch, Nicholas ^d   Nolan, Jerry P ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Neurocritical Care National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery ^*

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Polio; Tracheostomy; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIC; FUTUROLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; POLIOMYELITIS; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

INTENSIVE CARE; POLIO; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATION;

DENMARK; FORECASTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; POLIOMYELITIS;

EID: 84906076740     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-4-376     Document Type: Article

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