Improvements in cuirass ventilation for airway surgery: origins in Copenhagen on the 70th anniversary of the first intensive care unit

Michael S Kristensen*, Rasmus Hesselfeldt, Jakob F Schmidt

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde
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Abstract

The first modern intensive care unit was established in Copenhagen 70 yr ago. This cornerstone of anaesthesia was largely based on experience gained using positive pressure ventilation to save hundreds of patients during the polio epidemic in 1952. Ventilation approaches, monitoring techniques, and pharmacological innovations have developed to such an extent that cuirass ventilation, which proved inadequate during the polio epidemic, might now have novel applications for both anaesthesia and treatment of the critically ill.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftBritish Journal of Anaesthesia
Vol/bind131
Udgave nummer4
Sider (fra-til)644-648
Antal sider5
ISSN0007-0912
DOI
StatusUdgivet - okt. 2023

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