TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Surgical Critical Care
A1  - Eriksson, Evert A.
A1  - Privette, Alicia
A1  - Jewett, Brent
A1  - Fakhry, Samir M.
A2  - McKean, Sylvia C.
A2  - Ross, John J.
A2  - Dressler, Daniel D.
A2  - Scheurer, Danielle B.
PY  - 2017
T2  - Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2e
AB  - Caring  for  critically  ill  patients  began  through  recognizing  the  unique  needs  of  the  acutely  injured  and  postoperative  patient.  In  the  1850s  during  the  Crimean  War,  Florence  Nightingale  placed  the  most  seriously  ill  patients  in  beds  near  the  nursing  station.  This  stressed  the  importance  of  a  separate  geographic  location  for  critically  ill  and  injured  patients.  Dr  Walter  E.  Dandy,  in  1923,  at  the  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital  created  a  three  bed  postoperative  unit  for  neurosurgical  patients  and  staffed  the  unit  with  specially  trained  nurses  to  manage  and  monitor  these  patients.  The  Second  World  War  brought  about  the  creation  of  specialized  shock  units  to  provide  resuscitation  for  the  large  number  of  critically  injured  soldiers.  The  1950s  experienced  the  widespread  development  of  shock  units  and  postoperative  recovery  units.  In  addition,  respiratory  units  were  created  due  to  the  large  number  of  polio  patients  requiring  mechanical  ventilation.  In  1986,  the  American  Board  of  Medical  Specialties  approved  certification  in  Critical  Care  for  the  four  primary  boards:  anesthesiology,  internal  medicine,  pediatrics,  and  surgery.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1137607817
ER  -