History of Critical Care Medicine (2023 = 70th anniversary), An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

1st Edition, Volume 39-3 - May 26, 2023
Editor: Hannah Wunsch
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 4 0 1 1 - 5
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 4 0 1 2 - 2

In this issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest editor Dr. Hannah Wunsch brings her considerable expertise to the topic of History of Critical Care Medicine. The term “Critical Care… Read more

History of Critical Care Medicine (2023 = 70th anniversary), An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

Purchase options

Info / Buy

Limited Offer

Save 50% on book bundles

Immediately download your ebook while waiting for your print delivery. No promo code needed.

Institutional subscription on ScienceDirect

Request a sales quote

In this issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest editor Dr. Hannah Wunsch brings her considerable expertise to the topic of History of Critical Care Medicine. The term “Critical Care Medicine” was first introduced in the 1950s at the University of Southern California—making 2023 the 70th anniversary of this subspecialty. This issue provides a fascinating look at important aspects of the history of the field, which originated with the concept that immediately life-endangered patients, the critically ill and injured, may have substantially better chances of survival if provided with professionally advanced minute-to-minute objective measurements.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Forthcoming Issues
Preface
Challenges of ICU Care in the Early Days
First, a description of the circumstances that existed in the late 1950s
Interactions with other medical staff
Mechanical Ventilation: Negative to Positive and Back Again
Key points
History
The iron lung
Positive-pressure ventilation
Ventilation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Noninvasive ventilation coming back in the intensive care unit
A quick story of positive end-expiratory pressure for adult (acute) respiratory distress syndrome
Tidal volume
Summary
Clinics care points
Airway Management During the Last 100 Years
Key points
Direct laryngoscopy
Fiberoptic bronchoscopy
Supraglottic airway devices
Algorithms for difficult airway
Videolaryngoscopy
Clinics care points
Thinking Clearly: The History of Brain Dysfunction in Critical Illness
Key points
Introduction
Clinics care points
Funding/support
Role of the funder/sponsor
From Strict Bedrest to Early Mobilization: A History of Physiotherapy in the Intensive Care Unit
Key points
Introduction
Concepts and definitions
The clinical landscape
Past
Future
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Critical Care Pharmacists: A Focus on Horizons
Key points
Introduction
History
Critical care pharmacists improve outcomes
Evidence-based medicine: quality drives the need for critical care pharmacists
The gap: not every critically ill patient receives the care of a critical care pharmacist
Discussion of the future
A data-driven future
Summary
Clinics care points
Conflicts of interest
Funding
Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit: Past, Present, and Future
Key points
Pre-palliative care
Paradigm shift: 1970s to 2010s
The future of palliative care in the ICU
Clinics care points
Evolution of Visiting the Intensive Care Unit
Key points
Introduction
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Development of the Modern Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit and Current Management
Key points
Contemporary reasons for cardiothoracic intensive care unit admission beyond standard cardiac surgery
Common problems in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit
Techniques frequently used in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit
Hemodynamic monitoring
Who should provide care in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit?
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Four Decades of Intensive Care Unit Design Evolution and Thoughts for the Future
Key points
Introduction
Summary
Clinics care points
Funding
Critical Care 1950 to 2022: Evolution of Medicine, Nursing, Technology, and Design
Key points
Introduction
The earliest antecedents
Evolution of patient care after World War II (WWII) and Korean War (1950s)
Early generations of critical care (mid-1950s to 1960s)
Medical technology and monitoring
Digital medical records and decentralization
The role of codes and standards
ICU design guidelines are transformed
Financial incentives and disincentives
Universal room and acuity-adaptable room experiments
Same-handed rooms and error reduction
COVID-19 pandemic experience and lessons (2019-today)
Summary
Clinics care points
Afterword It Was a Different World Then… Ramblings from an Early Intensivist on Care and Quality Measures
Inventing the Intensive Care Unit
Early Limitations
Jumping Forward a Decade or Two …
The Quest for Quality
The Birth of the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre

Life sciences

Physical sciences & Engineering

Social sciences & Humanities

Health

History of Critical Care Medicine (2023 = 70th anniversary), An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

Purchase options

Save 50% on book bundles

Immediately download your ebook while waiting for your print delivery. No promo code needed.

Institutional subscription on ScienceDirect

Hannah Wunsch