Advances in Surgical Critical Care 2017: Growing Population and Personalized Protocols

Critical care is a young specialty, initiated in 1953 when poliomyelitis patients required invasive mechanical ventilation, and even earlier for surgical patients recovering from anesthesia or traumatic injuries.1,2 The burden of critical illness globally is high and has been increasing as our population ages.3

Source: Critical Care Clinics - March 9, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Lena M. Napolitano Tags: Preface Source Type: research