From cholera to COVID-19: How pandemics have shaped the development of anaesthesia and intensive care medicine.

Levin, Adam B; Ball, Christine M; Featherstone, Peter J

Levin, Adam B; Ball, Christine M; Featherstone, Peter J.

Levin AB; Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Ball CM; Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Featherstone PJ; Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Anaesth Intensive Care ; 48(3_suppl): 28-38, 2020 Nov.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1263985

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

The infectious pandemics and epidemics of the past 200 years have caused millions of deaths. However, these devastating events have also led to creative thinking, imaginative experimentation and the evolution of medical care. As a result, the history of critical care medicine is entwined with the story of these global disasters. This article will take case studies from recent pandemics and epidemics and examine their impact on the development of anaesthesia and intensive care medicine.

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Anesthesia; COVID-19; Cholera; Medicine; Anesthesia/adverse effects; Cholera/epidemiology; Critical Care; Humans; Pandemics; SARS-CoV-2

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COVID-19; Critical care; Ebola; HIV/AIDS; SARS; anaesthesia; cholera; diphtheria; epidemic; history; history of medicine; influenza; intensive care; pandemic; vCJD; war and epidemics

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Cholera / COVID-19 / Anesthesia / Medicine Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Anaesth Intensive Care Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: 0310057X20969701

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