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. 2020 Nov;48(3_suppl):28-38.
doi: 10.1177/0310057X20969701. Epub 2020 Nov 26.

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

Adam B Levin  1 , Christine M Ball  2   3 , Peter J Featherstone  4
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From cholera to COVID-19: How pandemics have shaped the development of anaesthesia and intensive care medicine

Adam B Levin et al. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2020 Nov.

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.

Keywords: 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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