A Brief History of Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care Medicine in the United States
Cardiothoracic surgical intensive care has developed in response to advances in cardiothoracic surgery. The invention of the cardiopulmonary bypass machine facilitated a motionless and bloodless surgical field and made operations of increasing complexity feasible. By the mid-1950s, the first success...
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| description | Cardiothoracic surgical intensive care has developed in response to advances in cardiothoracic surgery. The invention of the cardiopulmonary bypass machine facilitated a motionless and bloodless surgical field and made operations of increasing complexity feasible. By the mid-1950s, the first successful procedures utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass took place. This was soon followed by the establishment of postoperative recovery units, the precursors to current cardiothoracic surgical intensive care units. These developments fostered the emergence of a new medical specialty: the discipline of critical care medicine. Together, surgeons and intensivists transformed the landscape of acute, in-hospital care. It is important to celebrate these achievements by remembering the individuals responsible for their conception. This article describes the early days of cardiothoracic surgery and cardiothoracic intensive care medicine. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9dfcd35cf01844e68fb50f0be2abf1152023-11-24T16:33:54ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X1648-91442022-12-015812185610.3390/medicina58121856A Brief History of Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care Medicine in the United StatesRafal Kopanczyk0Nicolas Kumar1Amar M. Bhatt2Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USADepartment of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USADepartment of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USACardiothoracic surgical intensive care has developed in response to advances in cardiothoracic surgery. The invention of the cardiopulmonary bypass machine facilitated a motionless and bloodless surgical field and made operations of increasing complexity feasible. By the mid-1950s, the first successful procedures utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass took place. This was soon followed by the establishment of postoperative recovery units, the precursors to current cardiothoracic surgical intensive care units. These developments fostered the emergence of a new medical specialty: the discipline of critical care medicine. Together, surgeons and intensivists transformed the landscape of acute, in-hospital care. It is important to celebrate these achievements by remembering the individuals responsible for their conception. This article describes the early days of cardiothoracic surgery and cardiothoracic intensive care medicine.https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/12/1856history of medicinecardiothoracic surgeryintensive care medicinecardiopulmonary bypass |
| spellingShingle | Rafal Kopanczyk Nicolas Kumar Amar M. Bhatt A Brief History of Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care Medicine in the United States Medicina history of medicine cardiothoracic surgery intensive care medicine cardiopulmonary bypass |
| title | A Brief History of Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care Medicine in the United States |
| title_full | A Brief History of Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care Medicine in the United States |
| title_fullStr | A Brief History of Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care Medicine in the United States |
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| title_short | A Brief History of Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care Medicine in the United States |
| title_sort | brief history of cardiothoracic surgical critical care medicine in the united states |
| topic | history of medicine cardiothoracic surgery intensive care medicine cardiopulmonary bypass |
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