Surgical science has driven innovation and inquiry across adult and pediatric disciplines
that provide critical care regardless of location. Surgically originated but broadly applicable …

This article describes the multiple historic origins of pediatric critical care medicine and the
evolution of the subspecialty, from the late 1950s with the first units dedicated to the care of …

Critical care medicine was born from the selective pressures, or evolution if you will, of
human disease, and in combination with the perseverance and foresight of a select few …

Although its roots date back to the early decades of the 20th century, critical care medicine
did not emerge as a specialty in medicine until the 1970's. Over the last 30 years or so, the …

The rapid evolution of critical care medicine in the United States over the past three to four
decades has brought many challenges to physicians and other health care personnel …

Critical care medicine developed out of other subspecialties' need to provide care for their
most critically ill patients. Advanced technologies, the understanding of the pathophysiology …

The history of the organization of critical care medicine mirrors the evolution of modern
medicine as it has evolved into the management of acute illness. This acute, highly …

Why write another book on the management of critically ill patients? When I wrote the first
edition of this book, over 20 years ago, I had realized the importance of a small pocket book …

There have really been no single, major, advances in critical care medicine since the
specialty came into existence. There has, however, been a gradual, continuous …

For the past 20 yrs or so, Jean-Louis Vincent has organized a Round Table Conference in
conjunction with the annual International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency …