Key result
The concept of intensive care originated from the 1952 Copenhagen polio epidemic, leading to the establishment of the first ICU in Europe by Bjorn Ibsen in 1953.
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Contextualizes modern ICUs within epidemic origins; extends historical scholarship on critical care evolution.
Provides a historical perspective on the origins and evolution of intensive care medicine over the past 60 years.
Kelly et al. (2014) conducted a review in Polio / Intensive care history. The concept of intensive care originated from the 1952 Copenhagen polio epidemic, leading to the establishment of the first ICU in Europe by Bjorn Ibsen in 1953.
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