A Brief History of Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care Medicine in the United States.
Rafal KopanczykNicolas KumarAmar M BhattPublished in: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) (2022)
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.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- minimally invasive
- intensive care unit
- coronary artery bypass
- palliative care
- quality improvement
- patients undergoing
- emergency department
- deep learning
- machine learning
- acute coronary syndrome
- respiratory failure
- single cell
- surgical site infection
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- aortic dissection
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- electronic health record
- neural network