The Epidemic of Poliomyelitis in Copenhagen, 1952

Lassen, H. C. A.

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“…The number of patients with respiratory failure was higher than in any other European country [2]. The number of patients with respiratory failure was higher than in any other European country [2].…”

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“…The number of patients with respiratory failure was higher than in any other European country [2]. Additionally, all conventional treatments proved to be almost completely inefficient (27 of the first 31 patients with respiratory failure had died [2]). Additionally, all conventional treatments proved to be almost completely inefficient (27 of the first 31 patients with respiratory failure had died [2]).…”

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“…The events around the poliomyelitis epidemic in Copenhagen in 1952 have been widely published [1,[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] and shall therefore only be summarised in the first part of this article. However, there remains a question surrounding Ibsen; a man who performed such exceptional achievements but long remained astonishingly silent about his intensive care contribution, Ibsen took more pride in his discoveries on the treatment of shock than his pioneering work on intensive care [9].…”

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“…In his recording of the event from 1975[6], he notes that the child was treated with d-tubo-curare and ventilated on a rocking bed, but there is no mention of sedatives 2. In his recording of the event from 1975[6], he notes that the child was treated with d-tubo-curare and ventilated on a rocking bed, but there is no mention of sedatives 2.…”

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The birth of intensive care medicine: Björn Ibsen’s records

Reisner-Sénélar

2011

Intensive Care Med

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The birth of intensive care medicine was a process that took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, during and after the poliomyelitis epidemic in 1952/1953. The events that led to the creation of the first intensive care unit in the world in December 1953 are well described. It is generally agreed upon that the start of the process was the fact that an anaesthesiologist (Björn Ibsen) was brought out of the operating theatre and asked to use his skills on a 12-year-old girl suffering from polio. The medical record of the girl contains a minute-by-minute description of the historical event. A translation of this part of the record is published as an Online Resource to the article. The role played by the epidemiologist Mogens Björneboe is further analysed. He was the catalyst of the process, being the one with the idea that the skills of an anaesthesiologist could be used for other purposes than surgery. When first Ibsen realised what could be done with his skills, he proved to be one of the most progressive and inventive doctors seen in modern medicine. An interview with Prof. Ibsen in 2006 is published as an Online Resource to the article.

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The birth of intensive care medicine: Björn Ibsen’s records

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2011

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“…Bereits vor dem 2. In Dänemark waren es Lassen et al [21,22], Damm, Ibsen und Poulsen [36], in Schweden Holmdahl [15], die frühzeitig Beatmungsstationen organisierten. Wachstationen zur zentralisierten Überwachung Frischoperierter nach größeren Eingriffen ein.…”

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