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unusual facts about critical care medicine


Richard B. North

He was Professor of Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins for 10 years, and a member of the full-time faculty for 25.


Early goal directed therapy

Early goal-directed therapy was introduced by Emanuel P. Rivers, MD, MPH in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2001 and is a technique used in critical care medicine involving intensive monitoring and aggressive management of perioperative hemodynamics in patients with a high risk of morbidity and mortality.

Post-intensive care syndrome

Critical care experts are only beginning to understand the impact of critical illness and intensive care on survivors' health.


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