Historical Bibliography Updated: June 16, 2026
The anaesthetist's viewpoint on the treatment of respiratory complications in poliomyelitis during the epidemic in Copenhagen, 1952.
Publication Details
Proc. Roy. Soc. Med., 47, 72-74. 1954 CE.
Ibsen developed the first Intensive Care Unit (ICU) during the polio epidemic in Copenhagen in 1952, formally setting up the unit in 1953 in a converted student nurse classroom in the Municipal Hospital in Copenhagen. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.
(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)
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Subjects
| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #12968 |
| Permanent Link | https://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/id/15216 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | the-anaesthetists-viewpoint-on-the-treatment-of-respiratory-complications-in-poliomyelitis-during-the-epidemic-in-copenhagen-1952 |
Geographic Context
Mentioned in annotation: Copenhagen