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Indian Journal of Surgery
Medknow Publications on behalf of Association of Surgeons of India
ISSN: 0972-2068
Vol. 65, No. 3, 2003, pp. 228-231
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Bioline Code: is03044
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Indian Journal of Surgery, Vol. 65, No. 3, 2003, pp. 228-231
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Editorial - Critical care in surgery
Farokh E. Udwadia
Abstract
The surgical critical care unit originated in the recovery room of the operation theatre. Recovery rooms came into existence about 140 years ago. In 1863 Florence Nightingale wrote: "It is not uncommon in small country hospitals to have a small room leading from the operation theatre in which the patients remain until they have recovered or at least recovered from the immediate effects of the operation."1 Under observation, the patients were protected from the adverse effects of anaesthesia and the surgical procedure.
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