ABSTRACT
Eponyms reflect the history of medicine, diseases, and doctors in their time. Their use is controversial, presenting supporters and detractors. However, the use of eponyms persist in the modern medical language in the Intensive Care Units and includes some frequently used ones such as Foley, Seldinger, Down, Macintosh, Magill, Ringer, Yankauer, Doppler, and French. The objective of this review is to promote biographical knowledge and the historical period in which its medical use took place, in order to deepen aspects of medicine history.
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Critical Care/history , Eponyms , Intensive Care Units/history , Critical Care/methods , Europe , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , New Zealand , United StatesABSTRACT
Los epónimos reflejan la historia de la medicina, las enfermedades y los médicos en su época. Su uso es controversial, presentando partidarios y detractores. No obstante, el empleo de epónimos persiste en el lenguaje médico contemporáneo en las Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos e incluyen a algunos de frecuente uso como: Foley, Seldinger, Down, Macintosh, Magill, Ringer, Yankauer, Doppler y French. El objetivo de la presente revisión es fomentar el conocimiento biográfico y la época histórica en la cual tomó lugar su quehacer médico o laboral, para así profundizar aspectos de la historia de la medicina.
Eponyms reflect the history of medicine, diseases, and doctors in their time. Their use is controversial, presenting supporters and detractors. However, the use of eponyms persist in the modern medical language in the Intensive Care Units and includes some frequently used ones such as Foley, Seldinger, Down, Macintosh, Magill, Ringer, Yankauer, Doppler, and French. The objective of this review is to promote biographical knowledge and the historical period in which its medical use took place, in order to deepen aspects of medicine history.
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History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , Critical Care/history , Eponyms , Intensive Care Units/history , United States , Critical Care/methods , Europe , New ZealandABSTRACT
Presenta la historia de la medicina intensiva. La Medicina Intensiva en Uruguay comezó el 9 de agosto de 1971 cuando ingresó el primer paciente al Centro de Tratamiento Intensivo (CTI) del Hospital de Clínicas. Era un paciente neuroquirúrgico, operado por el Prof. Román Arana que fue admitido en el postoperatorio inmediato. (AU)