Judson James A, Fisher Malcolm McD
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Ward 82, Auckland City Hospital, Park Road, Grafton, Private Bag 92024, and Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Crit Care Clin. 2006 Jul;22(3):407-23, vii-viii. doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2006.03.012.
This article provides an up-to-date account of intensive care in Australia and New Zealand. Overall, intensive care medicine in Australia and New Zealand is in a healthy state. It began early and has developed into a distinct and strong medical specialty. There are well-developed organizations dealing with all aspects of the specialty. The ICU is recognized as an expensive and limited resource. Overall, intensivists in these two countries have good control of it and have learned to use it wisely.
本文提供了澳大利亚和新西兰重症监护的最新情况。总体而言,澳大利亚和新西兰的重症监护医学状况良好。它起步较早,已发展成为一个独特且强大的医学专科。有完善的组织处理该专科的各个方面。重症监护病房被认为是一种昂贵且有限的资源。总体而言,这两个国家的重症监护医生对其有很好的掌控,并学会了明智地使用它。