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The autumn ghost : how the battle against a polio epidemic revolutionized modern medical care (engelsk)


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Tells the dramatic true story of how insiders and iconoclasts came together in one overwhelmed hospital in Copenhagen to save the lives of many polio patients dying of respiratory failure. Their radical advances in care marked a turning point in the treatment of patients around the world - from the rise of life support and the creation of intensive care units to the evolution of rehabilitation medicine.