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This chapter reviews the beginnings of intensive care units and the history of neurosciences intensive care units. The physical presence of a neurointensivist in a neurosciences intensive care unit has been a landmark development, and neurocritical care as a specialty has now finally been established.
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Wijdicks, E.F.M. (2012). The First Neurointensive Care Units. In: Famous First Papers for the Neurointensivist. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3182-4_2
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