Travel medicine, a speciality on the move

Medicine on the move.

behind the Pechora river, it seemed like a dream, totally divorced from reality. I was one of the first in the hospital to whom this historic message was delivered. I was called to the KGB office in the hospital, where the officer in charge proclaimed my freedom in a ceremonial way. He suggested that I remain in Russia as a free doctor; I would be offered a good position owing to my experience ...

Travel Medicine: A Systematic Review

Introduction: Travel medicine is devoted to the health of travelers who visit foreign countries. It is an interdisciplinary specialty concerned not only with prevention of infectious diseases during travel but also with the personal safety of travelers and the avoidance of environmental risks. Methods: This review examines 15 appropriate papers by PRISMA ...

A Brief Overview of the Specialty of Travel Medicine

Toilet in Transportation Vehicles: A Topic for Consideration on Travel Sanitation in Travel Medicine

Speciality status for intensive care medicine?

Intensive care medicine (ICM) originates in response to the polio epidemic in Copenhagen in 1952. Long-term mechanical ventilation was then introduced as a treatment, and a broad spectrum of additional intensive care became necessary. This successful experience stimulated others in various countries and specialities. Many pioneers in this early period were anaesthesiologists (such as Lassen and...