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Unlike the situation in North America, respiratory physicians in most European countries have not been involved in critical care medicine until recently [1], since both specialties have developed separately over time. This separate development has been particularly clear in Spain, due to the following circumstances [2]: 1) When intensive care medicine began in Spain, Spanish pulmonary physicians did not have a strategic vision of the future, unlike cardiologists, who demanded and assumed responsibility for the coronary units; 2) historically, pulmonary physicians have shown little interest in the care of critically ill respiratory patients; and 3) specialists in intensive care medicine have defended their specialty and have avoided others entering it.
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Ferrer, M., Torres, A. (2007). Intermediate Respiratory Care Units. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Intensive Care Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49518-7_84
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