Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Symptoms and Conditions Requiring Intensive Care

• Severe Infections: Including sepsis, which can lead to organ failure.
• Respiratory Failure: Often requiring mechanical ventilation.
• Cardiovascular Instability: Such as shock or severe heart attacks.
• Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS): Where multiple organ systems fail.
• Traumatic Injuries: Resulting from accidents or surgeries.
• Neurological Emergencies: Such as severe strokes or traumatic brain injuries.
• Postoperative Complications: After major surgeries requiring intensive monitoring.
• Acute Kidney Injury: Requiring renal replacement therapy like dialysis
• Severe Burns: Needing specialized care and monitoring.

Treatments Provided in the Intensive Care Department

• Mechanical Ventilation: To support or replace spontaneous breathing.
• Hemodynamic Monitoring and Support: Using devices to continuously monitor heart function and blood pressure, and administering medications or fluids to stabilize cardiovascular function.
• Renal Replacement Therapy: Including dialysis for acute kidney injury.
• Intravenous (IV) Therapy: For administering medications, fluids, and nutrition.
• Advanced Life Support: Including CPR, defibrillation, and use of life-sustaining devices.
• Invasive Monitoring: Such as central venous catheters, arterial lines, and pulmonary artery catheters to measure pressures and blood gases.
• Nutritional Support: Via enteral or parenteral nutrition.
• Sedation and Pain Management: To ensure patient comfort and safety.
• Antibiotic Therapy: For severe infections and sepsis management.
• Surgical Interventions: As needed for critical conditions.
• Multidisciplinary Care: Involving specialists in critical care, surgery, cardiology, neurology, infectious diseases, nephrology, and other fields as needed.