Our Chest Disease/Critical Care Department cater to a range of conditions including
- Complications from surgery, accidents, infections
- Severe breathing problems
- Nervous disorders
- Heart conditions
- Chronic obstructive lung diseases like asthma and interstitial lung diseases
- Pulmonary vascular disease such as pulmonary hypertension, sleep disorders, acute and chronic respiratory failure and various lung infections
- Babies born with serious conditions like heart defects, or complication during birth
- Bacterial Pneumonia
- Bacterial Sepsis
- Septic Shock
- Shock and Pregnancy
- Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
- Acute Liver Failure
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Chronic Pancreatitis
EXPERTISE
The ability and expertise of our Chest Disease/Critical Care include management of non-cardiac emergencies like ARDS, acute neurological emergencies, acute ventilator failure, management of toxicological emergencies, complex electrolyte imbalances, septic shocks, post-operative medical emergencies etc.
Our infrastructure includes:
- CCU with the latest multipara monitors
- Non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring
- Ventilator to bed ratio is an unprecedented 1:2
- Portable X-rays
- Bedside EEG ABG analysis
- Echocardiography and dialysis
Critical care at PDSC&GH, having specialized Intensive Care Units provide intensive care (treatment and monitoring) for people in a critically ill or unstable condition. Patients in ICU need constant medical attention and support to keep their body functioning. They may be unable to breathe on their own and may have multiple organ failure.