What are you looking for? Search Common searches: Departments, Hospitalisation, Professionals, Outpatient clinics, Health advice, Accreditations, Diseases, Diagnostic tests, Treatments, The birth of a child, Emergency, Visiting patients, Fulltext search Tipus de contingut Services and units Professionals Pathologies Health advices Health and wellness Diagnostic tests Treatments News Activities Centers - Any - Search Healthcare Committee The Healthcare Committee sets the guidelines and priorities for healthcare and professionals, following the management policies of the Hospital, ICS and the Department of Health. Treatments ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) ECMO is a technique used in critical patients suffering from extremely serious respiratory and/or cardiovascular diseases where conventional life support is insufficient. The machine temporarily replaces lung or heart function, enabling the organs to rest while the underlying illness is treated. Treatments Laparoscopic myomectomy Laparoscopic myomectomy is a surgical intervention used to remove uterine fibroids (or myomas), which are almost always benign tumours that appear inside the wall of the uterus. Treatments Chemotherapy Chemotherapy consists of combining different types of medications that destroy cancer cells in different ways. It acts on these cells that are rapidly reproducing, cancer cells and healthy cells, too. Treatments Radiotherapy Radiotherapy is a type of oncology treatment that uses radiation to eliminate tumour cells from the area of the organism where it is being applied. Treatments Transfusion of blood and/or haemoderivatives A transfusion of blood and/or haemoderivatives is used to replace blood components that are vital for the survival of patients: blood cells, platelets and plasma, which cannot be replaced by other alternatives. Treatments Heart transplant A heart transplant is when a new heart is implanted. When the organs to be transplanted are the heart and the lungs, this is known as a “cardiopulmonary” transplant. This procedure is necessary when the patient suffers from a heart failure that limits their daily activity and all other treatment Treatments Cornea transplant There are multiple reasons why a cornea might be damaged. When this happens, a cornea transplant is performed which involves changing that part of the affected eye for another healthy one from a donor. The main pathologies that can lead to a cornea transplant are: keratocon, scars and u Treatments Lung transplant The lung transplant consists of replacing one or two sick lungs with healthy lungs. In general, transplants are carried out when there is a disease that involves severe and progressive chronic respiratory failure. Lung transplants started in 1981 in California. In Catalonia, this type of interven Treatments Treatment of diphtheria In treating diphtheria, time is key. For this reason, it is important that it be administered within the first 48 hours after the symptoms appear, without waiting for confirmation of the diagnosis, which must be done in the laboratory. Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 67 Next page ››