We are the combination of four hospitals: the General Hospital, the Children’s Hospital, the Women’s Hospital and the Traumatology, Rehabilitation and Burns Hospital. We are part of the Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus: a world-leading health park where healthcare plays a crucial role.
Patients are the centre and the core of our system. We are professionals committed to quality care and our organizational structure breaks down the traditional boundaries between departments and professional groups, with an exclusive model of knowledge areas.
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The Digestive System Department caters for patients with digestive diseases with an emphasis on technical and human excellence.
The mission of our Department is to improve the quality of life of patients with digestive diseases, through the development of knowledge (research), and the transmission of knowledge and values (training).
The activity of the Department includes:
Hospitalisation Ward: this offers care services to the population in the surrounding SAP Mountain area and serves as a reference unit in Catalonia for the referral of patients with hard-to-diagnose/treat patients from hospitals in the Barcelona province (Mollet Hospital, Granollers Hospital, Calella Hospital, San Rafael Hospital, Vic General Hospital) or from level three hospitals from other parts of Catalonia (such as Arnau de Vilanova Hospital, in Lleida, or Josep Trueta Hospital, in Girona). It has 24 beds for hospitalisation for patients admitted with digestive diseases.
Outpatient Clinic: care and follow-up of the most complex outpatients from each area, from Monday to Friday.
Emergency Care: 24/7 coverage by a Digestive System specialist, 365 days a year.
Crohn’s and Colitis Care Unit: provides comprehensive care and monitoring for patients with inflammatory bowel disease, both on-site and remotely. It delivers a global care plan addressing biological, psychological and social aspects. It also acts as the coordinating centre of the National Crohn-Colitis Care Network. The team includes two specialists, a nurse and a research coordinator.
Motility Unit: manages patients with digestive functional disorders through an inpatient functional unit and a Functional Testing Laboratory. It performs diagnostic tests and treatments, with recognised national and international prestige. It is part of the European Digestive Motility Centre.
Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit: manages patients with severe gastrointestinal bleeding and has four semi-critical care beds for acute cases (upper, lower or occult bleeding). It coordinates with Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Anaesthesia Department, Emergency Department, Surgery Department, Diagnostic Imaging Department and Interventional Angioradiology Unit.
Pancreas Unit: manages a high volume of patients with acute, recurrent and chronic pancreatitis (200 patients), as well as adult cystic fibrosis (160 patients) and pancreatic cystic lesions.
Includes undergraduate training at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and specialist training in Digestive System within the MIR programme. It also participates in continuing education programmes of the European Training Centre of the European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
The Department conducts significant research through the Digestive Physiology and Pathophysiology research group at the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) and the Gastrointestinal Inflammation and Neurogastroenterology area of CIBERehd. It is recognised by the AGAUR programme of the Government of Catalonia.
Digestive physiology and physiopathology
The Digestive System
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