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.
Below we will list the departments and units that form part of Vall d’Hebron Hospital and the main diseases that we treat. We will also make recommendations based on advice backed up by scientific evidence that has been shown to be effective in guaranteeing well-being and quality of life.
We will guide you from your first visit to the centre, allowing you to find all the departments and make the most of our facilities. Whatever the reason for your visit, we will explain how to get about the hospital.
The specific health education on mobilisation in patients who have received traumatic surgery is essential in order to start rehabilitation as soon as possible and thus avoid possible complications as a result of the operation. This health education, focused on pelvic osteotomy, should be given before and after surgery.
In the months running up to the operation patients are advised to follow an iron-rich diet. In addition, three doses of intravenous iron will be administered and, in some cases, a dose of erythropoietin glycoprotein to stimulate the production of red blood cells.
So that patients are able to be independent, they will be taught to walk with no pressure (without putting weight on the operated leg) and with partial pressure (only putting weight on the tips of their toes) using crutches so that they can walk on their own.
After the operation, patients will have their blood pressure, heart rate and temperature monitored, and they will have a finger prick done to check for anaemia.
Where possible, younger patients will not be given blood transfusions. By correctly tolerating low haemoglobin levels, this patient group is able to more easily trigger the body’s physiological mechanisms without complications to try to compensate for the blood lost during surgery. For this reason it is very important to rigorously monitor vital signs.
Once in the hospital, the person and their family should be informed about the exercises to be performed:
Nursing staff and physiotherapists can teach the patient how to carry out deep breathing exercises, which:
Patients will move about and walk in the following three stages, depending on x-ray exams:
Pain will be controlled using intravenous drugs for the first few days and, after that, oral medication. In order to alleviate pain, a cold compress will need to be applied on the area for twenty minutes three times a day.
To prevent thromboembolism, patients will be treated with subcutaneous heparin injections. The hospital admissions unit’s nursing staff will show them how to administer this.
Health education for paediatric patients with hip dysplasia.
Hip dysplasia in teenagers and young adults
Anaesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Management
General and Digestive Surgery
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Support and Paediatric Hepatic Transplants
Endocrine, Metabolic, and Bariatric Surgery
Urology and Paediatric Kidney Transplant
Psychiatry
Pneumology
Medical Oncology
General Emergencies
Aortic pathology and Marfan syndrome
Obstetrics Ultrasound Unit
Cardiovascular Critical Care Unit
Angiology, Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Surgery
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Transplants
Gynaecological Oncology and Pathology of the Lower Genital Tract
Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgery
Urology
Spinal Cord Injuries
Foetal Medicine
Congenital Heart Disease in Adolescents and Adults
Intensive care medicine
Paediatric Surgery
Prenatal Diagnosis Unit
Social Obstetrics Unit
Arrhythmia Unit
Paediatric Maxillofacial Surgery
Haematology and Haemotherapy
Oesophagogastric Surgery
Traumatology, Rehabilitation and Burns Emergency Care
Rheumatology
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Neurology
Digestive System
Corneal and Ocular Surface Section
Diabetes and Pregnancy Unit
Perinatal Mental Health Unit
Paediatric Cardiology
Neonatal and Foetal Surgery
Abdominal wall surgery
Endocrinology and Nutrition
Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergency Care
Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine
Paediatric Neurology
Pneumology, allergology and cystic fibrosis
Glaucoma
Gynaecological Endocrinology
Inherited Heart Disease
Paediatric Intensive Care
Plastic Surgery and Burns
Paediatric Cardiac Surgery
Paediatric Endocrinology
Sleep Unit
Breast Pathology
Nephrology
Ophthalmology
Echocardiogram and cardiac imaging unit
Uveitis and Eye Inflammation
Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology
Bone Metabolism Unit
Strokes and Cerebral Haemodynamics
Cardiac Surgery
Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplants
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Gynaecology
Nutritional Support
Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat)
Paediatric Nephrology
Paediatric Ophthalmology
Coronary care unit
Oculoplastic and Orbital Surgery
Prematurity Prevention Unit
Inflammation and Autoimmunity Unit
Allergology
Cardiology
Traumatology Intensive Care
Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Diagnostic and Interventional Haemodynamics
Dialysis
Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit
Neurosurgery
Paediatric Oncology and Haematology
Paediatric Hospitalisation and Hospital Paediatrics Unit
Paediatric Oncological Surgery Unit
Foetal Medicine and Surgery Unit
Paediatric Rheumatology Unit
Neonatology
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Pharmacy
Paediatric Digestive Surgery and Transplants
Hepatology
Heart failure
Radiation Oncology
Clinical Neurophysiology
Paediatrics
Paediatric emergency care
Hereditary Angioedema Unit
Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine
Musculoskeletal Techniques and Ultrasound Unit
Management, General Hospital
Healthcare Management, Children's Hospital and Woman's Hospital
Facilities and Technology Management, General Hospital
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