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 commitment of Vall d'Hebron University Hospital to innovation allows us to be at the forefront of medicine, providing first class care adapted to the changing needs of each patient.
The Hospital Radiophysics Teaching Unit is made up of hospital radiophysics specialists and senior technicians specialising in radiotherapy and/or radiodiagnosis.
Itinerario formativo en Radiofísica hospitalaria
The Medical Physics and Radiation Protection Department was accredited as a teaching unit in 1995 and is one of the first to receive accreditation in Spain. Some of our former residents now hold important positions in hospitals throughout Spain. Being part of Catalonia’s biggest hospital, with a technology park that is updated constantly, allows us to offer state-of-the-art training in all the areas of the speciality: radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, radiodiagnosis, and radiation protection in healthcare. It is unique, thanks to its extensive experience in advanced radiation oncology techniques in adult and paediatric patients, along with the scope of the radiation protection operations it carries out within the hospital, in both clinical and research facilities. The department has a laboratory where the hospital’s radiation detectors can be calibrated.
Additionally, the Vall d'Hebron Campus offers the possibility of actively participating in national and international research projects and clinical trials linked to its two research institutions, the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology and the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute.
Why specialise at Vall d’Hebron?
The Urology Teaching Unit is led by the Vall d’Hebron Urology Department, with participation from other specialisations such as General Surgery, Nephrology, Intensive Care Medicine, and Paediatric Urology.
Urology training itinerary
Urology deals with the study, diagnosis and treatment of medical-surgical conditions associated with the urinary and retroperitoneal system of both sexes. It also includes the male reproductive system of any age group, that may have congenital, metabolic, obstructive or oncological disorders, or injuries due to trauma.
Sepsis is a potentially fatal condition that occurs when the body responds to an infection and attacks its own tissue and organs. On some occasions it produces organic dysfunction (for example, hypertension), which produces an anomalous response to infection and translates into a very serious medical condition.
Septic shock occurs when abnormalities in the circulation, cells or metabolism are so severe that they increase the risk of mortality. This can be identified by persistent hypertension that requires vasopressors to maintain arterial pressure and serum lactate levels. With these criteria, and even with the necessary volume replenishment, hospital mortality rates are over 40%.
Sepsis arises from an infection which changes the body and unleashes signs that may be associated with organic dysfunction or systemic hypoperfusion. These symptoms are:
Every year there are on average 212.7 sepsis patients for every 100,000 citizens in the Catalan healthcare system. To be precise, between 2008 and 2012, 82,300 people were diagnosed with severe sepsis and in 2012 there were 20,228 recorded cases.
At Vall d’Hebron, 232 patients were admitted to Intensive Care with this condition in 2010, amounting to 25.2% of all admissions to this department.
The following diagnostic tests are used for sepsis:
Early treatment can improve prognosis. Sepsis Coding is used for this reason:
To prevent this condition, early detection of patients with a history suggestive of infection and organic dysfunction is vital. In some cases, vaccination is necessary.
Intensive Care Medicine, General Hospital
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