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.
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The Otolaryngology, or Ear, Nose and Throat Department is a medical and surgical specialty offering integrated care, and is responsible for prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation following diseases of the ear, nose, mouth, pharynx and larynx. These body parts are responsible for breathing, swallowing, hearing, balance and phonation: speaking, hearing and smell. It also treats disorders of the face and neck, as well as the organs they contain.
Our Department is responsible for treating pathologies in Otolaryngology, more commonly known as Ear, Nose and Throat, problems that are highly prevalent among the general public with both acute and chronic processes. Evidence of this can be seen in the fact that in primary care, family physicians and paediatricians spend 40% of their time daily on treating ear, nose and throat problems. Every year, more than 31,000 patients receive care from our Department, with more than 15,800 initial visits each year, more than 15,200 subsequent visits and more than 1,250 operations.
The goal of the Infectious Diseases Department is the prevention, control and treatment of these diseases, through three main areas: care, teaching (both undergraduate and postgraduate), and research (between the Vall d'Hebron Hospital and the Autonomous University of Barcelona).
At the Infectious Diseases Department, our care is structured into the following areas: hospitalisation, outpatient care, nosocomial infection control (infections contracted during a hospital stay), prevention and treatment of infection in HIV- immunodepressed patients (with solid or haematological neoplasia, bone marrow transplant or solid organ); international health and imported infections, and the HIV+ patients ward.
The Psychiatry Department offers high quality clinical care to patients with mental health problems and addictions. We are also responsible for a significant amount of teaching linked to the Autonomous University of Barcelona, in addition to highly competitive research programmes at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute.
At the Psychiatry Department, our mission is to serve as the reference health care resource in the Barcelona Nord healthcare district for people with mental health problems and addictions. We offer a comprehensive service that is both effective and efficient, based on the professional quality of our staff, our modern facilities and coordination with all the mental health resources in the sector.
The Heart Failure Unit was created in 2009, based on the collaboration between the Cardiology and Internal Medicine Departments. It is made up of cardiologists, internists, specialists in geriatrics and emergency services. Heart failure is the fastest growing heart disease in our society.
Heart failure is the leading cause of major hospitalisation. The ageing population and improvements in medical procedures are both factors that mean several forms of heart disease (valvular, coronary and hypertensive) end up going beyond acute phases and result in heart failure.
Though the mortality of patients during hospitalisation is not very high (4.7%), it is worrying that, once they have been discharged, the rate of readmissions and morbidity and mortality are high (50% mortality 18 months after discharge).
The Dialysis Unit at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital is a reference centre for four haemodialysis centres managed by DIAVERUM, with an approximate total of 380 patients in haemodialysis.
This Unit is located on the sixth floor of the General Hospital, and currently has eleven haemodialysis stations, with five points in the Positive Unit and six points in the Negative Unit, to offer dialysis for patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) on haemodialysis (HD) with an ultrapure water plant with double reverse osmosis.
The Nutrition Support Unit is made up of a multidisciplinary, multiprofessional health team, composed of doctors from different specialties, nursing graduates, nutritionist dietitians, technical dieticians, nursing assistants and administrative staff. We are also a cross-cutting unit in that we support a range of other Departments. Our work in training and education is also significant.
We give nutritional and diet support to hospitalised patients across all clinical departments at the Hospital, and carry out follow-up monitoring at outpatient care for those patients who need it. We also provide outpatient care for patients referred from other healthcare areas of the Hospital and primary care centres that require specialist nutritional and dietary support. Patients requiring nutritional support are treated at the Horta Primary Care Centre.
The objective of this Unit is to offer comprehensive care in the diagnosis of sleep pathologies, in order to cover all areas: sleep pathology, hypersomnia, insomnia, parasomnia and circadian disorders, for patients of all ages. These disorders represent a public health problem, due to the increase in the number of cases and the social and health consequences they have.
Sleep disorders require a multidisciplinary approach when it comes to diagnosing and treating such problems. This has been accepted for some years now, both nationally and internationally. These pathologies are: excessive daytime sleep or hypersomnia, difficulty sleeping or insomnia and somnambulism, sleep talking, nightmares, which are part of the parasomnia group, or circadian alterations, which is when periodic biological variables are altered.
The Urology Department stands out for our use of the latest technology and hospital specialisation with our primary care techniques. The creation of fast stream to the Hospital, alongside protocols we share with primary care centres, mean our Department brings excellence, equity and efficiency to the public health system.
The Urology Department is a reference centre in complex pathologies for Catalonia and the rest of Spain. Headed since 2020 by Dr Enric Trilla, the Unit’s aim is to integrate care, teaching and research. Over recent years, we have incorporated the most modern, least invasive surgical techniques, such as laparoscopic surgery and robotics (Da Vinci).
The Hepatology department offers the best medical care and attention to patients with liver disease, for both hospitalised and out-patients, and inter-hospital consultations. The department is part of the new Digestive Diseases knowledge area, together with the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy departments.
The department works closely with the liver transplant programme, together with the Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Digestive System Transplants departments. It also works with other units, such as the Haemophilia unit, the Endocrinology department, the adult congenital heart disease section in the Cardiology department, Interventional Radiology and Clinical Biochemistry, among others.
The Cardiology Department Haemodynamics Unit diagnoses and treats diseases of the coronary artery, other parts of the heart, such as valves, and congenital defects. The majority of these procedures are carried out by inserting a catheter into the radial artery in the arm. In a few cases, it is inserted into the arteries in the leg. These procedures are used to treat acute myocardial infarctions and chronic coronary artery obstructions. They also enable intervention within the heart to change malfunctioning heart valves or repair heart defects. These procedures are also carried out on children and adults with congenital diseases.
The Vall d’Hebron Haemodynamics Unit is a centre of excellence with extensive experience in coronary procedures. It has three theatres for operations, one of which is shared with the Arrhythmia Unit. Another one is used for hybrid procedures, with simultaneous participation of specialists in haemodynamics and experts in cardiac surgery.
The unit has the technology and materials needed to carry out any kind of procedure, such as:
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