Critical Care Medicine
The Department of Critical Care Medicine (ICU) of Peking University Shenzhen Hospital was established in 1999 and currently has 38 open beds; it is a key clinical specialty in Guangdong Province and a signature discipline of the Shenzhen Municipal Medical Administration Center.
The department admits more than 1,400 patients annually; patients with an APACHEII score greater than 15 account for approximately 50%, and the rescue success rate is above 90%. It admits critically ill patients with sepsis and infectious shock, severe acute pancreatitis, severe pneumonia, complicated intra-abdominal infections, cardiogenic shock, severe pulmonary vascular disease, critically ill pregnant and postpartum women, massive gastrointestinal bleeding, cardiac and respiratory arrest, multiple trauma, high-risk perioperative patients, respiratory failure, circulatory failure, liver and kidney failure, and multiple organ failure, among others. The department's specialties include precision diagnosis and treatment of sepsis, individualized treatment of severe acute pancreatitis, life-sustaining organ support and maintenance for critically ill patients, comprehensive treatment of severe pulmonary vascular disease, and critical care rehabilitation.
The department has comprehensively implemented all the technologies required by the National Regional Medical Center, and is particularly proficient in PK/PD-guided anti-infective drug treatment for patients with severe infections and sepsis; hemodynamic monitoring (Swan-Ganz floating catheter, PICCO, critical care ultrasound) for precise guidance of shock diagnosis and treatment and volume management; individualized setting of mechanical ventilation parameters guided by respiratory mechanics; ECMO treatment of severe ARDS and circulatory failure; various hybrid blood purification therapies for MODS and autoimmune diseases; epidural block analgesia for severe acute pancreatitis; enteral and parenteral nutritional support; and precision management of coagulation in critically ill patients. It has also developed advanced technologies including transnasal nasojejunal tube insertion with extracorporeal electrical localization, extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal, transesophageal transpulmonary pressure measurement, and artificial liver support.
The nursing team of the Department of Critical Care Medicine is a specialized nursing team integrating clinical nursing, nursing education, and nursing research, with advanced concepts for critical patient management and advanced critical care nursing techniques. There are currently 84 nursing personnel, including 1 with a senior professional title and 34 with intermediate professional titles; 2 have graduate-level qualifications, 3 are currently enrolled in graduate programs, and 74 have bachelor's degrees. The team has trained 20 specialist nurses through multifaceted development, all of whom play a leading and exemplary role in clinical nursing. The team has become a training base for critical care specialist nurses in Shenzhen, received the honorary title of Excellent Nursing Team of Shenzhen, and was the first in Shenzhen to implement multiple new technologies, including ARDS prone-position ventilation technology, which was recognized as an appropriate technology by the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission; extracorporeal diaphragmatic pacing technology, which received a provincial cutting-edge technology project for high-level hospital construction; PMDI airway aerosol inhalation technology; noninvasive cough and sputum rehabilitation system technology; and so on.