Geriatric Medicine Center Ward 1

Health Care Center Area 1 Department Introduction Health Care Center Area 1 was established in January 2006 on a high-level foundation. The department has strong technical capabilities, a clearly defined specialty focus in its ward, and rapid development. It has become a rapidly emerging inpatient unit in the hospital specializing in cardiovascular medicine and oncology chemotherapy, emphasizing the principles of clinical evidence-based medicine and implementing standardized medical treatment.

It undertakes several autonomous-region-level research projects, has received the Second Prize for Natural Sciences and the Third Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and has published nearly 100 papers in various academic journals. The department has advanced technical equipment and currently has 60 beds, 11 doctors, 2 doctors with doctoral degrees, 7 with master's degrees, 2 professors, 3 chief physicians, 2 associate chief physicians, 1 attending physician, and 5 resident physicians. It has 2 supervisors of master's students. There are 15 nurses. The department has a cardiac monitoring unit ward, with 5 of the latest Philips MP50 monitors operating simultaneously; 4 new telemetry ECG monitors; 1 large invasive ventilator, 1 cardiac defibrillator, and 6 24-hour ambulatory ECG monitors; 4 24-hour blood pressure monitors; 1 12-lead ECG machine with automatic analysis, 2 intravenous infusion pumps (1 single-channel and 1 dual-channel); and 5 intravenous chemotherapy pumps.

Scope of Services It widely provides various new diagnostic and treatment technologies in cardiovascular medicine, such as coronary angiography (CAG) for coronary heart disease, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and arrhythmia treatments including permanent pacemaker implantation and implantation of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD); heart-failure treatment ranging from drug therapy to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) with implantation of a three-chamber pacemaker; and pacemaker implantation for vasovagal syncope. In addition to routine diagnosis and treatment of common and frequently occurring cardiovascular diseases, it specializes in the professional diagnosis and treatment of various complex, critical, and geriatric heart diseases. It widely provides diagnosis and comprehensive treatment for various tumors (lung cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, malignant lymphoma, etc.); neoadjuvant chemotherapy; postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy; and palliative treatment for patients with advanced cancer.