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Department of Intensive Care Medicine

Ryohei Serita

Introduction

The Department of Intensive Care Medicine came into existence on November 1, 2016. The mission of our department is to provide safe and efficient care for postoperative patients and critically ill patients. In step with the aging of the population, patients with cancer have been at higher risk for complication at the pretreatment evaluation. Therefore, high quality care is needed to ensure efficient procedures. We believe that the new department plays a pivotal role in safe and efficient care for patients within the National Cancer Center Hospital East (NCCHE).

Our team and what we do

Our clinical focus is to manage the eight-bed intensive care unit (ICU), and provide advice from specialists to attending physicians for critically ill patients. The number of patients admitted to the ICU was 1,443 in 2016 (Table 1).

Table 1. Number of patients admitted to ICU (2016)

Table 1. Number of patients admitted to ICU (2016)
Table 1. Number of patients admitted to ICU (2016)(Full Size)

Research activities

Our research interests include magnesium ion homeostasis of cancer patients. Several studies have been in the stage of planning.

Clinical trials

Currently, our department has no clinical trial.

Education

Currently, our department has no educational programs for residents.

Future prospects

The objective of our department is to establish ICU, which has a functional role in offering high intensive care for cancer patients. We will work to further define and refine what we do as to provide high quality care.