Annual Report 2020
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 are at higher risk of complications at the pretreatment evaluation. Therefore, high-quality care is needed to ensure efficient procedures. We believe that our department plays a pivotal role in safe and efficient care for patients within the National Cancer Center Hospital East. We are working with the aim to further enhance such care.
The Team and What We Do
Our clinical focus is to manage the eight-bed intensive care unit (ICU) and provide specialist advice to the attending physicians for all critically ill patients. The number of patients admitted to the ICU was 1,633 in 2020, almost the same as the previous year. (Table 1). However, the proportion of critically ill patients in internal medicine has been increasing. Since the facility standards were met, intensive care addition have also been calculated from September 2019.
Research activities
Our research interests include magnesium ion homeostasis of cancer patients. Several studies are currently in the planning stage.
Table 1. Number of patients admitted to the ICU (April 2020 - March 2021)
Clinical trials
Currently, the department has no clinical trials.
Education
Currently, our department has no educational programs for residents.
Future Prospects
The objective of our department is to establish an ICU that plays a functional role in offering highly intensive care for the cancer patients. We will work to further define and refine our efforts in providing high-quality care.
List of papers published in 2020
Journal
1. Koshika K, Ouchi T, Serita R, Koitabashi T. Recurrent aspiration pneumonia due to bilateral associated laryngeal paralysis after tooth extraction under general anesthesia: a case report. JA Clin Rep, 6:29, 2020