Dr. Liu probably has never heard of this new term, so he looked a little confused.
Some of the doctors around me may have heard of it, but most of them have never heard of it. They were just as confused as Dr. Liu.
In the process of integrating domestic technology with foreign technology, you first need an introducer. This introducer may be a person in a certain domestic industry who thinks it is easy to use and promote its application to peers, or it may be a foreign professional who enters the country and directly introduces the technology to the industry.
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The opportunity lies in various academic exchange meetings. As we all know, the topics of academic exchange meetings always focus on hot and key topics in the circle. When a technology is immature, it is not appropriate to use it for academic exchanges. No one knows whether it will work.
If it is introduced to colleagues for use and feedback comes back that a medical accident has occurred, no one can afford the serious consequences.
These situations all show that the promotion of a new technology is not easy.
What's more, new technologies are emerging all over the world. New technologies in China may not be promoted for several years, leaving many peers in the industry unaware of them.
PICCO originated a few years ago. It has a short development history and few clinical applications. There are few research papers discussing it and it is not a hot topic in the circle. It will be a few years later that we really pay attention to its importance.
This situation is consistent with the development track of ICU treatment for critically ill patients in China. In other words, most hospitals currently do not have enough money to pay attention to ICU. For example, the National Association of China introduced a machine and discussed it for several years with no results. You come
What is the use of introducing this technology? It has no purpose, cannot be used, and is idle after it is introduced.
You know, even old technologies like CVP have become idle technologies in many hospitals. Doctors know that this technology is good, but they also know that most citizens cannot afford the medical expenses of critically ill patients. As long as the treatment lasts longer, the family members have no money to just
Give up on the patient. Using CVP for a day or two under such circumstances will only make you feel useless.
The treatment of critically ill patients requires a protracted battle, and medicine cannot bring such patients back to life within a day or two.
Back to the original topic, why is ICU expensive? It’s not just the cost of treatment.
Monitoring and examinations in the treatment of critically ill patients are very important. Because critically ill patients are extremely fragile, doctors are walking on thin ice when treating them. If they cannot be checked regularly to understand the patient's real-time condition, the last treatment method may be counterproductive.
The cost of these tests can be said to be equal to the cost of treatment. For example, after taking ECMO, the cost of daily blood tests is calculated in thousands.
Without the backing of big donors, few families in China would be able to afford such expensive inspection fees.
As a new technology, PICCO’s various costs are definitely much more expensive than CVP.
What this new technology is, Dr. Liu and other doctors present are very interested in knowing about it. After all, classmate Xie said that it has many advantages and is a breakthrough compared to the traditional CVP technology.
PICCO is also a machine, connected to a measurement catheter. When measuring, the operator injects a certain amount of ice saline into the central venous catheter. The ice saline passes through the central vein to the right atrium, right ventricle, and then to the lungs, then into the left atrium, left ventricle, and then to the lungs.
Femoral artery or brachial artery, axillary artery, etc., which have arterial catheters placed in them, conduct temperature detection.