Doctor Liu probably had never heard of this new term and looked a little confused.
Some of the doctors around may have heard of it, but most of them probably haven't, and they were all confused like Dr. Liu.
In the process of integrating domestic and foreign technologies, there needs to be an introducer first. This introducer may be a person in a domestic industry who thinks the technology is good and promotes it to his peers, or a foreign professional who comes to China and directly recommends it to his peers in the domestic industry.
The opportunity is various academic exchange conferences. But as we all know, academic exchange conferences always focus on hot topics in the industry. When a technology is not mature, it is not appropriate to use it for academic exchange. No one knows whether it will work. If the feedback from peers is that it is a medical accident, no one can afford this serious adverse consequence.
All these situations show that promoting a new technology is not easy.
Moreover, new technologies are emerging all over the world. Domestic new technologies may not be promoted for several years, causing many peers in the industry to be completely unaware of them.
PICCO originated a few years ago, with a short history, few clinical applications, and few research papers discussing it. It is not a hot topic in the industry. It was not until several years later that people really paid 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. It is like the National Association has been discussing the introduction of a machine for several years without any results. What is the point of introducing this technology? It has no use, it cannot be used, and it is idle after being introduced.
You know, even old technology like CVP has become idle in many hospitals. Doctors know that this technology is good, but they also know that most people cannot afford the medical expenses of critically ill patients. If the treatment lasts a little longer, the family members will simply give up the patient. In this case, using CVP for one or two days is useless.
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The treatment of critically ill patients requires a long-term battle. Medical science cannot bring such patients back to life in just one or two days.
Let's get back to the original topic. Why is ICU so expensive? It's not just the cost of treatment.
Monitoring and examination of critically ill patients is very important. Because critically ill patients are extremely fragile, doctors are walking on thin ice when treating them. If they cannot perform examinations and tests from time to time to understand the patient's real-time condition, the treatment method may be counterproductive.
The cost of these tests and examinations is roughly equal to the cost of treatment. For example, after being put on ECMO, the cost of blood tests alone is in the thousands every day.
If it weren't for the support of big financial sponsors, few families in the country could afford such expensive inspection fees.
As a new technology, the various costs of using PICCO are definitely much more expensive than CVP.
Dr. Liu and other doctors present were very interested in knowing what this new technology was. After all, Xie had said that it had many advantages and was a breakthrough compared to traditional CVP technology.
PICCO is also a machine connected to a measuring catheter. When measuring, the operator injects a certain amount of ice saline into the central venous catheter. Let the ice saline pass through the central vein to the right atrium, right ventricle, and then to the lungs, enter the left atrium, left ventricle, and then to the femoral artery or brachial artery, axillary artery, etc., where the PICCO arterial catheter is placed, to perform temperature detection.
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