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 confused by Dr. Liu. In the process of integrating domestic technology with foreign technology, you first need an introducer. This introducer may be someone in China.
People in the industry themselves think it is easy to use and promote the application to their peers, or it may be foreign experts.
Industry professionals enter the country and directly recommend it to their peers in the domestic circle. The opportunity lies in various academic exchange meetings. As we all know, the topics of academic exchange meetings always choose hot and key topics in the circle. When a technology is not mature, it is used in academic exchanges.
Communication is not appropriate. No one knows
We don’t know whether it works or not, and if we roll it out to colleagues for use, if 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.
PIO 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 before its real importance is realized. This situation is related to
The development track of domestic critical care and treatment of critically ill patients is consistent. In other words, most hospitals currently do not have enough money to pay attention to this aspect. For example, the National Association has not discussed the introduction of a machine for several years.
As a result, 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 such as CVP have become idle technologies in many hospitals. Doctors know that this technology is good,
But I also know that most citizens cannot afford the medical expenses for critically ill patients. As long as the treatment lasts longer,
If the family has no money, they simply give up on the patient. Under such circumstances, using CVP for a day or two will only make it 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 u expensive? It’s not just the cost of treatment. Monitoring and examination in the treatment of critically ill patients is very important. Because critically ill patients are so fragile, doctors are walking on thin ice when treating them. If they can’t do it all the time,
Check and test to understand the real-time condition of the patient, last
Treatments may be counterproductive.
The cost of these tests and examinations can be said to be equal to the cost of treatment. For example, after getting ECMO, the cost of daily blood tests alone 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, the various costs of using pio are definitely much more expensive than cvp.
What is this new technology? 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. The PIO is also a machine, connected to the measurement catheter.
When measuring, the operator injects a certain amount of ice-cold saline into the central venous catheter. The ice-cold saline passes through the central vein to the right atrium, right ventricle, and then to the lungs, then enters the left atrium, left ventricle, and then to the femoral artery or brachial artery, axillary artery, etc.
These have PIO arterial catheters placed in them for temperature testing.
