Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2019.311
Development of the Coronary Care Unit at the General Hospital “Dr. Josip Benčević” in Slavonski Brod
Željka Stojkov
; General Hospital „Dr. Josip Benčević“, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Blaženka Miškić
; General Hospital „Dr. Josip Benčević“, Slavonski Brod, Croatia; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek, Croatia
Vesna Ćosić
; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek, Croatia
Barica Stanić
; General Hospital „Dr. Josip Benčević“, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Katica Cvitkušić Lukenda
; General Hospital „Dr. Josip Benčević“, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Marijana Knežević Praveček
; General Hospital „Dr. Josip Benčević“, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Abstract
The development of the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) in Slavonski Brod started in 1960. Until
then, patients diagnosed with stenocardia would be prescribed strict bed rest at the department over
five to six weeks and would then be sent for further diagnostic processing to hospital centers in Zagreb
in order to diagnose their existing coronary artery disease. Due to the efforts to improve quality
of treatment and the development of diagnostic and treatment options, in the 1970s the CCU received
a new space and staff that was specially educated for the treatment of coronary patients. During the
Homeland War, the CCU was temporarily transferred to the north side of the Internal Medicine Department
to protect it from the ravages of war. At the start of 2002, the construction of an addition to the
old hospital building provided the Cardiology Department with a new CCU with seven hospital beds
and equipped with central monitoring and the necessary medical devices for intensive treatment.
The number of medical staff educated in administering intensive care was also increased. Treatment
quality was also improved by the introduction of interventional cardiology that improved the quality
of treatment and reduced morbidity and hospitalization. The opening of the arrhythmology unit
completed the cycle of introducing all the interventional cardiology methods currently applied in the
Republic of Croatia, especially in hospitals of this level of quality.
Keywords
diagnostics; myocardial infarction; coronary care unit
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230300
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Publication date:
10.12.2019.
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