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https://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2019.320
Coronary Care Unit - Zadar General Hospital
Marija Kasun
; Zadar General Hospital, Zadar, Croatia
Abstract
The Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at the Zadar General Hospital was founded in 1979. Today
it has six hospital beds and is equipped with modern medical devices for intensive care. The CCU
provides treatment for patients who require intensive cardiological treatment, percutaneous coronary
interventions (PCIs), electrophysiology studies, radiofrequency ablation procedures, permanent pacemaker
implantation, and implantation of cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization devices.
The CCU admits approximately 600 patients annually, and 208 primary PCIs were performed in
2018. Total patient mortality has been dropping every year and was 6.1% in 2018. The CCU employs 11
nurses with a head nurse in the morning shift and two medical nurses per shift.
Keywords
general hospital, Zadar; coronary care unit.
Hrčak ID:
230302
URI
Publication date:
10.12.2019.
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