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At HCG Hospitals, Ahmedabad, we provide critical care for adult patients who cannot be safely managed on a regular ward. Our critical care specialists manage severe sepsis, heart attacks complicated by shock, pneumonia affecting both lungs, multi-injury road accidents, and post-surgical complications. The department operates 24/7 with in-house ventilators, ECMO, bedside ABG analysis, dialysis, imaging, and emergency support under one roof.
The critical care department at HCG Hospitals, Ahmedabad, manages acute medical emergencies, severe infections, trauma, respiratory failure, and post-surgical intensive care cases.
Multiorgan failure occurs when organs such as the lungs, kidneys, heart, and liver fail together, usually due to severe sepsis or trauma. ICU support includes ventilator support, dialysis, continuous monitoring, and hemodynamic management.
Respiratory failure can result from severe pneumonia, COPD exacerbation, ARDS, or aspiration events. Ventilator support helps maintain breathing while the underlying condition is treated and monitored with bedside ABG analysis.
Patients recovering from major cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, lung surgery, or trauma may require intensive ICU monitoring for pain management, fluid balance, infection prevention, and recovery support.
Critical care treatment covers severe pneumonia, complicated urinary tract infections, dengue shock, leptospirosis, severe pancreatitis, diabetic ketoacidosis, heatstroke, and fulminant hepatitis with rapid laboratory and ICU support.
Critical care monitoring at HCG Hospitals, Ahmedabad, includes continuous bedside monitoring, hemodynamic assessment, imaging, and round-the-clock laboratory support.
Heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, temperature, and cardiac rhythm are continuously tracked through bedside monitoring systems with alert notifications.
Hemodynamic monitoring evaluates how the heart and circulation are functioning using arterial lines, central venous catheters, and advanced cardiac output monitoring systems.
The NABL-accredited in-house lab provides ABG analysis, blood counts, coagulation profiles, lactate, infection markers, and biochemistry. Multi-slice CT, bedside ultrasound, 2D Echo, Color Doppler, and TEE are also available.