Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic novel Chapter 789

Chapter 789: Chapter 368: Conservative Treatment Is Compassion, Dreadful Complications

Just one glance, and he shook his head repeatedly.

"This patient is already beyond cure, medicine and stones cannot heal."

Li Jingsheng operates a clinic, and to be honest, he can generally judge whether a patient can be saved just by taking a couple of looks and asking about the general situation.

For patients like this, who have been sick for a long time without a cure and are starting to show multiple complications, Li Jingsheng always keeps his distance.

If it were Boss Zhao from the Quick Recovery Clinic, he would definitely advise the patient to bother another clinic immediately.

"If it were easy to treat, why would I find you? Just consider it as helping me out, let’s discuss together!"

Lian Tao was obviously prepared.

The severely ill patients admitted to Internal Medicine are never easy to treat; basically, each one is a fight with King Yama for their life.

Moreover, each department admits critically ill patients with different characteristics.

For example, respiratory failure patients in Pulmonary Medicine can die just like that.

If they can’t breathe in or out, they will die.

Sometimes, the ventilator’s parameters are perfectly adjusted, but in the middle of the night, the patient’s condition suddenly changes. By the time the problem is discovered, it’s already necessary to start resuscitation.

There are also patients who have been intubated for a long time and inevitably encounter infections, making it impossible to save them.

Even a patient getting choked on a bit of phlegm and failing to suction in time can be fatal in minutes.

Neurology patients, on the other hand, have a wide variety of issues, such as intracranial hemorrhage, tumors, and brain injuries. When patients here die, it’s often silent; they leave without a word.

Critically ill patients in the Gastroenterology Department are characterized by extreme emaciation and weakness, along with numerous complications.

For instance, take this old man, aged 76, who due to prolonged vomiting and diarrhea, eventually developed a fever, and even his consciousness became clouded, which is why he was sent to the hospital for treatment.

Lian Tao didn’t know what he was thinking about, admitting such a critical patient.

According to the process, such patients generally have two options.

If the family is economically well-off, and the children or spouse are willing to spend money, he goes directly into intensive care for a few days. After a while, the family can decide whether to continue.

Many just do their best; costs can reach eight or nine thousand a day, or even as high as two or three ten thousand, which many families can’t bear.

If the patient’s condition doesn’t improve after a few days, they might have the tubes withdrawn directly.

If they improve, they can be transferred back to a general ward, which would be a delight for all.

Another common situation is when the patient’s condition doesn’t improve but also doesn’t deteriorate further after entering the ICU.

At this point, they are basically holding on by a few tubes.

If the reimbursement ratio is high, they can hold on and continue the treatment.

Li Jingsheng has even seen critically ill patients stay in the ICU for over half a year.

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