Riga Eastern Clinical University Hospital
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Trials (Riga Eastern Clinical University Hospital)
Experts
Clinics
Clinical part of nuclear medicine
Clinical part of radiation therapy
Physics and Dosimetry Section of Clinical Medicine
Therapeutic Radiology and Medical Physics
Departments
Abdominal and Soft Tissue Surgery
Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
Department of Urology, Clinic of Urology and Oncological Urology
Learning Resources
Course: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Primary purpose: Aims to teach cardiopulmonary resuscitation through theoretical lectures, practical simulations, and assessments, covering up-to-date resuscitation algorithms, first aid, and CPR techniques, with a focus on real-life application.
Target audience: Physicians and Physician Assistants.
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Trainings: Continuing education measures for care and treatment support staff
Primary purpose: To provide continuing education for care and medical support staff, enhancing their skills and knowledge in various aspects of patient care, safety, and specialized procedures.
Target audience: Hospital employees, nurses, care and medical support staff.
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Training: Residence
Primary purpose: To provide hands-on, supervised clinical experience to medical graduates, allowing them to further develop their medical skills, knowledge, and expertise in a specific field of medicine.
Target audience: Resident's doctors.
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Training: Student's clinical and optional practices
Primary purpose: To offer students hands-on clinical experiences and optional practices to enhance their education, facilitate effective training, raise hospital recognition, and attract potential future employees.
Target audience: Students of medical/health fields.
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Program: Improving the skills of general care nurses
Primary purpose: To provide informal education opportunities for nurses to enhance their skills and knowledge in various areas of nursing practice, with the goal of improving general care nursing skills, fostering professional growth, and contributing to the healthcare system.
Target audience: Nurses.
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Program: Psychoemotional support of medical personnel
Primary purpose: To provide psycho-emotional health support to medical personnel working in hospitals and emergency medical services, aiming to monitor their mental well-being, offer psycho-emotional support, and provide training and resources to recognize, manage, and prevent burnout.
Target audience: Medical personnel, nurses, doctors, senior managers, and board members of healthcare institutions.
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Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods
Diagnostics
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | Yes | |
| Machine | MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) | Yes | |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | Yes (digital) | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | Yes | |
| Machine | High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) | Yes | |
| Machine | Gamma Camera | Yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound guided biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) | Yes | |
| Technique | CT guided biopsis | Yes | |
| Technique | Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) | Yes | |
| Technique | Angiography | Yes | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | Yes | |
| Machine | PET CT | Yes | |
| Machine | SPECT | Yes | |
| Machine | SPECT CT | Yes | |
| Technique | Sentinel node scintigraphy | Yes | |
| Technique | Bone scintigraphy | Yes | |
| Pathology | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Cytology laboratory | Yes | |
| Facility | Histopathology laboratory | Yes | |
| Technique | FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) | Yes | |
| Technique | PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) | Yes | |
| Technique | Cytometry | Yes | |
| Technique | Cytogenetics | Yes | |
| Pathology: Molecular Tests | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | PGR | Yes | |
| Technique | KI-67 | Yes | |
| Technique | PDL1 | Yes | |
| Technique | KRAS | Yes | |
| Technique | BRAF | Yes | |
| Technique | EGFR | Yes | |
| Technique | ALK | Yes | |
| Technique | HER2 status | Yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Bronchoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Colposcopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Colonoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Hysteroscopy | Yes |
Treatment
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Breast surgery | 2 | |
| Specialist | Thoracic surgery | 1 | |
| Specialist | Digestive surgery | 4 | |
| Specialist | Neurosurgery | 9 | |
| Specialist | Gynaecological surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Head and neck surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Soft tissue surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Orthopaedic surgery | 1 | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | 9 | |
| Specialist | Paediatric surgery | 1 | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | Yes | |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | Yes | |
| Technique | Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC) | Yes | |
| Technique | Stereotactic radiotherapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Chemoembolization | Yes | |
| Technique | 3D conformal radiotherapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Radiosurgery | Yes | |
| Technique | Respiratory motion management | Yes | |
| Technique | Virtual simulation for treatment planning | Yes | |
| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Allogenic stem cell transplants | Yes | |
| Technique | Autologous stem cell transplants | Yes | |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Physician with a specialisation in palliative care | 4 | |
| Specialist | Physician specialised in pain treatment | 4 | |
| Specialist | Neurologist | 16 | |
| Specialist | Lung physician | 16 | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | 20 | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | 1 | |
| Specialist | Psychiatrist | 1 | |
| Specialist | Social worker | 1 | |
| Specialist | Spiritual care | Yes | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | 14 | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | 1 | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Endoprosthesis | Yes | |
| Facility | Clinical Trial Center | Yes |
Palliative Care
| Palliative Care | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Home palliative care availability | Yes |
Facility: Chaplain Service
Primary purpose: To provide religious and spiritual support to patients, their families, and medical personnel through various means, including crisis intervention, communication problem-solving, mobilizing support, conducting religious activities, and offering pastoral care and counseling.
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Facility: Psychoemotional support office
Primary purpose: To offer targeted psycho-emotional assistance to individuals with oncological diseases and their relatives throughout various stages of diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up, providing support, counseling, information, and consultations to improve mental and emotional well-being.
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Resource: Informative Materials for Patients
Primary purpose: Offers educational and guidance materials about various types of diseases, medicines, palliative care, admission service, cancer screenings, etc.
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Resource: Booklets for Patients
Primary purpose: To provide educational and informative materials for oncology patients, offering information about specific cancer types and various treatment methods.
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