Day care is a form of hospital admission through which specialized, curative and recovery medical assistance is provided, concentrating, in a 12-hour interval, during the day, examinations, investigations, therapeutic acts performed under medical supervision.
The advantages of day care hospitalization services offered by Laurus Medical Centres are as follows:
- diagnosis, treatment and monitoring services are available upon appoint, for patients that do not require continuous admission and that cannot be solved in outpatient conditions;
- the patients is not forced to spend a lot of time in the hospital, as long-term admission is not required;
- active patients can benefit from the day care services in their free time, without requiring days off from work;
- service packages are available.
Day care services are offered by highly trained professionals, using high performance equipment, in a modern hospital unit.
| Surgical specialties for which day care services are available | Surgical procedure according to Annex 22 to the Order 196/139/2017 |
|---|---|
| Gastroenterology | Upper GI Endoscopy |
| Upper GI Endoscopy with Biopsy | |
| Lower GI Endoscopy | |
| Lower GI Endoscopy with Biopsy | |
| Dermatology/General Surgery | Subcutaneous tissue skin biopsy |
| Excision of skin injuries and of the subcutaneous tissue | |
| Electrotherapy of skin lesions, multiple/single lesions | |
| Partial resection of ingrown nails | |
| Excisional debridement of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | |
| General Surgery | Excisional debridement of the soft tissue |
| Removal of foreign bodies from the skin and the subcutaneous tissue, with incision | |
| Surgical therapy of the perianal fissure | |
| Urology | Endoscopic removal of the urethral stent |
| Cystoscopy | |
| Percutaneous suprapubic cyst ostomy | |
| Endoscopic removal of bladder stones | |
| Hydrodistention of the urinary bladder under endoscopic control | |
| Transrectal prostate biopsy (with biopsy needle) | |
| Penile lesion biopsy |
| Medical specialties for which day care services are available | List of medical conditions according to Annex 22 to the Order 196/139/2017 |
|---|---|
| Internal Medicine | Poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| Primary essential hypertension | |
| Other forms of angina pectoris, without coronography | |
| Unspecified chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy, without coronography | |
| Mitral (valve) insufficiency, without surgery indication | |
| Aortic (valve) stenosis, without surgery indication | |
| Aortic (valve) insufficiency (without coronography, without surgery indication) | |
| Other specified cerebrovascular diseases | |
| Other acute upper respiratory infections, with multiple locations | |
| Acute upper respiratory infections, unspecified | |
| Unspecified viral pneumonia | |
| Unspecified lobar pneumonia | |
| Other pneumonias, with unspecified microorganisms | |
| Pneumonia, unspecified | |
| Acute bronchitis, unspecified | |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with the acute upper respiratory infection | |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with acute exacerbation, unspecified | |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified | |
| Other iron deficiency anaemia | |
| Ischemic cardiomyopathy | |
| Active chronic hepatitis, not classified elsewhere | |
| Non-specific reactive hepatitis | |
| Other cholecystitis | |
| Atherosclerosis of the lower limb arteries with intermittent claudication | |
| Low back pain | |
| Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology | Gastroesophageal reflux disease with esophagitis |
| Gastroesophageal reflux disease without esophagitis | |
| Other acute gastritis | |
| Unspecified chronic gastritis | |
| Unspecified gastroduodenitis | |
| Dyspepsia | |
| Unspecified non-infectious gastroenteritis and colitis | |
| Irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea | |
| Irritable bowel syndrome without diarrhea | |
| Alcoholic hepatitis | |
| Fatty degeneration of the liver, not classified elsewhere | |
| Chronic cholecystitis | |
| Other specified gallbladder diseases | |
| Probably infectious diarrhea and gastroenteritis | |
| Chronic viral hepatitis B without DELTA agent | |
| Chronic viral hepatitis C | |
| Iron deficiency anaemia, unspecified | |
| Iron deficiency anaemia, secondary to blood loss (chronic) | |
| Acute duodenal ulcer without previously diagnosed haemorrhage or perforation | |
| Lower limb varicose vein without ulceration or inflammation | |
| Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of the lower limbs, unspecified | |
| (Chronic) (peripheral) venous insufficiency | |
| Dermatology | Psoriasis vulgaris |
| Allergic urticaria (without Quincke Edema) | |
| Localized edema | |
| Dermatology/General Surgery | Ingrown nail |
| Benign lipomatous tumour of the skin and of the subcutaneous trunk tissue | |
| Varicose vein with lower limb ulcerations | |
| Urology/Internal Medicine/General Surgery/Gastroenterology | Other specified medical care services |
| Internal Medicine/Urology | Acute cystitis |
| Urology | Penile sheath hypertrophy, phimosis/paraphimosis |
| Urinary tract infection of unspecified location |
