The First Two Years of Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer: Initial Results of a Brazilian Public Hospital Dedicated to Neurosurgery

  • Cavalcanti D
  • Mata P
  • Niemeyer Filho P
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The dissemination of specialty hospitals throughout the urban centers has revolutionized the full spectrum of care for cardiology, oncology and orthopedics during the last decades. To centralize care, from translational and basic research to clinicians and surgeons, in the same dedicated institution leads to a decrease in complications rates, mortality and possible reductions in the length of hospital stays. Moreover, there has been a significant impact on hospital costs and on the quality of care. The Insituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer (IECPN, in the Portuguese acronym) was opened in June 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the very first high-volume neurosurgical institution in the country. The core foundation of this institution is that the anesthesiologists, intensive care practitioners, nurses, pathologists, radiologists and rehabilitation staffs are trained and live the full management of neurosurgical lesions at the same facility on a daily basis. The present paper seeks to analyze the circumstances in which the institution was planned and opened as well as its complexity, infrastructure and initial results following its first 24 months of operation.A difusão de unidades hospitalares temáticas nos grandes centros urbanos revolucionou o tratamento de cardiologia, oncologia e ortopedia nas últimas décadas. Concentrar especialistas, desde a pesquisa básica e translacional até a clínicos e cirurgiões, em unidades dedicadas a uma especialidade proporciona menores taxas de complicação, mortalidade e possível redução no tempo de internação, diminuindo custos de tratamento e aumentando prestação de serviço de maior qualidade. O Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer (IECPN) foi inaugurado em junho de 2013, no Rio de Janeiro, como primeiro hospital nacional de grande porte totalmente dedicado ao manejo neurocirúrgico. O principal fundamento é que equipes de anestesia, enfermagem, intensivismo, patologia, radiologia e reabilitação sejam treinadas e vivenciem o manejo integral das lesões neurocirúrgicas diariamente no mesmo local. Este artigo visa analisar o contexto em que o hospital foi concebido, assim como sua estrutura, complexidade e resultados iniciais nos primeiros 24 meses de operação.

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Cavalcanti, D., Mata, P., & Niemeyer Filho, P. (2018). The First Two Years of Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer: Initial Results of a Brazilian Public Hospital Dedicated to Neurosurgery. Arquivos Brasileiros de Neurocirurgia: Brazilian Neurosurgery, 37(03), 182–189. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1583315

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