Neurosurgeons are specialist doctors who can diagnose, provide treatment, and perform operations to treat disorders of the nervous system. This nervous system includes the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), as well as peripheral nerves that are in all parts of the body. To become a neurosurgeon, one needs to have a general doctor's degree first, then complete a specialization education in neurosurgery for at least 5 years. Neurosurgery is a fairly specific branch of medical science and the number of doctors in Indonesia studying this field is still small. Field of Neurosurgeon Work The nervous system is a complex network that carries messages from the brain and spinal cord to various parts of the body, and vice versa. This organ system allows the body to move, think, remember, speak, see, hear, and feel physical stimuli, such as touch, heat or cold, and pain. In practice, neurosurgery is further divided into several subspecialty fields, namely: 1. Pediatric neu...
The PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit) room is an intensive care room in a hospital, for children with serious health problems or who are in critical condition. Children treated at PICU range from 28-day-old infants to 18-year-old teenagers. Children who are treated in the PICU room will get full supervision from general practitioners, specialist doctors, and nurses. In addition, various medical equipment is also provided in this room to treat critical children. The duration of child care in the PICU room varies, depending on the development of the child's health condition. Condition of Children Needing Care in the PICU Room Children need to be treated in the PICU room if their medical needs cannot be met in an ordinary treatment room. Conditions that can be the reason for children needing care in the PICU room include: Serious respiratory disorders, such as severe asthma, choking on foreign bodies, pneumonia, and acute respiratory failure syndrome (ARDS). Serious infecti...