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The Department of Bioethics provides a Bioethics Consultation Service, the goal of which is to provide analysis and facilitate discussion about a range of ethical issues that can arise in caring for patient subjects or during the course of research conducted at the Clinical Center.
The Critical Care Medicine Department provides clinical care for NIH Clinical Center patients in need of life support and other intensive medical interventions and, thus, the department emphasizes clinical excellence, patient safety, multidisciplinary and interprofessional care, and a culture of service.
The Department of Laboratory Medicine is a large modern laboratory, fully equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation. The laboratory performs more than 1 million tests every year.
The Special Clinical Studies Unit (SCSU) is an inpatient unit at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md., designed with state-of-the-art infrastructure that allows for isolation capabilities and infection control while patients participate in clinical research studies.
Clinical Research Nursing is nursing practice with a specialty focus on providing clinical care to patients on research protocols.
The Nutrition Department is committed to provide excellent service. Clinical Center patients are offered meals and nourishments to meet specific nutritional needs. Service includes meals to inpatient units, day hospitals, and outpatient clinics.
Visit our Nutrition Department web pages to learn more about the nutrition services available to our patients.
Palliative care provides skilled management of symptoms from the burden of disease and treatments and allay suffering (psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual). Examples of these symptoms may include pain, constipation, anxiety, depression, loss of appetite to name a few. Our aim is to improve patient and family quality of life while allowing medical providers to continue to focus on the clinical trial.
Visit our Pain & Palliative Care web pages to learn more about the services available to our patients.
The staff of the Department of Perioperative Medicine are worldwide leaders in the practice of patient-centered, multidisciplinary and integrated medical care of patients from the consideration of surgery outcomes until full recovery.
The Pharmacy Department provides pharmaceutical care to inpatients and outpatients on NIH intramural research protocols at the NIH Clinical Center. Clinical Center pharmacy staff provide sophisticated research support to health care providers as well as clinical investigators. Pharmacists conduct and participate in research programs that enhance knowledge regarding investigational drugs and new uses of commercially available agents.
Visit our Pharmacy Department web pages to learn more about the services available to our patients.
Positron Emission Tomography helps us see mysteries inside the body.
Internal Medicine Consult Service resources are available, by referral, to all inpatients and outpatients at the Clinical Center.