The Misericórdia Hospital in Évora has its own unit that provides differentiated health care to people who need treatments that have to be carried out in a hospital environment , but without the need for hospitalization. Coordinated by internist Irene Cortes Verdasca , the Internal Medicine Day Hospital is a valuable resource, for example, for people in the post-discharge phase, those with chronic illnesses, those who need to undergo specific therapies or who need help and guidance on home care and self-care. Internal Medicine is a hospital specialty dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis and guidance of non-surgical therapy for diseases of the various organs and systems, particularly when more than one organ or system is affected. It deals with the treatment of adult patients and is a hospital-wide specialty, providing inpatient and outpatient care (in the outpatient clinic and the Day Hospital). The Internal Medicine Day Hospital operates in the following areas: Therapy aimed at heart failure (for example: teaching care and therapeutic optimization and intravenous diuretic therapy); Diabetes (administration of intravenous insulin in cases of acute decompensation and teaching of disease management); Correction of anemia of known cause, dehydration and ionic alterations; Administration of injectable drugs (such as antibiotics); Bronchodilator therapy in people with acute chronic respiratory disease; Specific diagnostic and treatment techniques (e.g. arterial blood gas analysis, lumbar puncture, bone marrow biopsy and skin biopsy). Patients can be seen at the Internal Medicine Day Hospital following: Internal referral (by a doctor from Hospital da Misericórdia de Évora); Referral by their treating doctor. Internal Medicine Day Hospital
