An intensive care unit for severely brain-damaged patients has been designed, in which a medical information system has been developed, including a central monitor and a general purpose digital computer system. The computer based central monitor room has been made close to the intensive care unit, EEG room and operation room for neurosurgery, from which total 60 signals have been possible to monitor and process information by on line or semi-on line.The intensive care unit has been consisted of a medical care unit of 5 beds for long term patients of impaired consciousness and neurosurgical care unit of 3 beds for short stay or postoperative patients. An another ward has been maed available for patients discharged from the medical care unit with such neurological deficits that needed a help to stay in a general ward. The introduced intensive care system has been called a Neurological Care Unit (NCU) in our hospital and reported with discussion in detail.
Recentry the Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP) tank has been used to study the cardiovascular dynamics in the field of aerospace medicine in USA as a conditioning device in a weightless environment.We have designed LBNP tank independently in 1969 for the purpose of circulatory inprovement in case of pulmonary edema and other congestive disorder in thoracic vascular reservoirs.The advantage of this lucid plastic device is safety and reproducibility of cardiovasular dynamic changes.This is our report of the design on LBNP tank and its effect on blood pressure, pulse rate etc..