BAYLOR SPECIALTY HOSPITAL

Baylor Specialty Hospital specializes in the treatment of patients with complex medical conditions. The goal is to improve patients' conditions to the highest level of function so they return home as quickly as possible. These acutely illl patients receive the focused care of an experienced team of highly trained specialists who can offer coordinated treatment in a setting that allows proper time for recovery. They're supported by advanced medical technology designed specifically for such complex cases. Key areas of treatment include: Medically Complex Patients, Pulmonary Care, Stroke Program, Wound Care. We Treat A Variety of Complex Conditions: Multi-system failure; Complex neuro disorders, traumatic coma; Complex cardiac management and circulatory disorders; Complex pulmonary management including ventilator weaning, respiratory failure and pulmonary edema; Major GI diagnoses with complications; Skin ulcers and wound debridements; Septicemia and other infections.

The Pulmonary Care Program at Baylor Specialty Hospital offers technologically advanced therapies, as well as bedside bronchoscopy and pulmonary function testing to help each patient breathe easier and achieve results. We offer extensive physical, occupational and speech therapies to help maximize your quality of life and reach independence. The comprehensive Wound Care Program at Baylor Specialty Hospital offers an advanced healing environment for adult patients with acute, chronic or complicated wounds.

A multidisciplinary team treats wounds that result from diabetes, pressure, peripheral vascular disease, infection and complications of trauma or surgery. We offer a combination of therapeutic techniques, including hydrotherapy, debridement, medication and occlusive dressings as well as individualized nutritional plans, to facilitate healing.

Baylor Specialty Hospital, one of few long-term, acute facilities to utilize hospitalists, believes this is key to maintaining and improving quality of care. All hospitalists are board certified in internal medicine and trained in critical care. Their experience in complex medical disease management enables them to effectively treat patients who have, on average, eight to 10 ongoing medical problems at one time. The physicians use a multidisciplinary approach to treat such conditions as congestive heart failures, chronic renal failure, acute renal failure and respiratory failure. The main goal of the hospitalists is to take care of patients medically to improve their strength and condition. They then work with wound care physicians, pulmonologists, physiatrists, and other specialists to get each patient to a level of recovery that allows the patient to go home.