Intensive care unit

The expertise of the Intensive Oncological Care Unit of the Jules Bordet Institute is to offer patients suffering from a malignant disease a support that is sometimes necessary during certain phases of the illness, such as: 

• Continuous cardiac monitoring
• Continuous haemodynamic monitoring
• High-flow oxygen therapy
• Ventilatory support through non-invasive ventilation and invasive ventilation
• Renal dialysis (haemodialysis)

The unit permits the practice of this intensive care in a sterile room (with laminar air flow) for patients with particularly depressed immune systems. 

Every autumn the Intensive Oncological Care Unit organizes an international meeting in French that is dedicated specifically to the serious complications that occur in patients suffering from a cancerous disease. 

The unit is part of a cooperative group specialised in reanimation in patients suffering from an onco-haematological disease, the GrrrOH (Research Group in Respiratory Reanimation in Onco-Haematology).  

The unit managers have developed a specific website on oncological reanimation:  www.oncorea.com

Visits to patients in the Intensive Care Unit are allowed from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., seven days a week.

To ensure patients' comfort and maintain the quality of care, we kindly ask all visitors to follow a number of guidelines. Please read our Family Charter before your visit.

During their stay, patients are invited to complete a patient diary.

To learn more about our Intensive Care Unit, please consult our brochure.

We also invite you to share your experience by completing our patient satisfaction survey.

Beyond providing high-quality care, our team is committed to developing a wide range of initiatives aimed at making each patient's journey—and that of their loved ones—as reassuring, compassionate and personalised as possible.

We implement projects that promote patients' well-being and comfort, including a patient diary documenting their oncology journey, orientation tools (such as calendars and personalised information boards summarising daily routines, personal preferences and essential patient information), and, in the near future, virtual reality headsets. We are also continuously improving the care environment to create a calmer and more reassuring atmosphere.

At the same time, we are developing projects designed to enhance our practices and further improve the quality of care. These initiatives include environmentally responsible practices, ethical reflection, specialised support for cancer patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, as well as many other innovative projects benefiting both patients and their families.

Because every detail contributes to the care experience, we continuously develop and refine our projects to provide care that is ever more compassionate, innovative and tailored to each patient's individual needs.