Hepatology and Gastroenterology

The Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology of Hohhot Second Hospital was established in 2011. It currently has 19 employees, including 1 with a master's degree, 11 with a bachelor's degree, and 7 with a college degree; 4 have senior professional titles, 8 have intermediate professional titles, and 7 have junior professional titles. In 2021, it was awarded the key discipline of hepatology and the key specialty of clinical liver disease by the Hohhot Health Commission and the Hohhot Medical Association respectively, with more than 900 patients admitted and admitted annually. The Department of Liver Disease and Gastroenterology has strong technical force and first-class diagnosis and treatment level. The clinical cure and improvement rate of various types of liver diseases is above 95%. The technologies developed by the department include glucose tolerance monitoring and clinical intervention for patients with chronic liver disease, arsenic trioxide treatment for primary liver cancer, low-dose glucocorticoid treatment for hyperbilirubinemia, tolvaptan for the treatment of hepatorenal syndrome in cirrhosis, and Chinese herbal hot compresses for the treatment of refractory ascites due to cirrhosis. These technologies are all cutting-edge technologies in related fields in China. At the same time, the Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology is also a key department in the electronic endoscopic interventional treatment of esophageal and gastric varices due to liver cirrhosis. The Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology is an academic and innovative department. In the past five years, it has launched and completed 9 scientific research projects, and achieved 5 autonomous region scientific and technological achievements and 2 municipal scientific and technological achievements, including 2 third-class science and technology awards from the Autonomous Region Medical Association, and 1 second-class and third-class municipal science and technology progress awards.In the past five years, general medical staff have published and exchanged more than 30 academic papers, including more than 70% in core journals, written 2 professional books, and completed 15 health education books. The Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology has an excellent nursing team. In 2017, the Nursing Team of the Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology won the honorary title of “Advanced Department for Quality Nursing Services” by the Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission.