step-down unit

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13:58 Jun 24, 2010
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Medical - Medical: Health Care
Additional field(s): Medical: Cardiology, Medical (general)
English term or phrase: step-down unit
Definition from Bluecross Blueshield Association:
A ward or section of a ward in a hospital that is devoted to delivering sub-acute care to patients following a period of acute care.

Example sentence(s):
  • Generally, patients are transferred to the Step-Down Unit from the Critical Care Unit approximately 24 hours after their cardiac bypass surgery. Skaggs
  • To work in a step-down unit, nurses need special training, which may be obtained at an area hospital. They are expected to closely monitor patients recently released from the intensive-care unit before those patients are moved to regular hospital beds. StarTribune.com
  • The average stay in a CCU is five days, after which most patients are transferred to a hospital's step-down unit for less intensive care. About.com
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3 +1监护后病房
Thinkcell Wang
4急诊观察病房
Ivan Niu


  

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监护后病房


Definition from Internet:
设立监护后病房对危重病人在监护治疗环节生命体征稳定后转入治疗,可大大提高ICU的周转率,确保院内生命绿色通道的畅通.

Example sentence(s):
  • 院内急诊治疗一体化。松江区中心医院合并急诊科和危重病科成立急诊危重病科,下设有独立的急诊室、急诊留观病房、急诊补液室、重症监护室、监护后病房,总占地2900平方米。留观室配备40张输液观察椅、30张观察病床,重症监护病房配备20张病床、20张监护后病床。 - Internet  
Thinkcell Wang
China
Local time: 06:39
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

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Yes  linxue9786: 我在北京阜外心血管病医院做麻醉医生10余年(1994-2005)。至少那时中国医院没有单独设立“step-down unit",病人从监护室直接转入普通病房。但是每个普通病房均设有特殊病室对某些患者进行特殊监护,如心电监护等。"step-down nit” 译为“监护后病房”应该比较合适,我只是不太清楚像松江区中心医院所称的“监护后病房” 其具体功能是否与国外的“step-down unit” 相同。
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急诊观察病房


Definition from own experience or research:
供即将进行急症治疗的患者使用,在此期间观察其病情。

Example sentence(s):
  • 流程带教在急诊观察病房的应用探讨 - 中国期刊网  
  • 三楼治疗区设有输液区、注射室、急诊观察病房、休闲大厅。建筑面积为1600m2。东西两侧分别有扶手电梯和升降电梯。 - 安徽省立医院  
  • 我院急诊科观察病房自1992年元月至1997年10月共收治脑损伤232例,其中106例在非手术治疗过程中,因病情加重或其它原因转脑外科治疗。 - 中国知网  
Ivan Niu
China
Local time: 06:39
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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