step-down unit

Finnish translation: valvontayksikkö

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English term or phrase:step-down unit
Finnish translation:valvontayksikkö

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13:56 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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valvontayksikkö
Definition:
Valvontayksikkö on tehohoidon ja vuodeosastohoidon välissä oleva sairaalan yksikkö, joka toteuttaa välittömästi akuutin hoidon jälkeistä potilaan hoitoa.
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Definition from own experience or research:
Valvontayksikkö on tehohoidon ja vuodeosastohoidon välissä oleva sairaalan yksikkö, joka toteuttaa välittömästi akuutin hoidon jälkeistä potilaan hoitoa.

Example sentence(s):
  • Pelkästään teho-osastolla on tarve käyttää valvontayksikön paikkoja ”step down”-tyyppisesti etenkin selkeästi lisääntyneiden neurokirurgisten potilaiden valvontatarpeen tyydyttämiseksi silloin kun tilanne ei vaadi tehohoitoa. - Finnanest - Suomen Anestesiologiyhdistyk  
  • Osasto A12:n yhteyteen remontoitu valvontayksikkö palvelee sairaalan koko kirurgista toimintaa. - Ilkka - Jatkuvaa tarkkailua vaativille p  
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