step-down unit

Urdu translation: متوسط یا ثانوی نگہداشت کا شعبہ

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13:57 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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Urdu translation:متوسط یا ثانوی نگہداشت کا شعبہ
Definition:
نگہداشت کا ایسا شعبہ جہاں ایسے مریضوں کو منتقل کیا جاتا ہے جنہیں انتہائی نگہداشت کے شعبے کی مزید ضرورت باقی نہ رہی ہو۔ گو کہ ایسے مریضوں کو بھی نگہداشت کی ضرورت ہوتی ہے لیکن وہ فوری خطرے سے باہر آ چکے ہوتے ہیں۔
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5 +2متوسط یا ثانوی نگہداشت کا شعبہ
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متوسط یا ثانوی نگہداشت کا شعبہ


Definition from BBC Urdu:
نگہداشت کا ایسا شعبہ جہاں ایسے مریضوں کو منتقل کیا جاتا ہے جنہیں انتہائی نگہداشت کے شعبے کی مزید ضرورت باقی نہ رہی ہو۔ گو کہ ایسے مریضوں کو بھی نگہداشت کی ضرورت ہوتی ہے لیکن وہ فوری خطرے سے باہر آ چکے ہوتے ہیں۔

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  • یو ایم ایچ آج کراچی کا ایک بہترین ثانوی نگہداشت اسپتال ہے جو سستی نرخوں پر معیاری صحت کی دیکھ بھال کرتا ہے۔ - Usman memorial hospital foundation  
Hatim Ali
Pakistan
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