Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
high dependency unit
Spanish translation:
unidad de cuidados intermedios
English term
high dependency unit
| 3 | unidad de cuidados intermedios |
Walter Landesman
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| 5 | Unidad de alta dependencia |
Pocho
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| 4 | cuidado mediano |
Gabo Pena
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| 3 | Unidad de alta dependencia |
Gabriela Rodriguez
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PRO (1): Walter Landesman
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unidad de cuidados intermedios
'meaning, intent, demeanor'
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cuidado mediano
A part of an acute care hospital which is staffed and equipped to handle patients who are seriously ill, and at high risk of death or permanent disability.
This term may be used to encompass all units which are designed to handle patients with needs above those in general acute and intensive care.
At the highest lever, it encompasses the intensive treatment or intensive care unit. A high dependency unit is generally expected to handle patients whose needs lie between general acute and intensive care.
Some critical care units have specialisations, such as coronary intensive care and neonatal intensive care
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Note added at 2005-03-20 23:34:32 (GMT)
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cuidado intensivo
cuidado mediano
cuidado agudo generalizado
Unidad de alta dependencia
unidad de alta dependencia, +/- = unidad de cuidado intermedio
Since there seems to be confusion about the term (to a question posed some days later a wrong answer was chosen) I prefer to restate the correct answer explicitly, with references.
Greetings,
Nikolaus
http://galeon.hispavista.com/neopuertomontt/manualorganizaci...
http://www.nuffieldhospitals.org.uk/pages/az/high.htm :
"A high dependency unit is an area for patients who require more intensive observation, treatment and nursing care than are usually provided on a general ward. It is a standard of care between the general ward and full intensive care."
http://www.empleofacil.com/empleo/cvs/11/155/73534.html
http://www.healthig.com/sistemas/sistemas16.html
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juani
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| disagree |
Walter Landesman
: no conozco en español el uso del término "Unidad de Alta Dependencia"
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