step-down unit

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13:57 Jun 24, 2010
English to Bosnian translations [PRO]
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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4Odjeljenje poluintenzivne njege
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Odjeljenje poluintenzivne njege


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Na odjeljenje za poluintenzivnu njegu smiještaju se bolesnici koji su već prošli intenzivnu njegu, ali njihovo zdravstveno stanje iziskuje specijani nadzor i brigu, te još ne mogu biti smješteni na standardno bolesničko odjeljenje bolnice.

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Clinic of Oncology and Glandular surgery ( Clinical Center Univesity of Sarajevo)
Clinical Structure: Within the Clinic there are two standard patient wards with 29 beds, half intensive care department and one suit. For out patients there is a specialist ambulance for the examinations being also a part of the clinic. Clinic has its own operational theatre with corresponding equipment.
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