step-down unit

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13:56 Jun 24, 2010
English to Hindi 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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5 +1स्टेप डाउन यूनिट
C.M. Rawal


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3 days 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
स्टेप डाउन यूनिट


Definition from own experience or research:
अस्पताल में कोई वार्ड या किसी वार्ड का कोई हिस्सा जिसमें विशेष रूप से तीव्र देखभाल की अवधि के उपरांत रोगियों को अनतीव्र देखभाल प्रदान करने की व्यवस्था की जाती है.

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  • 20 बेड का अत्याधुनिक आईसीयू और स्टेप डाउन यूनिट बनेगा। - Jagran - Yahoo! India - News -  
  • गंभीर हालत वाले बच्चों को एसएनसीयू यानी सिकनेस नियो केयर यूनिट में रखा जाता है। यहां से बच्चों को स्टेपडाउन वार्ड में और फिर यहां से नियोनेटल वार्ड में शिफ्ट किया ... - Bhaskar  
C.M. Rawal
India
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Native speaker of: Hindi
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Yes  Janmejay
26 days
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