Intensive-care unit — ICU room An intensive care unit (ICU), critical care unit (CCU), intensive therapy unit/intensive treatment unit (ITU) or High Dependency Unit (HDU) is a specialized department in a hospital that provides intensive care medicine. Many hospitals… … Wikipedia
Intensive care unit — An intensive care unit (ICU), critical care unit (CCU), intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit (ITU) is a specialized department used in many countries hospitals that provides intensive care medicine. Many hospitals also have… … Wikipedia
intensive care unit — noun a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care • Syn: ↑ICU • Hypernyms: ↑unit, ↑social unit • Hyponyms: ↑coronary care unit, ↑neonatal intensive care unit, ↑NICU … Useful english dictionary
intensive care unit — intensive therapy unit … The new mediacal dictionary
Intensive care unit psychosis — A disorder in which patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) or a similar hospital setting may experience anxiety, become paranoid, hear voices, see things that are not there, become severely disoriented in time and place, become very agitated,… … Medical dictionary
intensive care unit — (ICU) a hospital unit in which are concentrated special equipment and skilled personnel for the care of seriously ill patients requiring immediate and continuous attention. Many such units are specialized, such as burn, cardiac or coronary,… … Medical dictionary
intensive care unit — noun that section of a hospital in which intensive care is given. Abbrev.: ICU …
intensive care unit — hospital unit where very attentive care is given to patients right after surgery … English contemporary dictionary
intensive care unit — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ICU, hospital room, emergency unit, critical room; see hospital … English dictionary for students
Neonatal intensive care unit — A newborn infant sleeping in an incubator A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) also called a Special Care Nursery, newborn intensive care unit, intensive care nursery (ICN), and special care baby unit (SCBU) is an intensive care unit… … Wikipedia
