intensive care unit
11Neonatal 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… …
12Psychosis, intensive care unit — 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,… …
13neonatal intensive care unit — noun an intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn • Syn: ↑NICU • Hypernyms: ↑intensive care unit, ↑ICU …
14intensive therapy unit — ITU; = intensive care unit a hospital unit designed to give intensive care, provided by specialist multidisciplinary staff, to a selected group of seriously ill patients or to those in need of special postoperative techniques (e.g. heart or chest …
15Intensive-care medicine — Intensive Care redirects here. For the album by pop singer Robbie Williams, see Intensive Care (album). CICU redirects here. For the radio station, see CICU FM. High dependency unit redirects here. For the New Zealand psychedelic rock band, see… …
16Intensive care medicine — or critical care medicine is a branch of medicine concerned with the provision of life support or organ support systems in patients who are critically ill and who usually require intensive monitoring.Patients requiring intensive care usually… …
17intensive care — adj having special medical facilities, services, and monitoring devices to meet the needs of gravely ill patients <an intensive care unit> compare ACUTE CARE, chronic care intensive care n * * * see under unit …
18mobile intensive care unit — ambulance which has intensive care medical facilities …
19Intensive Care Foundation — The Intensive Care Foundation is a charity that is dedicated to improving the care of critically ill patients by raising funds for vital clinical research as well as educating health professionals responsible for intensive care. The Foundation s… …
20intensive therapy unit — (ITU) a hospital unit designed to give intensive care, provided by specialist multidisciplinary staff, to a selected group of seriously ill patients or to those in need of special postoperative techniques (e.g. heart or chest patients) …
