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intensive care unit intensive care unit in Medicine. intensive care unit n. Abbr. ICU. A specialized section of a hospital containing the equipment, medical and nursing staff, and monitoring devices necessary to provide intensive care. Also called critical care unit.
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facility intermediate care facility (ICF) a health related facility designed to provide custodial care for individuals unable to care for themselves because of mental or physical infirmity; not considered by the government to be a medical facility, it can receive no reimbursement under Medicare, generally receiving the bulk of its financing under Medicaid.
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- intensive care unit n. Abbr. A specialized section of a hospital containing the equipment, medical and nursing staff, and monitoring devices necessary to provide intensive care. Also called critical care unit.
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medical medical. adj. 1. (Medicine) of or relating to the science of medicine or to the treatment of patients by drugs, etc, as opposed to surgery.2. (Medicine) a less common word for medicinal.n.ed•i•cal. 1. of or pertaining to the science or practice of medicine. 2. curative; medicinal; medical properties. 3. pertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means. 4. pertaining to or indicating the state of one's health: a medical leave.
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invasive Medical Definition of invasive. 1  1: tending to spread; especially : tending to invade healthy tissue invasive cancer cells. 2  2: involving entry into the living body (as by incision or by insertion of an instrument) invasive diagnostic techniques.
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- episode of care. Type:Term. Definitions. 1. all services provided to a patient with a medical problem within a specific period of time across a continuum of care in an integrated system. Stedman’s Medical Dictionary © Wolters Kluwer Health.
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What's the difference among the ICU, MICU & CCU in the hospital? Mobile intensive care unit. A vehicle, usually a specially designed minivan or truck, with the capacity for providing emergency care and life support to those severely injured or ill at the scene of an accident or natural disaster while transporting them to a medical facility where treatment may continue.
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specialization Medical Definition of specialization. 1  1: a making or becoming specialized specialization in pediatrics. 2  2a: structural adaptation of a body part to a particular function or of an organism for life in a particular environmentb: a body part or an organism adapted by specialization.
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acute care 2. common usage is 'having severe signs and a short course of 12 to 24 hours'. See also under organ (e.g. pancreatitis), system (e.g. respiratory), causative agent (e.g. arsenic) or lesion (e.g. myonecrosis). acute bovine pulmonary emphysema-edema. see atypical interstitial pneumonia.
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Medical Dictionary Definition of Organic. Organic: 1. A chemical compound that contains carbon. 2. Related to an organ. 3. Grown or prepared without the use of chemicals or pesticides, as in organic food.
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The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Newborn babies who need intensive medical attention are often admitted into a special area of the hospital called the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The NICU combines advanced technology and trained health care professionals to provide specialized care for the tiniest patients.
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invasive Adj. 1. invasive-relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision. medical specialty, medicine-the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques. noninvasive-relating to a technique that does not involve puncturing the skin or entering a body cavity.. Of, engaging in, or given to armed aggression: an invasive military force. 2. a. Of or relating to a disease or condition that has a tendency to spread, especially into healthy tissue: an invasive carcinoma. b. Of or relating to a medical procedure in which a part of the body is entered, as by puncture or incision.
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acute Definition of acute for English Language Learners. : 1  very serious or dangerous : requiring serious attention or action. : 2  having or showing an ability to think clearly and to understand what is not obvious or simple about something. : 3  very strong and sensitive : highly developed.
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critical Medical Definition of critical. 1  1a: relating to, indicating, or being the stage of a disease at which an abrupt change for better or worse may be anticipated with reasonable certainty the critical phase of a feverb: being or relating to an illness or condition involving danger of death critical care a critical head injury.
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operation Medical Definition of OPERATION. : a procedure performed on a living body usually with instruments for the repair of damage or the restoration of health and especially one that involves incision, excision, or suturing.
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Medical Definition of Intervention Medical Definition of Intervention Intervention: The act of intervening, interfering or interceding with the intent of modifying the outcome. In medicine, an intervention is usually undertaken to help treat or cure a condition. For example, early intervention may help children with autism to speak. Acupuncture as a therapeutic intervention is widely practiced in the United States, according to the National Institutes of Health.
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- Patients: All patients older than 18 yrs, admitted to the medical. intensive care unit for > 24 hrs over a 1-yr period (December 1997. to November 1998). Interventions: Daily judgment of eventual futility of medical. interventions by nurses and doctors with respect to survival and. future quality of life.
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- Acute: Of abrupt onset, in reference to a disease. Acute often also connotes an illness that is of short duration, rapidly progressive, and in need of urgent care. Acute is a measure of the time scale of a disease and is in contrast to subacute and chronic.. Subacute indicates longer duration or less rapid change. Chronic indicates indefinite duration or virtually no change. The time scale depends on the particular disease.
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- invasive. 1  characterized by or involving invasion; offensive: invasive war. 2  invading, or tending to invade; intrusive. 3  Medicine/Medical. requiring the entry of a needle, catheter, or other instrument into a part of the body, especially in a diagnostic procedure, as a biopsy.
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- Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery.[1][2] In medical terms, care for acute health conditions is the opposite from chronic care, or longer term care. Acute care services are generally delivered by teams of health care professionals from a range of medical and surgical specialties.
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Acute (medicine) In medicine, describing a disease as acute denotes that it is of short duration and, as a corollary of that, of recent onset.
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- For the city of Versailes, see Versailles (city). For other uses, see Versailles (disambiguation). The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles (English /vɛərˈsaɪ/ vair-SY or /vərˈsaɪ/ vər-SY; [vɛʁsɑj]), is a royal chateau château In versailles in Île-ile-île de france Region. of france
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acute acute definitions 1 referring to a health effect usually of rapid onset brief not prolonged sometimes loosely used to mean severe 2 referring to exposure brief intense short term sometimes specifically referring to brief exposure of high intensity
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acute 1. Referring to a disease of sudden onset and brief course, not chronic, sometimes loosely used to mean severe. 2. Referring to treatment or exposure: brief, intense, short-term; sometimes specifically referring to brief exposure of high intensity.
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What is 'Labor Intensive' DEFINITION of 'Labor Intensive'. A process or industry that requires a large amount of labor to produce its goods or services.The degree of labor intensity is typically measured in proportion to the amount of capital required to produce the goods/services; the higher the proportion of labor costs required, the more labor intensive the business.abor intensive industries include restaurants, hotels, agriculture and mining. Advances in technology and worker productivity have moved some industries away from labor-intensive status, but many still remain.