intensive care unit

Japanese: intensive care unit（英語表記）intensivecareunit

…It is an abbreviation of intensive care unit. It is also called intensive care unit. …

From [Emergency Medical Care]

...On the other hand, patients who are deemed to be better off being hospitalized and monitored are admitted to general wards. Patients who are deemed to be very seriously ill, regardless of whether they require surgery, are transferred to an intensive care unit (ICU) or other facility for further monitoring and treatment.
[Critical care]
Very seriously ill patients, regardless of the medical specialty (internal medicine, surgery, etc.) or the nature of their illness or injury, are increasingly being treated in intensive care units located within hospitals.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "intensive care unit" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…intensive care unitの略。集中治療部ともいう。…

【救急医療】より

…一方，入院させて容体を観察したほうがよいと考えられる患者は，一般病棟に入院させる。手術の必要があるなしにかかわらず，非常に重症と考えられる患者は，集中治療室intensive care unit(略称ICU)などに移されて，さらに容体の監視と治療が行われる。
［集中治療(クリティカル･ケアcritical care)］
　非常に重症な患者は，内科や外科などの診療科目，および病気やけがの内容にかかわらず，病院内に設置された集中治療室で治療をうけることが多くなってきた。…

※「intensive care unit」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について | 情報

<<: Interactionism

>>: in tempore