acute hospital
collocation in Englishmeaningsofacuteandhospital
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acute
adjective
uk/əˈkjuːt/us/əˈkjuːt/
If a bad situation is acute, it causes severe problems ...
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hospital
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈhɒs.pɪ.təl/us/ˈhɑː.spɪ.t̬əl/
a place where people who are ill or injured are treated and taken care of by doctors ...
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(Definition ofacuteandhospitalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This has been achieved when 'all major medical issues have been resolved to the extent that discharge from anacutehospitalis clinically appropriate'.
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Its transmission within the general community has important implications for the empirical management of staphylococcal infection in both the primary care andacutehospitalsettings.
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There was also widespread interest in establishing or extending 'hospital at home', rapid response schemes and community hospital provision as alternatives toacutehospitalcare.
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Care that has traditionally been provided within theacutehospitalsector can now often be provided in the home.
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In a prospective study of high-risk patients in anacutehospitalsetting, the development of a new pressure ulcer predicted death within one year.
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The aim of the study was, therefore, to identify barriers to implementing the discharge process in anacutehospitaland the local community services.
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The philosophy is to move the patient out of theacutehospitalbed while undergoing rehabilitation prior to discharge.
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Cost pressures account for the definition of ' real medicine ' as acute care in theacutehospital.
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The aim of the study was to measure the incidence of inappropriate prescribing in older people presenting at anacutehospital.
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There are also patients who remain inacutehospitalbeds long after they have recovered from the initial problem.
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Randomised controlled trial comparing effectiveness and acceptability of an early discharge, hospital at home scheme withacutehospitalcare.
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One person had in the meanwhile been admitted to anacutehospitalin a critical condition and two had died.
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Mainstreaming palliative care for patients in theacutehospitalsetting.
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Randomised controlled trial comparing effectivess and acceptability of an early-discharge, hospital-at-home scheme withacutehospitalcare.
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Randomised controlled trial comparing effectiveness and acceptability of early discharge, hospital-at-home scheme withacutehospitalcare.
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Nursing auxiliaries have been working in community settings for decades, and assistants to physiotherapists and occupational therapists are commonplace inacutehospitalsettings.
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The population resided in an institutional facility that provided either or both residential, nursing or rehabilitative care, but was not anacutehospitalunit.
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There is a finite number ofacutehospitalbeds and sometimes there may not be enough capacity to admit patients who require hospital care.
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