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Definition of Coronary care unit
1. Noun. A hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems.
Medical Definition of Coronary care unit
1. A group of beds within a hospital set aside for the care of patients having or suspected of having myocardial infarction. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coronary Care Unit
Literary usage of Coronary care unit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Unstable Angina: Diagnosis and Management by Eugene Braunwald (1997)
"Intensive Care Unit (ICU) This unit, which may also be called a coronary care
unit (CCU), represents the highest level of medical intensive care available ..."
2. Identifying Health Technologies That Work: Searching For Evidence by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"... artery bypass graft surgery D Community Clinical Oncology Program (NCI) coronary
care unit Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cost-effectiveness ..."
3. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"The fibrinogen and orosomucoid levels in plasma were studied in 249 patients
within 24 h after admission to the coronary care unit because of suspected ..."
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