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ICU

English translation: ICU

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Catalan term or phrase:ICU
English translation:ICU
Entered by: Antoni Morey i Pasqual

13:46 May 16, 2011
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Catalan term or phrase: ICU
Followed by a 10-digit number and included in a list of patient's details at the beginning of a hospital report. In English, the likeliest reading would be "intensive care unit", but is that identical term used in Spain?
Timothy Strauss
Local time: 16:46
ICU
Explanation:
It should be UCI in Catalan "Unitat de cures intensives", but English abbreviations are often used
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Antoni Morey i Pasqual
Spain
Local time: 17:46
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ICU


Explanation:
It should be UCI in Catalan "Unitat de cures intensives", but English abbreviations are often used

Antoni Morey i Pasqual
Spain
Local time: 17:46
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Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
many thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Samuel Sebastian Holden Bramah: In this case it is not Intensive Care Unit. It Identificador de Código Único and is used in some Autonomías where healthcare is transferred (Such as Catalonia and the Valencian community), it is followed by a long-ish number.
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