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French translation: unité de pathologie(s) /médecine aigue(s)

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English term or phrase:	acute medical ward
French translation:	unité de pathologie(s) /médecine aigue(s)
Entered by:	Drmanu49

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13:42 Sep 16, 2007

English to French translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Medical: Health Care / personnes âgées

English term or phrase: acute medical ward

...elderly people admitted to an acute medical ward..."

Nathalie Tomaz KudoZ activity Questions: 1414 (11 open) (59 closed without grading) Answers: 699 France
Local time: 12:09

unité de soins intensifs ou de pathologies aigues

Explanation:

type : *département anesthésie hôpital ; *unité soins intensifs .... insuffisance rénale aigüe, insuffisance hépatique, pancréatite aigüe compliquée, ...
www.chu-rouen.fr/ssf/ther/soinsintensifs.html - 103k -

une unité de soins intensifs cardiologiques, spécialment conçue et équipée pour la surveillance des pathologies cardiaques aigues, et en paticulier ...
www.ch-simoneveil.fr/services/services.php?id_service=27 - 19k -

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Le service de médecine interne et néphrologie est un service de médecine aiguë avec une durée moyenne de séjour d’environ 7 jours. ...
www.ch-4villes.fr/index.php?goto=hospitalisation_detail&s_i... - 17k -

Services Cliniques CHU. Grenoble: Sce Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales (département de Médecine aiguë) Pr Stahl. Grenoble: Département de Pédiatrie Pr ...
www.infectiologie.com/site/services_desc.php - 22k

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Drmanu49
Local time: 12:09

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Summary of answers provided

4 +3

unité de soins intensifs ou de pathologies aigues

Drmanu49

3 +3

service d'hospitalisation médicale de courte durée

marie-christine périé

service de gériatrie de soins de courte durée

pascie

salle (OU parfois service, etc.) réservé(e) pour les cas aigus

Tony M

Discussion entries: 3

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1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

service d'hospitalisation médicale de courte durée

Explanation:
acute care signifie aussi soins de courte durée

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Note added at 2 heures (2007-09-16 15:43:45 GMT)
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je lis l'explication de Tony après avoir envoyé ma réponse, je vois qu'elle va dans le même sens
on trouve l'expression que je propose ici : http://www.sante.gouv.fr/adm/dagpb/bo/2002/02-03/a0030223.ht...
peut-être "médicale" n'est-il pas vraiment utile, mais il faut quand même indiquer qu'il s'agit d'un service de médecine et non de chirurgie

marie-christine périé
France
Local time: 12:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 189

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Tony M: I'm not qualified to validate the specific term, but this is certainly the right kind of logic. // SORRY! I see what you mean... in this particular question, yes, of course it's a medical one!

3 mins

-> thank you, Tony //but isn't it a 'medical' ward as opposed to 'surgical' ward?//yes, I agree, I just meant the asker's text is an 'acute medical ward' ;-)

agree

GILLES MEUNIER

22 mins

-> merci Gilles

agree

blkh: ou de "court séjour"

2 hrs

-> merci

neutral

Drmanu49: Pas de référence à acute dans cette traduction. Nous avons bien un service de médecine aigue sic ici à Grenoble.

6 hrs

-> mais si, justement, comme l'explique Tony, acute signifie ici de courte durée, ou de court séjour selon la prop de blkh

5 hrs confidence:

service de gériatrie de soins de courte durée

Explanation:
'Medical ward ' signifie un service au sein d'un établissement hospitalier. Puisqu'il est est question des 'elderly', on parle ici de la gériatrie.
http://www.pedagogie-medicale.org/3-4-riou.pdf
'Acute' signifie de courte durée.
Voir la circulaire ci-dessous.
http://www.fehap.fr/social/personnes_agees/circulaire_2002_1...

pascie
Local time: 06:09
PRO pts in category: 4

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

unité de soins intensifs ou de pathologies aigues

Drmanu49
Local time: 12:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 632

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Merline: oui, dans ce cas-ci, je dirais Unité de pathologies aiguës

7 mins

-> Thank you Merline.

agree

Mohamed Mehenoun

14 mins

-> Thank you Mohamed.

agree

Eric BILLY

24 mins

-> Thank you Eric.

neutral

Tony M: Certainly not 'intensive care', and I have my doubts about anything specifically involving 'pathologies' / No-one doubts the term 'aigu', only the other terms you're suggesting!

1 hr

-> You have the refs Tony. I work with Pr Stahl for the "département de Médecine aiguë" here in Grenoble. It may mean "short" but it !s definitely used.

agree

svetlana cosquéric: unité de soins intensifs

4 hrs

-> Thank you.

disagree

pascie: it is not intensive care here

5 hrs

-> Read both answers, thank you.

neutral

blkh: tu ne peux pas donner deux réponses différentes en mê^me temps; faut choisir ;-)

1 day20 hrs

-> Je peux si le contexte (ou son absence) laisse cette possibilité

1 hr confidence:

salle (OU parfois service, etc.) réservé(e) pour les cas aigus

Explanation:
This is not really a serious suggestion as an actual translation, as I feel sure a more 'official' technical term must exist; I am simply trying to convey the underlying meaning, which might help one of our FR native colleagues to home in on the correct term.

In the UK, certain aspects of hospital care are divided into, for example medical/surgical, and acute/chronic. Generally, people in 'acute beds / wards' will probably (with any luck!) only be there for a short time while they receive treatment for their 'acute' condition — not meant in the layman's sense of 'severe', but rather in the more specialist sense of 'occurring in the short term'.

This is in contrast to 'chronic beds / wards', where patients might stay for longer periods, as they are affected by a long-term illness.

I'm sorry, I'm deliberately trying to explain this in non-technical language, I realize our medical experts will probably frown upon my informality!

However, 'acute ward' used in this way certainly does NOT mean the same as 'intensive care' — people might well be admitted into Intensive Care for all sorts of conditions, some acute, some chronic. And after their spell in the ICU, they might well move on to an 'acute ward'.

Interestingly enough, Robert + Collins gives 'acute beds' as 'lits réservés aux urgences', though I would have thought that was something of an over-simplification of the situation.

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No-one doubts for a moment that a condition can be 'acute' = 'aigu' — I would onyl seek to underline that the EN term is a bit of a misnomer really — a ward cannot, per se, be 'acute' — of course, it means 'a ward intended for acute cases'.

Hence, if in an administrative sense one refers to an 'acute ward', it may be wise to get away from the notion of 'aigu' when it comes to the FR translation. This is one of those cases where 'too literal' is a trap to avoid.

Tony M
France
Local time: 12:09
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 11

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Sep 19, 2007 - Changes made by Drmanu49:
Edited KOG entry	Nathalie Tomaz's old entry - "acute medical ward" => "unité de soins intensifs ou de pathologies aigues "

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