What does DOU stand for?

Direct Observation Unit (hospital)

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The court noted that plaintiffs' expert witness testified that the patient died as a result of a heart attack and that, to a reasonable medical probability, he would not have suffered the fatal heart attack if he had been in the ICU rather than in the direct observation unit.

The operation was a success, but the patient died

The critical pathway used the cardiac markers, as well as the clinical criteria, to triage patients either to the intensive care unit (ICU), the direct observation unit (DOU), the ward, or home.

New protocol can rule out MIs in 90 minutes; triage combined with ...

Twin Cities -- which serves many rural communities -- will expand its emergency room, increase obstetrics capacity, enlarge intensive care unit space and add a direct observation unit.

Tenet Commits $1 Billion for Hospital Expansions; Funds Will Add ...