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University Hospital Centre Zagreb

University Hospital Centre Zagreb (KBC Zagreb, Klinički bolnički centar Zagreb) is Croatia's largest hospital and the University of Zagreb's teaching hospital, founded 1942 on Rebro, with 30 clinics, 1,148 beds, and a €174 million Phase III reconstruction.

University Hospital of Bern

University Hospital of Bern (Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern), founded 1354 by Anna Seiler, is Bern's university hospital, part of Insel Gruppe AG since 2016, with 37 clinics, a Level 1 trauma center, and top-ranked surgery and cardiology research.

University Hospital of the West Indies

University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Jamaica's first teaching hospital, opened 1953 beside the UWI Mona campus; a 579-bed Type A regional referral and training hospital for the Caribbean.

University Hospital Zurich

University Hospital Zurich (Universitätsspital Zürich, USZ) is the canton of Zurich's university hospital, a cantonal public-law institution with about 900 beds, 10,857 staff, a CHF 36 million 2025 profit, and the MITTE1|2 rebuild planned for 2031.

University Hospitals

University hospitals: hospitals maintained by or affiliated with a university for medical student teaching, postgraduate training, and clinical research; also the Cleveland-based University Hospitals health system, flagship University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.

University Malaya Medical Centre

University Malaya Medical Centre (Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya), formerly University Hospital, is the teaching hospital of Universiti Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, officially opened in 1968 and among the country's oldest.

University Medical Center

University Medical Center (UMC), Lubbock, Texas; formerly Lubbock General Hospital and Health Sciences Center Hospital; county-owned teaching hospital for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; opened February 1, 1978; Level 1 trauma center with 503 licensed beds.

University Medical Center Groningen

University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG, Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen): Dutch academic hospital and University of Groningen medical faculty, founded 1797 as Nosocomium Academicum; about 13,000 staff, first Dutch open-heart surgery 1957.

University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf), Hamburg university hospital founded 1889 as NAK; 13 centers, 78 clinics, ~17,000 staff, ~98,000 inpatients yearly; five key research areas.

University Medical Center Utrecht

University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht) is a Dutch university medical center at Utrecht Science Park, formed in 1999 from the AZU, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital and other mergers; over 12,000 staff, six strategic research programs, The New Utrecht School education strategy.

University of Benin Teaching Hospital

University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City, Nigeria: federal tertiary teaching hospital of the University of Benin, founded 1971 as Midwest Medical Centre, opened 1973, over 900 beds, referral centre for Edo, Delta, Kogi, Ondo.

University Of Calabar Teaching Hospital

University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Calabar, Nigeria: federal tertiary teaching hospital offering specialist care, medical training, and research; 610–850 beds, CMD Prof. Ikpeme Asanye Ikpeme, founding date reported as 1970 or 1979.

University of Colorado Health

University of Colorado Health (UCHealth), a Colorado nonprofit health system formed in 2012 from University of Colorado Hospital and Poudre Valley Health System; 15 acute-care hospitals, 37,000 employees, distinct from UC Health of Cincinnati.

University of Health Sciences

University of Health Sciences (UOHS), Bosaso, Puntland, Somalia: private health-sciences university founded 2000, university status 2012, eight faculties, MBBS since 2014, IUCEA member, 3rd in Somalia in Webometrics July 2026.

University of Maryland Medical Center

University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), Baltimore, Maryland; flagship academic hospital of the University of Maryland Medical System; descended from the 1823 Baltimore Infirmary, first US hospital built by a medical school; home of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.

University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital

University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu: federal teaching hospital of the University of Nigeria with over 500 beds, 41 departments, three outposts, and nine training schools.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh-based nonprofit hospital network and insurer; 40+ hospitals, $34B CY2025 revenue, UPMC Health Plan over 4 million members; distinct from any other UPMC abbreviation.

University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital

University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), a federal tertiary teaching hospital in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Established 1980 at Emohua, moved to Alakahia permanent site in 2006; 800+ beds, ~400,000 outpatients yearly, Decree No. 10 of 1985.

University Teaching Hospital

University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Lusaka, Zambia: national tertiary referral hospital, largest public hospital, founded 1910 as Lusaka Hospital, five specialised hospitals since 2016, hosts UNZA medical school.

UNLACC trial

UNLACC (NCT06244537) is a recruiting phase I single-arm trial at Sichuan Cancer Hospital testing MR-Linac short-course radiotherapy (25 Gy/5 fractions) plus mFOLFOX6 or XELOX chemotherapy and surgery in 20 patients with T4 unresectable locally advanced colon cancer.

Unmada gaja kesari rasa

Gajakesari rasa (Unmada Gaja Kesari Rasa) is a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral rasa shastra formulation of purified mercury, sulfur, realgar, and datura seed, prescribed for Unmada (psychiatric disorders), Apasmara, and fever, cited in a 15th-century lexicon and Bhaishajya-Ratnavali.

Unrelated cord blood transplantation

Unrelated cord blood transplantation infuses umbilical cord blood from an unrelated donor to rebuild a patient's blood and immune system, treating blood cancers in adults and immunodeficiency in children.

Unsolved problems in medicine

Unsolved problems in medicine: chronic disease causation (metaflammation), hidden infectious causes, Long COVID and ME/CFS, diagnostic error, personalized-medicine forecasting limits, antimicrobial resistance, and reproducibility, with key quantities from CDC, WHO, NIH, and journal sources.

Unstable angina

Unstable angina (also accelerating or crescendo angina): sudden chest pain at rest from transient myocardial ischemia with plaque rupture and thrombosis but no troponin rise; an ACS emergency treated with antiplatelets, anticoagulation, and revascularization, carrying lower mortality than NSTEMI but similar future MI risk.

Unstable beta globin chain variant disease

Unstable beta globin chain variant disease, also called dominant or inclusion body beta-thalassemia (ORPHA:231226), is a rare autosomal dominant hemolytic anemia caused by HBB mutations producing hyperunstable beta-globin that precipitates as Heinz bodies, causing ineffective erythropoiesis.

Unstable psoriasis

Unstable psoriasis is an inflammatory form of psoriasis marked by intense inflammation at plaque margins and new small papules, potentially preceding erythrodermic or pustular psoriasis.

Up-titration

Up-titration is a dosing strategy in which a drug's dose is increased step by step toward a target dose proven in trials or the highest tolerated dose.

Upadacitinib

Upadacitinib (Rinvoq) is AbbVie's oral selective JAK1 inhibitor, EU-authorized December 2019, approved for atopic dermatitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and other immune-mediated diseases, with boxed class warnings for infections, MACE, and malignancy.

Upbeat nystagmus

Upbeat nystagmus (UBN) is acquired vertical nystagmus with downward slow phases and upward quick phases in straight-ahead gaze, signaling central vestibular dysfunction from medullary, pontine, or cerebellar lesions, caused by stroke, MS, tumors, or Wernicke's encephalopathy, treated with 4-aminopyridine.

Upconversion nanoparticle optogenetics

Upconversion nanoparticle optogenetics is a neuromodulation technique in which lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles convert tissue-penetrating near-infrared light into visible light that activates optogenetic proteins, enabling deep-brain stimulation without implanted optical fibers.