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intensive care

noun

  1. the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.


intensive care

noun

  1. extensive and continuous care and treatment provided for an acutely ill patient, usually in a specially designated section ( intensive care unit ) of a hospital
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of intensive care1

First recorded in 1960–65
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This was the chocolate that resulted in her being treated in intensive care.

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In the neonatal intensive care unit, parents are not only dealing with the day-to-day medical reality, but they’re also “grieving the imagined baby — the baby you thought you were going to have,” Lakatos said.

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An Israeli strike has destroyed the intensive care and surgery departments of the main medical facility in Gaza City, Hamas has said.

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Hailey was rushed to the intensive care unit, but hospital staff soon delivered the devastating news: She had died from amniotic fluid embolism, a complication Okula had never heard of before.

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If the virus is detected early and the infected person receives medical attention in an intensive care unit, the ALA said, there is a chance the person will improve.

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