intensive care
nounDefinition of intensive care
1 : continuous monitoring and treatment of seriously ill patients using special medical equipment and services
2 : a unit in a hospital providing intensive care heart patients in intensive care
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Bella Lucy for Vox My daughter Xiomara spent the first five months of her life in the neonatal intensive care unit. — Elena Hung, Vox, "I took my 3-year-old to Congress to fight for health care. I feel like we won the midterms.," 9 Nov. 2018 After coming out of surgery, the officer was in the intensive care unit and said to be in critical/stable condition. — Fox News, "Female cop in ICU after getting stabbed in the throat, suspect charged, police say," 2 Oct. 2018 Skinner was transferred Monday out of intensive care at VCU Medical Center, the sheriff said. — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, "Va. Mom Shoots Man Who Allegedly Flew from New Zealand to See Her Daughter, 14, Who'd Quit Messaging Him Online," 26 June 2018 Casanova wanted to unravel those tragic cases of flu, in which a child with no apparent underlying illness wound up in the intensive care unit. — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, "Extreme Flu? Weird Encephalitis? It May Be Your Genes," 13 July 2018 According to the page, Broder is in critical condition in the intensive care unit and has undergone multiple lifesaving operations. — Campbell Lutz, ajc, "Country club shooting victim ID’d as manager of several restaurants in D.C. area," 13 July 2018 After surgery, Thompson was taken to an intensive care unit, where he was pronounced dead Thursday morning. — Lavendrick Smith, charlotteobserver, "A Mecklenburg County inmate died. It’s the jail’s fourth death in two months.," 12 July 2018 Dozens of family members have stopped into his room in the intensive care unit. — Cleve Wootson, chicagotribune.com, "A man went crabbing - and came back with flesh-eating bacteria that now threaten his life," 10 July 2018 Angel Perez, 60, has been in the intensive care unit of Cooper University Hospital since July 4, undergoing aggressive treatment with antibiotics in hopes of saving his arms and legs, said daughter Dilena Perez-Dilan. — Tom Avril, Philly.com, "N.J. man infected with flesh-eating bacteria while crabbing, could lose limbs," 10 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'intensive care.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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