How to Use intensive care in a Sentence

intensive care

noun
  • Her condition will require intensive care.
  • Some of his time in the hospital was spent in the intensive care unit.
    Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Hal stayed in the intensive care unit, expecting a long wait for a heart.
    Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Her father, who had just had open heart surgery, was in the intensive care unit.
    Laura Kwerel, NPR, 19 June 2024
  • The baby had to spend 45 days in a neonatal intensive care unit.
    Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The girl has since been moved out of intensive care, according to the outlet.
    Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
  • There, he was sent directly to the intensive care unit.
    Paula Span, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Thompson spent the first part of her life in the neonatal intensive care unit, cared for by nurses.
    Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2024
  • After Malti’s birth, the new parents had to go to the neonatal intensive care unit every day for the next three months.
    Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The 61-year-old actor had remained in a coma in intensive care since Feb. 18.
    Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Hope, who is the inspiration for the book, spent a few days in the intensive care unit earlier this year.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
  • He was placed on life support in the intensive care unit after the surgery, according to the fundraising page.
    Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
  • After 51 days in the neonatal intensive care unit, the baby was cleared to leave the hospital.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
  • But Deb McDonnell, so far, hasn’t been able to return to work as an intensive care nurse.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2023
  • At the time, the police chief said that one of the three students shot had been discharged from the hospital while the other two remained in the intensive care unit.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The infection landed her in the intensive care unit and nearly killed her.
    Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Austin, who resumed his duties on Jan. 5, is no longer in intensive care.
    Lolita C. Baldor, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Charlotte Catholic High School said on social media the two students were in the intensive care unit.
    Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2024
  • After spending a couple of weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit, the baby was allowed to go home.
    WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Charlotte Catholic High School said on Facebook that the girls were admitted to the intensive care unit following the crash.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
  • She was slowly removed from the anesthesia and wheeled to intensive care.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2024
  • By the evening of July 1, five passengers were still hospitalized and four of them were in the intensive care unit.
    Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 2 July 2024
  • The quadruplets are still in the neonatal intensive care unit and are set to go home to their parents and two brothers, ages 3 and 18 months, later this summer.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
  • Their first child together, Malti spent over 100 days in the neonatal intensive care unit before the couple was able to bring her home in May.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Doctors soon took the babies to the neonatal intensive care unit for further treatment.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • Before long he was admitted to the intensive care unit.
    Kathleen Felton, SELF, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The Queen of Pop shared the first photo of herself on Instagram today following her stay in the intensive care unit.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 July 2023
  • So far, Tse said the increase has not put stress on his hospital’s intensive care unit in the same way as previous surges.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The 4-year-old boy was taken to a hospital’s intensive care unit and underwent surgery.
    The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Audrey was born eight weeks early and spent a few days in neonatal intensive care after her birth.
    Caitlyn Hitt, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2023

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