ICU
Americanabbreviation
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intensive care unit
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text messaging I see you
Example Sentences
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“However, despite the media attention, it is still in the range that one would expect with a moderate to severe flu season; there is not pressure on hospital beds, ICU beds or ventilators.”
From Salon
"I didn't know at the time how sick I was, but I know now that I was in ICU and the doctors, and my parents didn't know if I was going to live," said Emily.
From BBC
She also married her longtime girlfriend, former ICU nurse and “Bachelorette” star Gabby Windey.
From Los Angeles Times
Did you see your father in the ICU?
From MarketWatch
Also shot was the young Rabbi Leibel Lazaroff of College Station, Texas, where his family serves the Jews of Texas A&M. He’s in the ICU.
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