intensive care
the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.
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Hospitalizations and intensive care patient numbers, however, continued to decline.
Morning Report: Not Much COVID Enforcement Happening Despite Crackdown | Voice of San Diego | February 12, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoEMTs told Castelo that she was stabilized and would soon be taken to the intensive care unit, but a doctor came in 15 minutes later and “told me she had died,” Castelo said.
Tiffany Shackelford, 46, was known as a unique, fun ‘force’ to friends, family | Dana Hedgpeth | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostIn the trial, severe disease was defined as testing positive for the virus as well as having signs consistent with severe systemic illness, respiratory failure, shock, or organ failure, or being admitted to an intensive care unit, or dying.
FDA now reviewing a third COVID vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson | Beth Mole | February 5, 2021 | Ars TechnicaAs of Thursday afternoon, physician in chief Thomas Scalea said the deputy remained in the intensive care unit on life support following surgery.
U.S. marshal shot, hospitalized in Baltimore; suspect fatally shot | Justin Wm. Moyer, Emily Davies | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostProtecting people 65 and older, officials say, saves the lives of those who face the gravest consequences and reduces the stress on intensive care units.
Essential workers get lost in the vaccine scrum as states prioritize the elderly | Lena H. Sun, Isaac Stanley-Becker, Akilah Johnson | February 1, 2021 | Washington Post
His son, Lennon James Picco—Chris is a massive Beatles fan—was put in intensive care but was never likely to survive.
Cumberbatch Impressions, Dad Sings ‘Blackbird’ to Dying Son, and More Viral Videos | The Daily Beast Video | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe was even moved from intensive care to her own private room.
Two intensive-care nurses were due to be on holiday and canceled it.
“This morning we have had seven power cuts,” said Dr. Ahma al Moudi in the neonatal intensive care unit.
She was saved with chest compressions and weeks of intensive care.
New Research Shows Poorly Understood “Leaky Gut Syndrome” Is Real, May Be the Cause of Several Diseases | Daniela Drake | March 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt would seem that two years of intensive care should not be too burdensome a stint for a reward which lasts a lifetime.
These qualities make Howell a most estimable variety for the home orchard where intensive care cannot be given.
The Pears of New York | U. P. HedrickHe rushed her to the hospital, where she stayed in intensive care for 21 days.
British Dictionary definitions for intensive care
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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