Definition of intensive care in US English:
intensive care
nounɪnˈtɛnsɪv ˈˌkɛ(ə)rinˈtensiv ˈˌke(ə)r
Special medical treatment in which a patient who is dangerously ill is kept under constant observation, typically in a dedicated department of a hospital.
the baby survived in intensive care
he was in a critical condition and needed intensive care
as modifier she's in the intensive-care unit
Example sentencesExamples
- The new hospital will provide a wide range of medical services including intensive care and long stay.
- High risk obstetrics and neonatal intensive care are high cost, low volume specialties.
- The patient was immediately taken off the medication and given intensive care.
- He created joint chairs for both anaesthesiology and intensive care at all Soviet medical schools.
- Severe sepsis is common in intensive care and has a high associated mortality.
- From these endeavours emerged the subspecialties of pain treatment and intensive care.
- However, demand for intensive care for preterm infants in individual units varies and is unpredictable.
- The initial focus of neonatal intensive care was on improving survival.