Noun
close monitoring and constant medical care of patients with life-threatening conditions
Source: WordNetThe cold, cruel reality is that with one current justice now approaching ninety, and four others over seventy, the day will inevitably arrive when a sitting justice lies in an intensive care unit, both unable to resign and unable to resume his or her duties. Jacob M. Appel
I went to NYU undergraduate, then for a Master's in English, and got a summer job at St. Vincent's. I was a ward clerk handling everything in an intensive care unit. Glen Mazzara
Antimicrobial resistance is on the rise in Europe and elsewhere in the world. We are losing our first-line antimicrobials. Replacement treatments are more costly, more toxic, need much longer durations of treatment, and may require treatment in intensive care units. Margaret Chan
The patient is in intensive care but still alive. Javier Perez de Cuellar
" A 645,000-square-foot makeshift medical facility is made up of two floors equipped with 1,000 beds, several isolation wards, and 30 intensive care units. Source: Internet
" A 600,000-square foot 1,000-bed treatment center hospital with 30 intensive care units and about half isolation wards. Source: Internet