How to Use intensive care in a Sentence

intensive care

noun
Definition of intensive carenext
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  • 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
  • There, he was sent directly to the intensive care unit.
    — Paula Span, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Austin, who resumed his duties on Jan. 5, is no longer in intensive care.
    — Lolita C. Baldor, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 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
  • Doctors soon took the babies to the neonatal intensive care unit for further treatment.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The couple was rushed to hospital and admitted to the intensive care unit, and Lim was pronounced dead at 7p.m. local time.
    — Heather Chen, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
  • When Maya Conner of Eugene gave birth to her son eight years ago, Braxton stayed in the neonatal intensive care unit for the first days of his life due to fluid in his lungs.
    — oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2023
  • That includes 28 people in intensive care, down two since Feb. 22.
    — oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2023
  • He was transported to the hospital in a mobile intensive care unit, MDA said.
    — Michael Schwartz, CNN, 6 Aug. 2023
  • That includes 24 people in intensive care, down three since Jan. 25.
    — oregonlive, 1 Feb. 2023
  • On the fifth week, when Carter was stable enough to leave the neonatal intensive care unit, Alicia returned, but foster parents from Akron were the ones who took him home.
    — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The next day she was admitted to the hospital, where she was intubated and remained in the intensive care unit for 56 days.
    — Michelle Brunner, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Last month, Kotb shared an update on Hope, who spent several days in the intensive care unit earlier this year.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Guy Oseary confirmed that she had been admitted to an intensive care unit on June 24 to treat the infection.
    — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The team did not say whether Hamlin’s status remains critical or whether he’s been moved from intensive care.
    — Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The baby, born weighing 1 pound, was required to stay in the neonatal intensive care unit, with a discharge date expected around March, the fundraiser page said.
    — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Police say the victim is in intensive care at Huntsville Hospital.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Outside the intensive care unit, dozens of doctors and nurses stood at a makeshift triage station and swarmed the ambulances as each new wave of patients arrived.
    — Yaqoob Akbary, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023

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