Definitions for Intensive Care Unit
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1. intensive care unit, ICUnoun

   a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care

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1. Intensive care unit

   An intensive care unit (ICU), also known as an intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit (ITU) or critical care unit (CCU), is a special department of a hospital or health care facility that provides intensive treatment medicine. Intensive care units cater to patients with severe or life-threatening illnesses and injuries, which require constant care, close supervision from life support equipment and medication in order to ensure normal bodily functions. They are staffed by highly trained doctors and nurses who specialize in caring for critically ill patients. ICUs are also distinguished from general hospital wards by a higher staff-to-patient access to advanced medical resources and equipment that is not routinely available elsewhere. Common conditions that are treated within ICUs include acute (or adult) respiratory distress syndrome, hypertension, matastases and life threatening conditions Patients may be referred directly from an emergency department if required, or from a ward if they rapidly deteriorate, or immediately after surgery if the surgery is very invasive and the patient is at high risk of complications.

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1. intensive care unit

   An intensive care unit (ICU) is a specialized department in a hospital that provides comprehensive and constant care for patients who are critically ill or have life-threatening conditions. This involves highly specialized and dedicated medical and nursing staff, monitoring equipment and medical devices, and a variety of intensive medical interventions and treatments.

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1. Intensive care unit

   An Intensive Care Unit, also known as a Critical Care Unit, Intensive Therapy Unit or Intensive Treatment Unit is a special department of a hospital or health care facility that provides intensive-care medicine. Intensive Care Units cater to patients with the most severe and life-threatening illnesses and injuries; that require constant, close monitoring and support from specialist equipment and medication in order to maintain normal bodily functions. They are staffed by highly trained doctors and critical care nurses who specialise in caring for seriously ill patients. Common conditions that are treated within ICU's include those such as trauma, multiple organ failure and sepsis. Patients may be transferred directly to an Intensive Care Unit from an Emergency Department if required, or from a ward if they rapidly deteriorate; or immediately after surgery if the surgery is majorly invasive and the patient is at high risk of complications.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Intensive Care Unit in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Intensive Care Unit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Intensive Care Unit in a Sentence

1. President Trump:

   Mr Johnson MOVED TO HOSPITALS INTENSIVE-CARE UNIT AFTER CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS WORSEN, SPOKESMAN SAYS Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks during a Coronavirus press conference, in Downing Street, London, Friday March 20, 2020. Mr Johnson remains in intensive care where Mr Johnson has been given oxygen due to the coronavirus, but Mr Johnson is not on a ventilator, senior cabinet minister Michael Gove said on Tuesday, according to the BBC. ( Julian Simmonds/Pool Photo via AP) CORONAVIRUS : WHO IS Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab ? Gove himself later announced he would be going into self-isolation after a family member showed symptoms. The government previously said the decision was a precaution and that the prime minister had been in good spirits earlier in the day.Johnson askedForeign SecretaryDominic Raabto deputize for him, the spokesman said. Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the prime minister has worsened and, on the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the intensive care unit at St Thomas Hospital on Sunday, the spokesman previously said. The PM is receiving excellent care, and thanks all [ National Health Service ] staff for their hard work and dedication. Mr Johnson quarantined in Mr Johnson home since being diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 26. TRUMP SADDENED OVER BORIS JOHNSONS CORONAVIRUS CONDITION, OFFERS HELP OF BRILLIANT COMPANIES The U.K. has no official post of deputy prime minister, but Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has been designated to take over should Mr Johnson become incapacitated. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told a news conference that the prime minister was still running the government, although he added that hehadnt spoken to the prime minister directly since Saturday, according to Reuters. Meanwhile, President Trump gave President Trump best wishes to the prime minister during a White House coronavirus briefing on Monday. CLICK HERE FOR MORE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE We are very saddened to hear that President Trump was taken into intensive care this afternoon.Americans are all praying for President Trump recovery. President Trump has been President Trump. Hes been really something very special.

2. Patricia Stinchfield:

   You've got to understand how this spreads, and you want to know what people's symptoms are and who's having mild versus severe disease. How many people are hospitalized ? How many in the intensive care unit ?

3. Sebastian Pinera:

   We are very close to the limit because we have had a very large increase in the needs and demands for medical care, and for intensive care unit beds and ventilators.

4. Jay Portnoy:

   I'm actually relieved, right now, our hospital is filled, not all Covid patients but many Covid patients, including our intensive care unit.

5. County Executive Ed Day:

   To say we are overreaching flies in the face of facts, history and, most importantly, common sense, in 2017, measles killed 110,000 people worldwide, mostly children under age 5. We have had five cases go to the intensive care unit. Need we wait for someone to die ?

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensive_Care_Unit
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Intensive Care Unit