ICU
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3.7
- noun
- /ˌaɪ siː ˈjuː/
- Specialized
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unidad de cuidados intensivos
- The patient was moved to the ICU for close monitoring after surgery.
- intensive care ICU
- ICU care
- the ICU
You you can't really imagine a mobile ICU in the Tasmanian Bush.
- You you can't really imagine a mobile ICU in the Tasmanian Bush.
- And then I stayed in the neuro ICU after that.
- Really a tremendous number of people are spending time in the ICU before they die.
- So I'm in the ICU, she flies in with her best friend Jensen.
- And they were put in separate ICU wards
- And they brought her back long enough to get her into the ICU.
- And we get to the hospital and they whisk him into the ICU.
- So when I, you know, when I, when I woke up in the ICU the next day, I mean, I'll rewind for a moment.
- And it's like, why would you guys have carpet in, in like in an ICU?
- And so I just shadowed in the ICU for a week and I'm like, absolutely not, No way.
- And at one point she called me from the ICU after she had been operated on for lung cancer.
Examples
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And then he was in not only the emergency room but in the ICU for over a week.
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A patient having cancer surgery might be in an ICU bed for two days.
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I mean, so, yeah, I was in ICU for two weeks.
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I was in ICU for a long time.
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I was there in the ICU.
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Really a tremendous number of people are spending time in the ICU before they die.
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Family presence in the ICU provides healthcare professionals with an opportunity to give this information.
Academic text (2007) -
Most patients remain in the ICU post-surgery and transfer out of the unit the following day.
Academic text (2007) -
That's what an ICU basically is created for, is for people that require breathing support.
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My dad's in the ICU.
Synonyms
50
3.0
A hospital unit where very ill people get constant monitoring and treatment
18
3.1
A hospital area where very sick patients get constant care and monitoring
1
3.5
A hospital department that gives close care to people with serious heart problems
How Intensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
ICU = I + C + U
ICU is an initialism; the individual letters do not transparently convey the full meaning to learners.
Etymology
ICU is short for Intensive Care Unit, the hospital 'unit' where patients get very close and constant 'care' when they are very ill. So ICU now means the special hospital area for people who need the most care.