How to Use intensive care in a Sentence

intensive care

noun
  • Her condition will require intensive care.
  • Izaguirre underwent surgery and remains in the intensive care unit, Sartin said.
    oregonlive, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Muhammad showed me into the hospital’s intensive care unit.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Vicky Ortiz, an intensive care unit nurse, came out after a full night shift and held up a sign to show support for her fellow nurses.
    Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The baby initially spent more than a hundred days in the newborn intensive care unit before coming home due to a premature delivery.
    Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Their first child together, Malti spent over 100 days in the neonatal intensive care unit before the couple was able to bring her home in May.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2022
  • But Matvii, a passionate martial artist, lay in critical condition in a hospital intensive care unit.
    Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
  • His hard living caught up with him, however, and in 1981, he was put in intensive care and underwent stomach surgery in Memphis.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2022
  • As of last Tuesday, 94% of the Cincinnati region's intensive care unit beds were full, while 99% of medical surgical beds were filled.
    The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • Her father, who had just had open heart surgery, was in the intensive care unit.
    Laura Kwerel, NPR, 19 June 2024
  • The girl has since been moved out of intensive care, according to the outlet.
    Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
  • There, he was sent directly to the intensive care unit.
    Paula Span, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Thompson spent the first part of her life in the neonatal intensive care unit, cared for by nurses.
    Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2024
  • 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
  • He was placed on life support in the intensive care unit after the surgery, according to the fundraising page.
    Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
  • After 51 days in the neonatal intensive care unit, the baby was cleared to leave the hospital.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
  • 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
  • The infection landed her in the intensive care unit and nearly killed her.
    Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Austin, who resumed his duties on Jan. 5, is no longer in intensive care.
    Lolita C. Baldor, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Charlotte Catholic High School said on social media the two students were in the intensive care unit.
    Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 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
  • By the evening of July 1, five passengers were still hospitalized and four of them were in the intensive care unit.
    Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 2 July 2024
  • The quadruplets are still in the neonatal intensive care unit and are set to go home to their parents and two brothers, ages 3 and 18 months, later this summer.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024

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