intensive care unit

Example Sentences

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If the virus severely affects the lungs, oxygen therapy in an intensive care unit may be necessary.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

When asked why, she claimed it reminded her of being a baby in the neonatal intensive care unit and touching her parents’ hands through the small opening in her incubator.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

There are no beds in the paediatric intensive care unit, but the team get on the road anyway.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

The woman was 7 months pregnant with the family’s third child, a girl, who died in a neonatal intensive care unit.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

I could be half-dead in an intensive care unit and that would be the first question Lou Ann asked.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko