Term:Intensive care
Related terms
- (is a type of) hospitalization
- (can involve) mechanical ventilation
- (is the consequence of) severe course of COVID-19 and acute respiratory distress syndrome
Normative
Examples
Measure of viral clearance is a surrogate outcome for hospital admission, need for intensive care, intubation and death.
The trials paused enrollment of patients requiring intensive care unit (ICU)-level care after an interim pooled analysis demonstrated futility of therapeutic anticoagulation in improving organ support, and a concern for safety.
Source: https://files.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/guidelines/covid19treatmentguidelines.pdf
As with any patient in the intensive care unit (ICU), successful clinical management of a patient with COVID-19 includes treating both the medical condition that initially resulted in ICU admission and other comorbidities and nosocomial complications.
Source: https://files.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/guidelines/covid19treatmentguidelines.pdf
Collocations
- intensive care unit (ICU)
- to be admitted/admission to intensive care unit
Keyness
- intensive care: 178
- intensive care unit: 188
Note
prevailingly occurring in the form of the collocation "intensive care unit"
Research
Variants and synonyms
- intensive care unit (ICU)
Definition/description
The reason for more intensive care is usually progressive respiratory failure.
Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S073386270800031X?via%3Dihub
Intensive care is one of the most resource-intensive forms of medical care due to severely ill patients.
Source: https://icm-experimental.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40635-016-0098-x
Examples
They were then admitted to the intensive care unit and supported with mechanical ventilation.
Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep41601
For some individuals, respiratory support on high-dependency units or intensive care is needed.
Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780702051012000200?via%3Dihub
Collocations
- intensive care unit
- intensive care beds
- supportive intensive care
- required intensive care
- prolonged intensive care
- to require/need intensive care
- to receive intensive care
- to provide intensive care
- to involve intensive care
Keyness
- intensive care: 347
- intensive care unit: 390
Press
Variants and synonyms
- intensive care unit
Examples
The First Minister said the recent spike in cases, hospital admissions and intensive care admissions should be taken seriously to limit the amount of long Covid seen in Scotland.
Nine patients are still hospitalized with two in intensive care units.
Keyness
- intensive care: 102
- intensive care unit: 264
Comments
Variants and synonyms
- intensive care unit
- ICU
Examples
NHS England said on 3rd December that between July and November, 9 in 10 patients fighting for their lives in intensive care were UNVACCINATED Covid patients.
Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10295867/Omicron-infecting-4-000-BRITONS-day.html#comments
Their son is now in the intensive care unit with massive heart inflammation and his parents are fearing he may not make it.
Source: unknown
Proportionately you have a much greater chance of hospitalisation, ICU and death if you haven't had the vaccines.
Collocations
- ICU bed
- ICU nurse
- to need ICU
Keyness
- intensive care: >1000
- intensive care unit: >1000
- ICU: 129