ICU
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intensive care unit
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Example Sentences
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I was rotating through a pediatric ICU in Baltimore.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
Speaking to reporters after visiting the hospital, Majhi said the fire affected the trauma care ICU as well as an adjoining ICU and wards.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is concerned the federal government may “withhold” information about the death of ICU nurse Alex Pretti.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
Press, described their son as “a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026
After three days in the ICU, they withdrew the breathing tube and transferred him to a ground-level bed.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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