Intensive care/Definition

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Intensive care [r]: Advanced and highly specialized care provided to medical or surgical patients whose conditions are life-threatening and require comprehensive care and constant monitoring. It is usually administered in specially equipped units of a health care facility, directed by intensivists.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2025), Intensive care (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.