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intensive care unit

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intensive care unit

 or critical care unit

Hospital facility for care of critically ill patients at a more intensive level than is needed by other patients. Staffed by specialized personnel, the intensive care unit contains a complex assortment of monitors and life-support equipment that can sustain life in once-fatal situations, including adult respiratory distress syndrome, kidney failure, multiple organ failure, and sepsis (see septicemia).


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He is currently working on the relocation and expansion of the intensive care unit at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
 
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