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critical care
Related terms: intensive care
Clinical or practice space devoted to patient support in life-threatening cases.
Critical care, or intensive care, facilities are places for the treatment of patients with vital organ failure or in life-threatening emergencies. This can include emergency care as well as round-the-clock support for lasting medical problems. A critical care facility is a place especially devoted to this type of care, and does not include emergency rooms or other spaces in regular hospitals.
The facility is specifically devoted to care for life-threatening conditions or vital organ failure. Support can be immediate or continue around the clock.
The stated usage excludes emergency rooms and other spaces within regular hospitals. Its dedicated-facility scope is therefore distinct from recording every hospital intensive-care room.
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