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(in-ten'siv),
Relating to or marked by intensity; denoting a form of treatment by means of very large doses or of substances possessing great strength or activity.
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Shock and trying to make sense of what is happening is one of the largest and most intense emotions families describe initially when a child is admitted to an intensive care unit (McKiernan and McCarthy 2010).
"To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to identify a subgroup of patients who derive a higher net benefit from intensive blood pressure treatment," he added.
"Dancing so much for so many weeks can seem daunting at first," Lopez says, "but if you use the August intensive to enjoy how you've grown, it makes it easy to keep going." Her bottom line: "You want to be able to look back in the fall and appreciate how far you've come."
Group-B: Comprising of six male Teddy kids were ear tagged like TK7, TK8, TK9, TK10, TK11 and TK12, and kept under intensive management system at Livestock experimental station i.e.
And 27 percent of the intensive group--but only 1 7 percent of the usual-care group--lost at least 10 percent of their starting weight.
The 2 x 2 design randomized patients to intensive or standard blood pressure control (120 vs.
In 2011, the MIND investigators reported that intensive glycemic management didn't alter the trajectory of cognitive dedine.
ICU admission and discharge can be ruled by means of a priority scale which classifies patients based on the expected benefit to result from intensive treatment.
The new group is being led by critical care staff at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and will be chaired by former North Tyneside intensive care patient, Mick Gray.
Methods: The descriptive study was conducted at an intensive care unit in the Aegean Region of Turkey, and comprised 158 patients who spent at least 48 hours at the unit between June and November 2009.
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