critical condition
noun
plural critical conditions
medical
: a serious state in which an ill or injured individual has dangerously unstable or abnormal vital signs and typically requires short-term life support measures (such as mechanical respiration or defibrillation) for stabilization and support prior to or during recovery
The man sustained serious injuries and is still unconscious and in critical condition at Salina Hope Hospital.—
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Ingrid LawA 12-year-old girl was in critical condition today at Children's Hospital with the rare but often deadly hantavirus.—The New York Times
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Ashton remains in critical condition and will also have surgery.
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He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition but later died from his injuries, police said.
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The two shooting victims remain in critical condition, while the third victim is stable.
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The boy was found dead at the scene, and the girl is in critical condition after falling in while trying to save him.
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition but later died from his injuries, police said.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
The two shooting victims remain in critical condition, while the third victim is stable.
—Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
The boy was found dead at the scene, and the girl is in critical condition after falling in while trying to save him.
—Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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critical condition
noun
: a serious medical state in which an ill or injured individual has dangerously unstable or abnormal vital signs and typically requires short-term life support measures (such as mechanical respiration or defibrillation) for stabilization and support prior to or during recovery
The safe transport of infants in critical condition requires highly reliable inter-professional transport teams that are equipped with the expertise to provide neonatal care in unfamiliar and resource-limited environments.—Douglas M. Campbell and Rita Dadiz, Seminars in Perinatology
Douglas M. Campbell and Rita Dadiz, Seminars in PerinatologyThe large number of patients with COVID-19, suspected cases, hospitalizations, and patients in critical condition has made the medical work incredibly hard.—Jing Huang et al., Clinical Infectious Diseases
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