intensive therapy

collocation in English

meaningsofintensiveandtherapy

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intensive
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈten.sɪv/us
/ɪnˈten.sɪv/
involving a lot of effort or activity in a short period ...
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therapy
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈθer.ə.pi/us
/ˈθer.ə.pi/
a treatment that helps someone feel better, grow stronger, etc., especially after ...
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The animal was treated andintensivetherapywas instituted, but unfortunately the calf died of septicemia.
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If medical cure is not possible, ongoingintensivetherapymay be considered futile.
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They can provide the necessary advice and counselling to help the whole family through what will be many years ofintensivetherapy, in most cases into early adulthood.
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This multidisciplinary rehabilitation program is designed forintensivetherapyof short duration, aiming at resocialization and return to work.
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Lifetime benefits and costs ofintensivetherapyas practiced in the diabetes control and complications trial.
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In all patients, the major effects occurred in the first month of treatment, suggesting that earlyintensivetherapyfor the arm and hand is essential to maximize long-term functional outcome.
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The few studies which have compared therapy provision on rehabilitation and general medical wards provide no support for the simple notion that intensive rehabilitation equates tointensivetherapy.
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The local speech therapist had seen him, but was unable to offer theintensivetherapyhe required.
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That would have been impossible without that privately providedintensivetherapy.
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It is also important to consider the motivation of theintensivetherapyunits.
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Intensivetherapybeds are also included in the acute beds total.
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I have in mind, first, critically ill patients inintensivetherapyunits.
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We must also be sure that all of that happens before we find ourselves in anintensivetherapyunit having to make the decision for the first time in anger.
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Thereafter, they hope to put in hand a major scheme for the provision of 240 additional hospital beds withintensivetherapyunit, additional operating theatres, pathology department and pharmacy.
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These may be treated, according to their severity, in burns units, units mainly concerned with plastic surgery,intensivetherapyunits or general wards.
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There areintensivetherapyunits in most district general hospitals with appropriate facilities and equipment for the support of critical life functions such as ventilation or maintenance of cardiac output.
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Patients inintensivetherapyunits are admitted under the care of consultants in the specialties that provide the treatment.
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New monitoring equipment will be bought forintensivetherapy, coronary care and theatres at the infirmary.
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Theintensivetherapydepartment was completely tied up looking after her and a large number of other operations had to be cancelled.
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