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Critical care and intensive care, is there a difference?


Yeah, i called the hospital to check up on my friend and all the nurses yesterday said he was in "Intensive care"....today the nurse says "Critical Care"...is there a difference...

it's the same

It's the same concept but they watch you much closer in critical care...

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