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Antonija Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Crtically ill
Hello,
Would you please help me with the following:
1) Is it OK to use the expression 'critically ill'? I guess it is not the same as 'terminally ill'.
2) Is 'incidence' OK?
Incidence of the chest tube malposition in the critically ill was detected in 30% of percutaneously inserted chest tubes [10].
Would you please help me with the following:
1) Is it OK to use the expression 'critically ill'? I guess it is not the same as 'terminally ill'.
2) Is 'incidence' OK?
Incidence of the chest tube malposition in the critically ill was detected in 30% of percutaneously inserted chest tubes [10].
Top answer
1. "Critically ill" means very severely ill, and at risk of dying. "Terminally ill" means you definitely will not survive (as far as the doctors can tell, of course).
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- "Critically ill" means very severely ill, and at risk of dying.
- "Terminally ill" means you definitely will not survive (as far as the doctors can tell, of course).
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- "Incidence" is a good word but it doesn't seem quite right to me here.
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1. "Critically ill" means very severely ill, and at risk of dying. "Terminally ill" means you definitely will not survive (as far as the doctors can tell, of course).
2. "Incidence" is a good word but it doesn't seem quite right to me here. You don't really detect the "incidence" of chest tube malposition in individual patients, you just detect the misplaced chest tube.
2. "Incidence" is a good word but it doesn't seem quite right to me here. You don't really detect the "incidence" of chest tube malposition in individual patients, you just detect the misplaced chest tube.
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Antonija
Is the preposition 'IN the critically ill' fine here?
Yes, it seems fine to me.
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