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Discover LudwigThe phrase "acutely unwell" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is experiencing a severe or intense state of illness or discomfort.
Example: "After the sudden onset of symptoms, she felt acutely unwell and decided to seek medical attention."
Alternatives: "seriously ill" or "gravely unwell".
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If an acutely unwell child does come in, I have a job to do.
NHS figures show that about 5% of children who visit a GP when they become acutely unwell have a UTI.
One patient was transferred from an NHS hospital by his consultant "when the patient was acutely unwell".
Most of my patients wouldn't be acutely unwell; I wouldn't be making life-and-death decisions every shift.
It's 4am and I've got seven patients, one of whom is acutely unwell, while another is following me around the ward demanding drugs I cannot give him.
This is not because too many people are becoming acutely unwell and arriving en masse to well stocked and staffed A&E departments.
The rest of the room was full of acutely unwell patients being redistributed around A&E as more room was needed with each new ambulance arrival.
Hospital discharges, patients becoming acutely unwell and other services reaching their capacity mean that their work is referred to district nursing to pick up.
In one case, a coroner found nursing home staff had failed to recognise that an elderly lady was "acutely unwell" because they were not properly trained.
Rapid Response Teams aim to accelerate recognition and treatment of acutely unwell patients.
Establishing nutrition support is a priority in the management of the acutely unwell patient.
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