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acute adjective acer, acuminate, alert, apt, astute, aware, clear-sighted, critical, crucial, cutting, fine, foreseeing, intense, intuitive, keen, keenly sensitive, knowledgeable, penetrating, perceptive, piercing, pointed, prompt, provident, prudent, quick-witted, sagax, sapient, sharp, sharp-edged, sharp-witted, trenchant, vivid See also: artful, caustic, conscious, critical, crucial, exigent, important, incisive, intense, intensive, knowing, mordacious, perceptive, politic, profound, responsive, sapient, trenchant, urgent How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A clinician, educator and researcher who many say has "changed the face of intensive care," Zimmerman, together with Knaus and others, is credited with developing the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) scoring system--the most recognized and cited health outcomes research tool in the world. |
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