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Critical means severely ill, not out of the danger zone, stable means no further deterioration e.g. no new problems with circulation, ventilation/oxygenation (breathing or mechanical ventilation), kidney function, liver function, bowel function, blood clotting and brain function as far as can be gauged in these very sick patients often heavily sedated.
Critical but stable can also apply to younger patients.
In layman's terms, critical but stable means someone who is severely ill but their condition is not deteriorating at the present time. In other words, the doctors cannot predict what will happen, but the patient is very ill.
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Critical = "life-threatening"
stable = "getting neither worse nor better"
Someone whose life is threatened can have their condition worsening or improving, while at the same time still remaining life-threatening. Consider someone whose heart is beating irregularly... it can either stop completely (getting worse) or beat more regularly but still be dangerous (getting better). Stable implies there's no change in the condition, even though that condition remains serious.