"Intensive Care Units" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill patients.
| Descriptor ID |
D007362
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.278.388.493
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| Concept/Terms |
Intensive Care Units- Intensive Care Units
- Care Unit, Intensive
- Care Units, Intensive
- Intensive Care Unit
- Unit, Intensive Care
- Units, Intensive Care
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Intensive Care Units" by people in this website by year, and whether "Intensive Care Units" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1999 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2000 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2011 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 2012 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2014 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| 2015 | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| 2016 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 2017 | 10 | 18 | 28 |
| 2018 | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| 2019 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 2020 | 18 | 22 | 40 |
| 2021 | 10 | 28 | 38 |
| 2022 | 5 | 27 | 32 |
| 2023 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| 2025 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Intensive Care Units" by people in Profiles.
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Delirium and Self-Reported Driving Behaviors and Outcomes After Critical Illness. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Sep 02; 8(9):e2531224.
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Comparative Effectiveness of Less vs. More Frequent Hydrocortisone Dosing in Septic Shock. Crit Care Explor. 2025 Sep 01; 7(9):e1316.
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Influenza-Associated Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy in US Children. JAMA. 2025 08 26; 334(8):692-701.
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Delirium screening in the neurointensive care unit: Comparison of the confusion assessment method for the intensive care unit and intensive care delirium screening checklist. J Neurol Sci. 2025 Sep 15; 476:123619.
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Adverse diagnostic events in hospitalised patients: a single-centre, retrospective cohort study. BMJ Qual Saf. 2025 May 19; 34(6):377-388.
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Efficacy of Tele-Critical Care in Managing Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: Analysis of Outcomes From an Integrated Health System. Respir Care. 2025 Oct; 70(10):1225-1231.
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Clinician and Patient Responses to US Health Insurers' Policies: A Qualitative Study of Higher Risk Patients. Health Serv Res. 2025 Jun; 60(3):e14615.
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Key performance indicators for acute intermittent kidney replacement therapy in critically ill patients: a protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2025 Apr 17; 15(4):e093334.
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Real-time surveillance system for patient deterioration: a pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial. Nat Med. 2025 Jun; 31(6):1895-1902.
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ICU imperatives in open abdomen management after trauma or emergency surgery. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2025 Jun 01; 31(3):262-269.