"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 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 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 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2012 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2013 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| 2016 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2017 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 2018 | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 2020 | 18 | 18 | 36 |
| 2021 | 8 | 25 | 33 |
| 2022 | 5 | 26 | 31 |
| 2023 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Intensive Care Units" by people in Profiles.
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The Optimized Use of a Contact-Free Continuous Monitoring System on Clinical Outcomes During COVID-19. J Patient Saf. 2025 Mar 01; 21(2):106-110.
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Machine Learning-Based Prediction Model for ICU Mortality After Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Initiation in Children. Crit Care Explor. 2024 Dec 01; 6(12):e1188.
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Patient-psychologist telemedicine interactions in an intensive care unit recovery clinic: Qualitative secondary analysis. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2025 Apr; 87:103886.
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Case report: Poor prognosis or poor prognostication? Palliat Support Care. 2024 Oct 31; 23:e11.
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Diabetes Mellitus Is Not a Risk Factor for Difficult Intubation Among Critically Ill Adults: A Secondary Analysis of Multicenter Trials. Crit Care Med. 2025 Jan 01; 53(1):e65-e73.
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Multidisciplinary Team Approaches to Assessing and Addressing Post Intensive Care Syndrome. Crit Care Clin. 2025 Jan; 41(1):157-170.
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Shared Decision-Making Communication and Prognostic Misunderstanding in the ICU. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 01; 7(10):e2439715.
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Prevalence of the cefazolin inoculum effect (CzIE) in nasal colonizing methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in patients from intensive care units in Colombia and use of a modified rapid nitrocefin test for detection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 11 06; 68(11):e0089824.
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Understanding attendance patterns and determinants in cardiac, pulmonary, and ICU rehabilitation/recovery programs: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart Lung. 2025 Jan-Feb; 69:51-61.
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Talking About Suffering in the Intensive Care Unit. AJOB Empir Bioeth. 2025 Jan-Mar; 16(1):52-59.