"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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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2000 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2003 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2004 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2005 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2006 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 2009 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 2011 | 3 | 16 | 19 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2013 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 2014 | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 2015 | 15 | 12 | 27 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 2017 | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| 2018 | 15 | 11 | 26 |
| 2019 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 2020 | 21 | 22 | 43 |
| 2021 | 9 | 32 | 41 |
| 2022 | 6 | 37 | 43 |
| 2023 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 2024 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Intensive Care Units" by people in Profiles.
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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 Nov 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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Optimize individualized energy delivery for septic patients using predictive deep learning models. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2024 Sep; 33(3):348-361.
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Characteristics and outcomes of children?=?10 kg receiving continuous kidney replacement therapy: a WE-ROCK study. Pediatr Nephrol. 2025 Jan; 40(1):253-264.
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Adolescents and young adults with cancer: the clinical course of COVID-19 infections. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024 Aug 01; 116(8):1366-1373.
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Improving Goal-Concordant Care in Intensive Care Unit Admissions from the Emergency Department in a Comprehensive Cancer Center. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2024 Sep; 68(3):e161-e166.
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Risk factors for intensive care unit admission after cesarean hysterectomy for placenta accreta spectrum. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2024 Nov; 167(2):656-662.
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Forecasting acute kidney injury and resource utilization in ICU patients using longitudinal, multimodal models. J Biomed Inform. 2024 06; 154:104648.