"Critical Care" 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.
Health care provided to a critically ill patient during a medical emergency or crisis.
| Descriptor ID |
D003422
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.190 N02.421.585.190
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Critical Care".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Critical Care".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Critical Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Critical Care" 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 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1999 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2000 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2004 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2005 | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2008 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2010 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2011 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 2012 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2013 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2014 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 2015 | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| 2016 | 24 | 7 | 31 |
| 2017 | 16 | 9 | 25 |
| 2018 | 17 | 13 | 30 |
| 2019 | 17 | 8 | 25 |
| 2020 | 19 | 15 | 34 |
| 2021 | 12 | 19 | 31 |
| 2022 | 3 | 27 | 30 |
| 2023 | 4 | 18 | 22 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6 | 19 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Critical Care" by people in Profiles.
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Palliative Care and Intensivists' Different Perspectives on Specialist Palliative Care Engagement in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Care. J Palliat Med. 2025 Feb; 28(2):251-256.
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Contemporary Training in American Critical Care Cardiology: Minnesota?Critical?Care Cardiology Education?Summit: JACC Scientific Expert Panel. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 10 08; 84(15):1436-1454.
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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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Exploring the Historical Context of American Indian/Alaska Native Intensive Care Inequities: A Narrative Review. J Pediatr Health Care. 2024 Nov-Dec; 38(6):866-872.
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Talking About Suffering in the Intensive Care Unit. AJOB Empir Bioeth. 2025 Jan-Mar; 16(1):52-59.
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Co-Reasoning in Context: Collaboration in Critical Care. Am J Bioeth. 2024 Sep; 24(9):100-102.
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Continuum of Preshock to Classic Cardiogenic Shock in the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network Registry. JACC Heart Fail. 2024 Sep; 12(9):1625-1635.
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A Comprehensive Perspective on Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and Individualized Management in Neurocritical Care: Results of a Survey with Global Experts. Neurocrit Care. 2024 Dec; 41(3):880-892.
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Introduction to Pediatric Neurocritical Care, 2024. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2024 Apr; 49:101130.
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Establishing excellence: Implementation of an onboarding and continuing education curriculum for pediatric intensive care unit nurse practitioners and physician associates. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2024 Apr 01; 36(4):233-240.