"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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| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1999 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2004 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2005 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2006 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2012 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2013 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2014 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6 | 25 |
| 2016 | 24 | 8 | 32 |
| 2017 | 16 | 9 | 25 |
| 2018 | 16 | 13 | 29 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| 2020 | 19 | 15 | 34 |
| 2021 | 14 | 18 | 32 |
| 2022 | 4 | 29 | 33 |
| 2023 | 4 | 19 | 23 |
| 2024 | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Critical Care" by people in Profiles.
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Good Practice Concepts in Pediatric Critical Care Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Modified Delphi Consensus Initiative. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2026 Feb 01; 27(2):228-234.
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Proposing Entrustable Professional Activities for Pediatric Critical Care Ultrasound: A Modified Delphi Consensus Approach. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2026 Feb 01; 27(2):235-243.
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Assessing Critical Care Delivery Using National-Level ICU Registry Data. Crit Care Med. 2025 Dec 01; 53(12):e2674-e2685.
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Neurocritical Care Entrustable Professional Activities for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Education and Professional Development: Standardizing Curriculum, Training, and Assessment. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025 Nov 01; 26(11):e1394-e1402.
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Use of centrally and femorally inserted central venous catheters in neonates: a nationwide survey of practices in French neonatal intensive care units. Eur J Pediatr. 2025 Aug 26; 184(9):575.
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Determination of Cerebral Autoregulation at the Bedside: A Narrative Review. Crit Care Med. 2025 Oct 01; 53(10):e2062-e2075.
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Impact of Resources and Structure on Scholarly Productivity in Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship. ATS Sch. 2025 Dec; 6(4):502-511.
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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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Critical Care Cadets: A Serious Game for Managing Mechanical Ventilation. ATS Sch. 2025 Sep; 6(3):360-369.
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Delivering a Regional Procedural Bootcamp for Incoming Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellows. Chest. 2025 Dec; 168(6):1433-1442.