"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 | 6 | 17 |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2008 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 2009 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2012 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2013 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 2014 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2015 | 18 | 7 | 25 |
| 2016 | 24 | 9 | 33 |
| 2017 | 16 | 8 | 24 |
| 2018 | 16 | 13 | 29 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| 2020 | 19 | 17 | 36 |
| 2021 | 14 | 21 | 35 |
| 2022 | 3 | 29 | 32 |
| 2023 | 4 | 20 | 24 |
| 2024 | 15 | 6 | 21 |
| 2025 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 2026 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Critical Care" by people in Profiles.
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Strategies to meaningfully reduce healthcare sector emissions in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep practice: an official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2026 06 01; 23(6):837-860.
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Current strategies and future directions to enhance recovery following critical illness. Thorax. 2026 05 14; 81(6):611-620.
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A platform for near real-time and multiplexed monitoring of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers and flow in neurocritical care. Sci Transl Med. 2026 May 13; 18(849):eaeb1381.
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Non-invasive intracranial pressure estimation in the intensive care unit: narrative review of methods and clinical applications. Intensive Care Med. 2026 Apr; 52(4):747-764.
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Ethical Challenges of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cardiac Society Consensus on Key Issues and Practical Recommendations. ASAIO J. 2026 Jul 01; 72(7):544-552.
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Consensus statement from the 2025 Delphi panel on cerebral microdialysis in critical care. Crit Care. 2026 Apr 13; 30(1).
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Factors Associated With R01 Submission Among Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Career Development Award Recipients. Crit Care Med. 2026 Jul 01; 54(7):1534-1545.
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Surgical and procedural bleed risk stratification for anticoagulated patients undergoing planned surgery: guidance from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Perioperative and Critical Care Thrombosis and Hemostasis. J Thromb Haemost. 2026 Jul; 24(7):2640-2655.
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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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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.