"Critical Illness" 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.
A disease or state in which death is possible or imminent.
| Descriptor ID |
D016638
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.291.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Critical Illness- Critical Illness
- Critical Illnesses
- Illness, Critical
- Illnesses, Critical
- Critically Ill
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Critical Illness" by people in this website by year, and whether "Critical Illness" 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2001 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2014 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2018 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 2021 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2022 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2023 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2024 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Critical Illness" by people in Profiles.
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Fecal metabolite profiling identifies critically ill patients with increased 30-day mortality. Sci Adv. 2025 Jun 06; 11(23):eadt1466.
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Age and Saving Lives in Crisis Standards of Care: A Multicenter Cohort Study of Triage Score Prognostic Accuracy. Crit Care Explor. 2025 May 01; 7(5):e1256.
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A common longitudinal intensive care unit data format (CLIF) for critical illness research. Intensive Care Med. 2025 Mar; 51(3):556-569.
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Recognizing the Need for Goals of Care Conversations Among Critically Ill Surgical Patients. J Surg Res. 2025 Feb; 306:554-560.
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Acute Kidney Injury and Critical Care Nephrology. Adv Kidney Dis Health. 2025 Jan; 32(1):12-23.
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Management of sedation during weaning from mechanical ventilation. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2025 Feb 01; 31(1):78-85.
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Looking to "Level the Field": A Qualitative Study of How Clinicians Operationalize Social Determinants in Critical Care. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Nov; 21(11):1583-1591.
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INhaled Sedation versus Propofol in REspiratory failure in the Intensive Care Unit (INSPiRE-ICU1): protocol for a randomised, controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2024 Oct 26; 14(10):e086946.
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Tracheal intubation in critically ill adults with a physiologically difficult airway. An international Delphi study. Intensive Care Med. 2024 Oct; 50(10):1563-1579.
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The Road to Precision Medicine for Acute Kidney Injury. Crit Care Med. 2024 Jul 01; 52(7):1127-1137.