"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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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2011 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2012 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 2014 | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| 2015 | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| 2016 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 2018 | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 2021 | 4 | 21 | 25 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16 | 21 |
| 2023 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Intensive Care Units" by people in Profiles.
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Outcomes of immunocompromised and non-immunocompromised patients in the ICU diverge late in the pandemic. PLoS One. 2026; 21(9):e0357181.
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Influence of Age in End-of-Life Practices in Worldwide ICUs (ETHICUS-2): A Prospective Observational Study. Crit Care Med. 2026 Apr 01; 54(4):701-714.
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Variability in Antibiotic Dosing and Resistance Development during Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill Patients. Blood Purif. 2026; 55(3-4):197-209.
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Large language models accurately identify immunosuppression in intensive care unit patients. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2025 Dec 01; 32(12):1888-1898.
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Diagnostic Codes in AI Prediction Models and Label Leakage of Same-Admission Clinical Outcomes. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 12 01; 8(12):e2550454.
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Profile of cases and factors associated with poor outcomes among patients admitted to the intensive care unit at a regional referral hospital in Bhutan: an observational study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Nov 05; 25(1):1446.
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The intensive care medicine research agenda for the management of ICU acquired weakness: a multinational, interprofessional perspective. Intensive Care Med. 2025 12; 51(12):2199-2212.
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Prevalence and Impact of Traumatic Life Events among Black and White Family Members of Intensive Care Unit Patients. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 11; 22(11):1720-1728.
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The Epidemiology of ICU Readmissions Across Ten Health Systems. Crit Care Explor. 2025 Nov 01; 7(11):e1341.
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The ICU Care Plan: Human-Centered Design of a Tool to Support Time-Limited Trials for Older Adults With Critical Illness. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Dec; 73(12):3747-3756.