"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 | 6 | 13 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 2014 | 16 | 10 | 26 |
| 2015 | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| 2016 | 17 | 9 | 26 |
| 2017 | 17 | 12 | 29 |
| 2018 | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| 2019 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 2020 | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| 2021 | 4 | 25 | 29 |
| 2022 | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
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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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Rocuronium dose and first-attempt intubation success in the critically ill: secondary analysis of two multicenter trials. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 Aug 01; 212(8):1740-1749.
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Contextual factors related to ventilator mode during an embedded randomized trial: a longitudinal survey of clinicians. BMC Health Serv Res. 2026 May 29; 26(1).
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Airway management in critically ill patients with obesity. Intensive Care Med. 2026 Jun; 52(6):1256-1268.
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Community consultation and public disclosure for the Randomized Trial of Sedative Choice for Intubation. Trials. 2026 Apr 10; 27(1).
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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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Individualised treatment effects of enhanced early mobilisation in mechanically ventilated patients: a secondary analysis of the TEAM trial. Intensive Care Med. 2026 01; 52(1):11-21.