"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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| 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 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2014 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2016 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2017 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2018 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 2021 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 2022 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2023 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 2024 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| 2026 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Critical Illness" 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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Development and Validation of Temperature Trajectory-Based Phenotypes in Pediatric Sepsis: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study, 2012-2018. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2026 Oct 01; 27(10):1215-1223.
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Fluid balance and acute lung injury in children and young adults receiving continuous renal replacement therapy: a report from the Worldwide Exploration of Renal Replacement Outcomes Collaborative in Kidney Disease (WE-ROCK). Eur J Pediatr. 2026 Aug 04; 185(8).
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Divergence Between Net Fluid and Weight-Based Evaluation in Calculating Cumulative Fluid Balance. Crit Care Explor. 2026 Jun 01; 8(6):e1411.
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Metabolic adaptations rewire CD4+ T cells in a subset-specific manner in human critical illness with and without sepsis. Nat Immunol. 2026 Feb; 27(2):236-249.
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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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Assessing Clinical Improvement of Infants Hospitalized for Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Related Critical Illness. J Infect Dis. 2025 Dec 20; 232(6):1283-1291.
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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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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.