"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Critical Illness" by people in Profiles.
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Cost-effectiveness of COVID rapid diagnostic tests for patients with severe/critical illness in low- and middle-income countries: A modeling study. PLoS Med. 2024 Jul; 21(7):e1004429.
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Symptoms of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder 6 weeks and 6 months after ICU: Six out of 10 survivors affected. S Afr Med J. 2024 Jul 01; 114(7):e1988.
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Critical illness due to infection in people living with HIV. Lancet HIV. 2024 Jun; 11(6):e406-e418.
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Risk factors and outcomes of sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in intensive care units in Johannesburg, South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2022 12 01; 112(12):919-923.
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Evaluating the usefulness of the estimated glomerular filtration rate for determination of imipenem dosage in critically ill patients. S Afr Med J. 2022 08 30; 112(9).
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Development and validation of a clinical prediction model of acute kidney injury in intensive care unit patients at a rural tertiary teaching hospital in South Africa: a study protocol. BMJ Open. 2022 07 27; 12(7):e060788.
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"Acute Kidney Injury predictive models: advanced yet far from application in resource-constrained settings." F1000Res. 2022; 11:642.
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Investigating the need for therapeutic drug monitoring of imipenem in critically ill patients: Are we getting it right? S Afr Med J. 2021 09 02; 111(9):903-909.
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Diagnostic accuracy of the BioFire FilmArray blood culture identification panel when used in critically ill patients with sepsis. J Microbiol Methods. 2021 10; 189:106303.
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Clinical utility of the BioFire FilmArray Blood Culture Identification panel in the adjustment of empiric antimicrobial therapy in the critically ill septic patient. PLoS One. 2021; 16(7):e0254389.