"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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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Intensive Care Units" by people in Profiles.
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Preferences for thromboprophylaxis in the intensive care unit: An international survey. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2025 Apr; 69(4):e70009.
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D-PRISM: a global survey-based study to assess diagnostic and treatment approaches in pneumonia managed in intensive care. Crit Care. 2024 Nov 22; 28(1):381.
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European Society of Intensive Care Medicine guidelines on end of life and palliative care in the intensive care unit. Intensive Care Med. 2024 Nov; 50(11):1740-1766.
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Severe community-acquired pneumonia at a tertiary academic hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. Respir Med. 2024 Nov-Dec; 234:107823.
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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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Limitations of life-sustaining therapies in South Africa. J Crit Care. 2024 Aug; 82:154797.
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Maternal high-care and intensive care units in low- and middle-income countries. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2024 Mar; 93:102474.
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Higher versus lower oxygenation targets in adult ICU patients: A rapid practice guideline. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2024 Mar; 68(3):302-310.
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Characteristics and outcomes of an international cohort of 600?000 hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Int J Epidemiol. 2023 04 19; 52(2):355-376.