Intensive Care Units

"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.

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Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill patients.

Descriptor ID	D007362
MeSH Number(s)	N02.278.388.493
Concept/Terms	Intensive Care Units Intensive Care Units Care Unit, Intensive Care Units, Intensive Intensive Care Unit Unit, Intensive Care Units, Intensive Care

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Intensive Care Units".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Facilities [N02.278]
Hospital Units [N02.278.388]
Intensive Care Units [N02.278.388.493]

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Bar chart showing 332 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 26 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	0	1
1996	0	2	2
1997	2	3	5
2000	2	2	4
2001	1	2	3
2002	0	6	6
2003	4	1	5
2004	0	4	4
2005	3	1	4
2006	3	2	5
2007	4	5	9
2008	3	5	8
2009	1	8	9
2010	3	12	15
2011	11	6	17
2012	11	6	17
2013	11	6	17
2014	13	8	21
2015	12	7	19
2016	8	13	21
2017	11	15	26
2018	12	2	14
2019	7	10	17
2020	2	14	16
2021	5	14	19
2022	3	19	22
2023	1	12	13
2024	4	8	12
2025	0	1	1

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Blok AC, Valley TS, Gauntlett LE, Miller J, Lipman K, Krein SL. Understanding crisis needs among family caregivers of patients in critical care: A qualitative analysis. Aust Crit Care. 2025 May; 38(3):101168.

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Liu WL, Zhang L, Djamasbi S, Tulu B, Muehlschlegel S. Development of web- and mobile-based shared decision-making tools in the neurological intensive care unit. Neurotherapeutics. 2025 Jan; 22(1):e00503.

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Wunsch H, Bosch NA, Law AC, Vail EA, Hua M, Shen BH, Lindenauer PK, Juurlink DN, Walkey AJ, Gershengorn HB. Evaluation of Etomidate Use and Association with Mortality Compared with Ketamine among Critically Ill Patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Nov 15; 210(10):1243-1251.

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Long MT, Krause BM, de Jong A, Dollerschell JT, Brewer JM, Casey JD, Gaillard JP, Gandotra S, Ghamande SA, Gibbs KW, Ginde AA, Hughes CG, Janz DR, Khan A, Latimer A, Mitchell S, Page DB, Russell DW, Self WH, Semler MW, Stempek S, Trent S, Vonderhaar DJ, West JR, Halliday SJ. Diabetes Mellitus Is Not a Risk Factor for Difficult Intubation Among Critically Ill Adults: A Secondary Analysis of Multicenter Trials. Crit Care Med. 2025 Jan 01; 53(1):e65-e73.

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DeMasi SC, Self WH, Aggarawal NR, April MD, Andrea L, Barnes CR, Brainard J, Blinder V, Dagan A, Driver B, Doerschug KC, Douglas I, Exline M, Fein DG, Gaillard JP, Gandotra S, Gibbs KW, Ginde AA, Halliday SJ, Han JH, Herbert T, High K, Hughes CG, Khan A, Latimer AJ, Maiga AW, Mitchell SH, Muhs AL, Mohamed A, Moskowitz A, Page DB, Palakshappa JA, Prekker ME, Qian ET, Resnick-Ault D, Rice TW, Russel DW, Schauer SG, Seitz KP, Shapiro NI, Smith LM, Sottile P, Stempek S, Trent SA, Vonderhaar DJ, Walker JE, Wang L, Whitson MR, Casey JD, Semler MW. Association Between Neuromuscular Blocking Agents and Outcomes of Emergency Tracheal Intubation: A Secondary Analysis of Randomized Trials. Ann Emerg Med. 2025 Jan; 85(1):6-13.

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Jain S, Long JB, Rao V, Law AC, Walkey AJ, Prsic E, Lindenauer PK, Krumholz HM, Gross CP. Trends in use of intensive care during hospitalizations at the end-of-life among older adults with advanced cancer. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Dec; 72(12):3840-3848.

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Myers LC, Bosch NA, Soltesz L, Daly KA, Campbell CI, Schwager E, Salvati E, Stevens JP, Wunsch H, Rucci JM, Jafarzadeh SR, Liu VX, Walkey AJ. Opioid Administration Practice Patterns in Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure Who Undergo Invasive Mechanical Ventilation. Crit Care Explor. 2024 Jul 01; 6(7):e1123.

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Hart JL, Malik L, Li C, Summer A, Ogunduyile L, Steingrub J, Lo B, Zlatev J, White DB. Clinicians' Use of Choice Framing in ICU Family Meetings. Crit Care Med. 2024 Oct 01; 52(10):1533-1542.

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Canellas MM, Jewell M, Edwards JL, Olivier D, Jun-O'Connell AH, Reznek MA. Measurement of Cost of Boarding in the Emergency Department Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Oct; 84(4):376-385.

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Bosch NA, Law AC, Shi Z, Jafarzadeh SR, Walkey AJ. A novel measure to summarize blood transfusion practice during critical illness. Transfusion. 2024 May; 64(5):784-788.

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