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 309 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 23 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
1999	0	1	1
2000	2	1	3
2001	1	2	3
2002	0	5	5
2003	4	1	5
2004	0	2	2
2005	2	0	2
2006	3	1	4
2007	3	2	5
2008	1	4	5
2009	0	5	5
2010	2	10	12
2011	8	6	14
2012	10	7	17
2013	13	7	20
2014	14	7	21
2015	10	7	17
2016	6	15	21
2017	9	14	23
2018	10	1	11
2019	4	10	14
2020	3	16	19
2021	4	14	18
2022	2	19	21
2023	1	11	12
2024	4	9	13
2025	0	8	8

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Heybati K, Xie G, Deng J, Walkey AJ, Gajic O, Yadav H. Hemodynamic Effects of Guideline-Based Sedation in Mechanically Ventilated Adults: A Multicenter Observational Analysis. Crit Care Explor. 2025 Sep 01; 7(9):e1313.

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Molinari L, Tidswell MA, Al-Khafaji A, Davison D, Galphin C, Kamaluddin E, Foster DM, Kellum JA. Organ Failure, Endotoxin Activity, and Mortality in Septic Shock. Crit Care Explor. 2025 Sep 01; 7(9):e1308.

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Koirala B, Azar A, Fountain B, McGuirl M, Stock S, Galdzicka M, Ellison RT. Pre-COVID-19 epidemiology of community respiratory viruses at a single US center reveals sex differences in influenza A and a higher ICU incidence of human metapneumovirus in the elderly population. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Jul 18; 25(1):924.

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Katz DE, Leibner G, Kaufman N, Esayag Y, Brammli-Greenberg S, Rose AJ. Improving Discrimination in Predicting Level of Care Needed for Patients Admitted with Pneumonia. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Sep; 40(13):3051-3057.

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Hill CJ, Sykora CA, Schmugge S, Tate S, Cronin MFM, Sisto J, Mallinger LA, Reinert A, Stafford RA, Tao BS, Sakthiyendran NA, Nguyen K, Krishnaswamy A, Patil S, Al-Faraj A, Noviawaty I, Russo M, Pugsley B, Lee JW, Greer D, Shin M, Ong CJ. Eye movement detection using electrooculography and machine learning in cardiac arrest patients. Resuscitation. 2025 May; 210:110577.

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Kan V, Huang W, Steigauf-Regan G, Anderson J, Dang I, Darling C. Injuries and Outcomes of Ground-level Falls Among Older Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study. West J Emerg Med. 2025 Mar; 26(2):301-306.

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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 05; 38(3):101168.

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Hwang DY, Reichman M, Bannon SM, Meurer K, Kubota R, Kim J, Baskaran N, Zhang Q, Fishbein NS, Lichstein K, Presciutti AM, Woodworth EC, Motta M, Muehlschlegel S, Reznik ME, Jaffa MN, Creutzfeldt CJ, Fehnel CR, Tomlinson AD, Williamson CA, Vranceanu AM. Psychosocial Support Needs and Preferences Among Family Caregivers of ICU Patients with Severe Acute Brain Injury: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis. Neurocrit Care. 2025 Aug; 43(1):223-231.

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Beasley SM, Zaihra Rizvi T, Grgurich PE. A Comparative Study of Fentanyl Versus Hydromorphone in Mechanically Ventilated Intensive Care Unit Patients. Ann Pharmacother. 2025 Jul; 59(7):593-603.

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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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