"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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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Intensive Care Units".
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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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| 1994 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2010 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2014 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2015 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2016 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2019 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2020 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2021 | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| 2022 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Intensive Care Units" by people in Profiles.
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Healthy Sleep for Family Members of Intensive Care Unit Patients. Crit Care Nurse. 2024 Apr 01; 44(2):10-11.
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Patients' Perceptions of Virtual Live Music in the Intensive Care Unit. Am J Crit Care. 2024 Jan 01; 33(1):54-59.
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Clinical features, etiologies, and outcomes of central nervous system infections in intensive care: A multicentric retrospective study in a large Brazilian metropolitan area. J Crit Care. 2024 Feb; 79:154451.
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Nasal Iodophor Antiseptic vs Nasal Mupirocin Antibiotic in the Setting of Chlorhexidine Bathing to Prevent Infections in Adult ICUs: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2023 10 10; 330(14):1337-1347.
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Longitudinal genomic surveillance of carriage and transmission of Clostridioides difficile in an intensive care unit. Nat Med. 2023 10; 29(10):2526-2534.
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Impact of measurement and feedback on chlorhexidine gluconate bathing among intensive care unit patients: A multicenter study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 09; 44(9):1375-1380.
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Written Communication, Visitation Policies, and Awareness of Medical Issues Among Intensive Care Unit Families. Am J Crit Care. 2023 07 01; 32(4):302-306.
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Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and Stress among Families of Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19: A Longitudinal Clinical Trial. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 05; 20(5):705-712.
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Developing and Evaluating a Novel Educational Intensive Care Unit Wall Map. Crit Care Nurse. 2023 04 01; 43(2):80-82.
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Assessing Communication Quality in the Intensive Care Unit. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2023 Oct; 40(10):1058-1066.