"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".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Intensive Care Units".
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 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2014 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2015 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2016 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2020 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2021 | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| 2022 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Intensive Care Units" by people in Profiles.
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Comparison of Daily Versus Admission and Discharge Surveillance Cultures for Multidrug-Resistant Organism Detection in an Intensive Care Unit. J Infect Dis. 2024 Oct 16; 230(4):807-815.
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Improving Outcomes for ICU Family Members: The Role of Spiritual Care. J Palliat Med. 2025 Apr; 28(4):538-548.
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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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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.