 Critical Illness
"Critical Illness" 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.
A disease or state in which death is possible or imminent.
| Descriptor ID |
D016638
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.291.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Critical Illness- Critical Illness
- Critical Illnesses
- Illness, Critical
- Illnesses, Critical
- Critically Ill
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Critical Illness" by people in this website by year, and whether "Critical Illness" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2001 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2006 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2007 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2008 | 4 | 5 | 9 | | 2009 | 4 | 7 | 11 | | 2010 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2011 | 4 | 7 | 11 | | 2012 | 10 | 11 | 21 | | 2013 | 14 | 5 | 19 | | 2014 | 17 | 10 | 27 | | 2015 | 21 | 10 | 31 | | 2016 | 21 | 14 | 35 | | 2017 | 20 | 14 | 34 | | 2018 | 25 | 15 | 40 | | 2019 | 21 | 15 | 36 | | 2020 | 17 | 27 | 44 | | 2021 | 27 | 24 | 51 | | 2022 | 10 | 20 | 30 | | 2023 | 18 | 27 | 45 | | 2024 | 14 | 12 | 26 | | 2025 | 17 | 17 | 34 | | 2026 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Critical Illness" by people in Profiles.
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Sottile PD, Mikkelsen ME, Peterson RA, Mcgrath M, Carlson N, Higgins C, Clinton MI, Barbour A, Kautz SV, Kwan BM, West S, Ginde AA, Aggarwal N. Does a protocolised oxygenation target impact clinical outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit across the 10 academic and community hospitals in the UCHealth system? Protocol and statistical analysis plan for an EHR-embedded pragmatic stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2026 May 26; 16(5):e110023.
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Dziorny AC, Drury S, Clark A, Farris RWD, Nishisaki A, Cornell TT, Tawfik DS, Bennett TD, Shah SS, Weiss SL, Mohamed T, Shah N, McMahon J, Muthu N, Wetzel RC, Zand M, Sanchez-Pinto LN. External Validation, Recalibration, and Extension of a Prediction Model of Early Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children Using Multicenter Data. Crit Care Explor. 2026 Jun 01; 8(6):e1425.
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Nordon-Craft A, Ohtake PJ, Smith JM, Engel HJ, Lowman JD, Moss M, Pastva AM. Next generation trial design for intensive care unit rehabilitation. Phys Ther. 2026 May 05; 106(5).
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Foster CC, Boyd M, Carlton EF, Fussell J, Slaton CR, McKenzie S, Irby K, Mourani PM, Brown CC, Maddux AB. Changes in Academic Standardized Testing After Pediatric Intensive Care. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Apr 01; 9(4):e269948.
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Alber SM, Kim KK, Li X, Tanabe K, Gilliland S. Year in Review 2025: New and Noteworthy Literature in Cardiothoracic Critical Care. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2026 Jun; 30(2):90-102.
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Henry K, Murray B, Kamaleswaran R, Smith SE, Moore EG, Blotske K, Sikora A. Medication Effects on Heart Rate Variability in Critical Illness: The Overlooked Confounder. Crit Care Explor. 2026 Mar 01; 8(3):e1386.
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Lynch SN, Craig M, Michael G, Weatherly J, Swanson JM, Farrar JE, Nouer S, Tolley E, Byerly S, Filiberto DM. Risk Under Pressure: Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Critically Injured Trauma Patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2026 Feb 01; 242(2):416-421.
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Hawley KL, Burlew CC. Operative management of enteral access in acute care surgery-What you need to know. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 05 01; 100(5):679-691.
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Flaws D, Stewart JD, Haines KJ, Fraser JF, McAuley DF, Patterson SE, Hodgson CL, Andersen SK, Bagshaw SM, Bourne RS, Connolly B, Cove M, Dhesi J, Duncan S, Gould D, Hartley P, Higgins L, Hough CL, Kwizera A, Leggett N, Ni Lochlainn M, Lone NI, MacTavish P, Manthorpe J, Mocellin D, Mikkelsen ME, Parekh D, Rosa RG, Rowan K, Summers C, Sutt AL, Taylor SP, Teixeira C, Tronstad O, Wilcox ME, Wilson E, Winearls J, McPeake J. Greater recovery after critical illness (GRACE): a call to action to create a new roadmap for critical illness research. Thorax. 2025 Dec 15; 81(1):13-21.
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Casey JD, Seitz KP, Driver BE, Gibbs KW, Ginde AA, Trent SA, Russell DW, Muhs AL, Prekker ME, Gaillard JP, Resnick-Ault D, Stewart LJ, Whitson MR, DeMasi SC, Robinson AE, Palakshappa JA, Aggarwal NR, Brainard JC, Douin DJ, Marvi TK, Scott BK, Alber SM, Lyle C, Gandotra S, Van Schaik GW, Lacy AJ, Sherlin KC, Erickson HL, Cain JM, Redman B, Beach LL, Gould B, McIntosh J, Lewis AA, Lloyd BD, Israel TL, Imhoff B, Wang L, Spicer AB, Churpek MM, Rice TW, Self WH, Han JH, Semler MW. Ketamine or Etomidate for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults. N Engl J Med. 2026 Apr 23; 394(16):1608-1620.
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