 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 | 20 | 14 | 34 | | 2017 | 20 | 14 | 34 | | 2018 | 24 | 15 | 39 | | 2019 | 21 | 15 | 36 | | 2020 | 17 | 27 | 44 | | 2021 | 27 | 25 | 52 | | 2022 | 10 | 19 | 29 | | 2023 | 18 | 27 | 45 | | 2024 | 14 | 12 | 26 | | 2025 | 14 | 16 | 30 | | 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Critical Illness" by people in Profiles.
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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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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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Connor AP, Haq E, Semler MW, Casey JD, Ginde AA, Driver BE, Gibbs KW, Khan A. Preoxygenation Techniques for Tracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Adults Utilizing Oxygen Mask and Noninvasive Ventilation. J Vis Exp. 2025 Dec 05; (226).
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Starr MC, Gorga S, Gist KM. Interconnected Organs: Exploring the Impact of Kidney-Lung Crosstalk in Critically Ill Neonates and Children. Compr Physiol. 2025 Dec; 15(6):e70084.
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Shirode P, Beck T, Fuhrman DY, Dixon AM, Tran M, Pelletier JH, Raimer P, Paden ML, Srivaths P, Kakajiwala A, Alhasan K, Bunchman T, Raina R. Tandem Extracorporeal Blood Purification/Support Therapies in Critically Ill Children: A Literature Review. Crit Care Med. 2026 Jan 01; 54(1):163-174.
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Gist KM, Iyer SPN, Humes HD, Goldstein SL, Damian M, Cappoli A, Joseph C, Soranno DE, Starr M, Tolwani A, Chung KK, Mottes T, Zang H, Seo J, Ollberding NJ, Menon S. Regional Citrate Anticoagulation and Infectious Complications in Critically Ill Children and Young Adults Receiving Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy. Nephron. 2026; 150(1):12-24.
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Leaf DE, Shenoy T, Zinchuk K, Gupta S, Dias JA, Sanchez-Almanzar D, Ginde AA, Athar H, Cheng C, Tamura T, Kim EY, Waikar SS. Randomized trial of activated vitamin D for acute kidney injury prevention in critically ill patients. JCI Insight. 2025 Oct 22; 10(20).
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Naef R, Jeitziner MM, Riguzzi M, von Felten S, Verweij L, Rufer M, Safford J, Sutter S, Bergmann-Kipfer B, Betschart U, Boltshauser S, Brülisauer N, Brunner C, Bühler PK, Burkhalter H, Dullenkopf A, Heise A, Hertler B, Hoffmann JE, Karde C, Keller Y, Kohler S, Lussmann F, Massarotto P, Moser M, Pietsch U, Segalada DL, Siegrist E, Steiger P, Ruch N, von Dach C, Wenzler MS, Wiegand J, Zante B, Filipovic M. Nurse-Led Family Support Intervention for Families of Critically Ill Patients: The FICUS Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 09 01; 185(9):1138-1149.
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Cole CS, Langner PR, Miller SC, Kutney-Lee A, Levy C, Cashy J, Foglia MB, Potter L, Magid KH, Murray A, Weaver MS, Barón AE, Ersek M. Patterns of Life-Sustaining Treatment Preferences Among Seriously Ill Veterans. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Oct; 73(10):3155-3165.
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Sikora A, Min W, Devlin JW, Hu M, Murphy DJ, Murray B, Zhao B, Shen Y, Chen X, Smith SE, Rowe S, Liu T, Li S. Effect of Comprehensive Medication Management on Mortality in Critically Ill Patients. Crit Care Med. 2025 Oct 01; 53(10):e1995-e2004.
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