 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 | 8 | 12 | | 2012 | 10 | 12 | 22 | | 2013 | 15 | 5 | 20 | | 2014 | 17 | 10 | 27 | | 2015 | 19 | 12 | 31 | | 2016 | 21 | 14 | 35 | | 2017 | 18 | 14 | 32 | | 2018 | 26 | 15 | 41 | | 2019 | 21 | 17 | 38 | | 2020 | 17 | 27 | 44 | | 2021 | 29 | 26 | 55 | | 2022 | 10 | 24 | 34 | | 2023 | 18 | 28 | 46 | | 2024 | 14 | 13 | 27 | | 2025 | 18 | 18 | 36 | | 2026 | 13 | 8 | 21 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Critical Illness" by people in Profiles.
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Wonderly KK, Zimmerman RS. Psychological Distress Among Black Surrogates of Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study. Nurs Crit Care. 2026 Nov; 31(6).
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Kiskaddon AL, Johnson PN, Dallas L, Stang C, Beckman E, Gattis S, Smith C, Pingle J, Butchin J, Ordons KJ, Amankwah EK, Witt DM, Rech MA, Goldenberg NA. Pharmacist antithrombotic interventions in critically ill children: A multicenter prospective study. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2026 Oct 23; 83(21):e853-e859.
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Watson MA, Peterson R, Jolley SE, Niehaus W, Ridgeway KJ. Sustained three-year impact of a physical therapy quality improvement project in the medical intensive care unit. Phys Ther. 2026 Oct 08; 106(10).
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Valenzuela J, Haines K, Sachdev G, White C, Schroeppel T, Anand T, Castle SL, Napolitano LM. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma/American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma clinical protocol for nutrition support in adult trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Nov 01; 101(5):736-750.
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Brown SR, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Grunwell JR, Hu X, Coopersmith CM, Atreya MR, Rogerson CM, Geva A, Bennett TD, Chong G, Shah SS, Hall MW, Bhavani SV. Development and Validation of Temperature Trajectory-Based Phenotypes in Pediatric Sepsis: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study, 2012-2018. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2026 Oct 01; 27(10):1215-1223.
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Intihar TA, Rao OP, Gomez-Crase PA, Doyle MM, Wasden K, Wright KP, Redeker NS, Yaggi HK, Knauert MP. Determinants of intensive care unit light exposure: an observational cohort study of patient, temporal, and structural factors. Front Neurol. 2026; 17:1821697.
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Rumlow ZA, Seo J, Strong A, Hanson A, Jenkins T, Arikan AA, Alobaidi R, Kakajiwala A, Ricci Z, Srivastava R, Pinto M, Solomon S, Selewski DT, Starr MC, Menon S, Gist KM, Gorga SM. Fluid balance and acute lung injury in children and young adults receiving continuous renal replacement therapy: a report from the Worldwide Exploration of Renal Replacement Outcomes Collaborative in Kidney Disease (WE-ROCK). Eur J Pediatr. 2026 Aug 04; 185(8).
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April MD, Butler H, Demasi SC, Aggarwal NR, Andrea LJ, Barker AB, Barnes CR, Brainard JC, Brewer JM, Driver BE, Gaillard JP, Gandotra S, Ghamande SA, Gibbs KW, Herbert JT, Hughes CG, Janz DR, Joffe AM, Khan A, Kramer PJ, Latimer AJ, Mitchell SH, Moskowitz AL, Page DB, Prekker ME, Resnick-Ault D, Self WH, Smith LM, Sottile PD, Stempek SB, Trent SA, Vonderhaar DJ, Walker JE, White HD, Semler MW, Casey JD, Schauer SG, Ginde AA. Rocuronium dose and first-attempt intubation success in the critically ill: secondary analysis of two multicenter trials. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 Aug 01; 212(8):1740-1749.
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Zhao B, Shen Y, Henry K, Devlin JW, Murphy DJ, Smith SE, Murray B, Rowe S, Sikora A. A Data-Driven Medication Regimen Complexity Score for Critically Ill Patients: MRC-ICU 2.0. Pharmacotherapy. 2026 Aug; 46(8):e70185.
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Wonderly K, Zimmerman RS. Exploring Anticipatory Grief and Coping in Families of Critically Ill Patients: Implications for Nursing Support and Intervention. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2026 Sep-Oct 01; 45(5):242-249.
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