Intensive Care Units
"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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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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| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2004 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2005 | 4 | 5 | 9 | | 2006 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2007 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2008 | 4 | 7 | 11 | | 2009 | 3 | 10 | 13 | | 2010 | 5 | 9 | 14 | | 2011 | 6 | 6 | 12 | | 2012 | 10 | 13 | 23 | | 2013 | 22 | 7 | 29 | | 2014 | 19 | 15 | 34 | | 2015 | 23 | 22 | 45 | | 2016 | 19 | 27 | 46 | | 2017 | 17 | 23 | 40 | | 2018 | 11 | 19 | 30 | | 2019 | 13 | 27 | 40 | | 2020 | 11 | 40 | 51 | | 2021 | 10 | 45 | 55 | | 2022 | 8 | 30 | 38 | | 2023 | 8 | 16 | 24 | | 2024 | 20 | 15 | 35 | | 2025 | 15 | 20 | 35 | | 2026 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Intensive Care Units" by people in Profiles.
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Van Slambrouck L, Van Kleunen L, Van den Storme C, De Corte W, Vens C. A Wireless Photoplethysmography Chest Patch for Continuous Vital Sign Monitoring: A Clinical Validation Study in Intensive Care Patients. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2026 Jul; 70(6):e70242.
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Baudier RL, Mosack KE, Lapidus JA, Porter LS, Anderson A, Hope AA, Johnson A, Johnson K, Lesowski K, Avallone Mantelli R, Marentes Ruiz CJ, McDougal M, Mejia-Flores L, Mitchell J, Moss M, Neville TH, Estela Vasquez Guzman C, Vu A, Wolwowicz EL, Hough CL, Morris CD, Cox CE. Blueprint 2: A self-directed mobile adaptive coping skills intervention to improve psychological distress symptoms among cardiorespiratory failure survivors study protocol. Contemp Clin Trials. 2026 Jul; 166:108359.
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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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Riguzzi M, Jeitziner MM, Rufer M, von Felten S, Verweij L, Oesch S, Sutter S, Safford J, Wenzler MS, Welter J, Wiegand J, Wiechmann D, von Dach C, Steiger P, Siegrist E, Ruch N, Pietsch U, Moser M, Massarotto P, Lussmann F, Keller Y, Hoffmann JE, Hertler B, Heise A, Dullenkopf A, Burkhalter H, Bühler PK, Brunner C, Brülhart D, Betschart U, Bergmann-Kipfer B, Filipovic M, Naef R. The FICUS cluster randomized controlled trial of a family support intervention in adult intensive care units: mental health and family functioning outcomes. Intensive Care Med. 2026 Apr; 52(4):637-650.
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Rai K, Mehta AB, Burke JF, Brummel NE. A Novel Medicare Claims-Based Approach to Identifying Tele-ICU Capability and Utilization Across US Hospitals. Med Care. 2026 Aug 01; 64(8):500-506.
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Kerlin MP, Harhay MO, Li F, Small DS, Lu Y, Wang W, Fuchs BD, Mikkelsen ME, Tran T, Belk A, Silvestri JA, Klaiman T, Scott S, Levy E, Sjoding MW, Kohn R, Roberts KJ, Beidas RS, Halpern SD. Nudging implementation of low tidal volume ventilation: a stepped wedge, cluster randomized trial. Implement Sci. 2026 May 07; 21(1).
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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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Lewis AA, Israel TL, Seitz KP, Driver BE, Gibbs KW, Ginde AA, Trent SA, Russell DW, Prekker ME, Robinson AE, Palakshappa JA, Gaillard JP, Stewart LJ, Beach LL, Lloyd BD, DeMasi SC, Hays MA, Withers C, Sullivan AE, Lyle C, Whitson MR, Gould B, Rice TW, Self WH, Han JH, Semler MW, Casey JD. Community consultation and public disclosure for the Randomized Trial of Sedative Choice for Intubation. Trials. 2026 Apr 10; 27(1).
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Cohen MJ, Erickson CB, Lacroix IS, Debot M, Dzieciatkowska M, Sen S, Schaid TR, Gallagher LT, Hallas WM, Thielen ON, Cralley AL, Stocker BW, Ramser BJ, Mokhtari A, Baig H, Sublette C, Iheagwam F, Caldwell-McGee A, Cole J, Nash K, Pokharel M, Cardenas JC, Banerjee A, Moore EE, Silliman CC, Hubbard A, D'Alessandro A, Hansen KC. Multiomic analyses of longitudinal plasma samples identify thromboinflammation endotypes and trajectories in patients with trauma. Sci Transl Med. 2026 Feb 11; 18(836):eadw5223.
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Murphy DJ, Sikora A, Mikkelsen ME, Kannappan A. Intensive Care Unit Quality Metrics: Leveraging Advancing Analytics for Meaningful Improvement. Crit Care Clin. 2026 Apr; 42(2):397-413.
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