"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Critical Illness" by people in Profiles.
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Predictors of Specialty Outpatient Palliative Care Utilization Among Persons With Serious Illness. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2024 Dec; 68(6):583-593.
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CE: Managing Pain in Critically Ill Adults: A Holistic Approach. Am J Nurs. 2020 05; 120(5):34-42.
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Analgesia-first sedation in critically ill adults: A U.S. pilot, randomized controlled trial. J Crit Care. 2019 10; 53:107-113.
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Different Perspectives on the Baseline Status of Critically Ill Patients. Am J Crit Care. 2019 03; 28(2):126.
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Nonbeneficial Intensive Care: Misalignments Between Provider Assessments of Benefit and Use of Invasive Treatments. J Intensive Care Med. 2020 Dec; 35(12):1411-1417.
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Consensus Recommendations for RBC Transfusion Practice in Critically Ill Children From the Pediatric Critical Care Transfusion and Anemia Expertise Initiative. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018 09; 19(9):884-898.
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Nutrition is Critical. Am J Crit Care. 2018 03; 27(2):144.
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Predictors of mortality in a paediatric intensive care unit in Kigali, Rwanda. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2017 May; 37(2):109-115.
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Preventing Delirium in Critically Ill Patients. Am J Crit Care. 2016 Dec; 26(1):30.
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Serum levels of calcium and albumin in survivors versus nonsurvivors after critical injury. J Crit Care. 2004 Mar; 19(1):54-64.