"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Intensive Care Units" by people in Profiles.
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Inpatient Dialysis Services: Nephrologist Leadership and Improving Quality and Safety. Am J Kidney Dis. 2021 08; 78(2):268-271.
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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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Physical Restraints: Protecting Patients or Devices? Am J Crit Care. 2020 03 01; 29(2):103.
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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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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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Preventing Delirium in Critically Ill Patients. Am J Crit Care. 2016 Dec; 26(1):30.
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Novel Approaches to Symptom Management. Am J Crit Care. 2016 Jul; 25(4):301.
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Use of the Blom Tracheotomy Tube with Suction Inner Cannula to Decontaminate Microorganisms from the Subglottic Space. A Proof of Concept. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Jun; 12(6):859-63.
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Risk factors for prolonged length of stay after the stage 2 procedure in the single-ventricle reconstruction trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Jun; 147(6):1791-8, 1798.e1-4.
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Diagnostic errors in the intensive care unit: a systematic review of autopsy studies. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012 Nov; 21(11):894-902.