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.

MeSH information

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A disease or state in which death is possible or imminent.

Descriptor ID	D016638
MeSH Number(s)	C23.550.291.625
Concept/Terms	Critical Illness Critical Illness Critical Illnesses Illness, Critical Illnesses, Critical Critically Ill

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Critical Illness".

Diseases [C]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Pathologic Processes [C23.550]
Disease Attributes [C23.550.291]
Critical Illness [C23.550.291.625]

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Bar chart showing 158 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2019 and 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1	2
1997	1	2	3
1998	0	2	2
1999	1	2	3
2000	3	1	4
2001	1	0	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	1	2	3
2005	1	2	3
2006	3	1	4
2007	3	1	4
2008	1	0	1
2009	2	2	4
2010	5	1	6
2011	0	1	1
2012	2	5	7
2013	5	3	8
2014	4	6	10
2015	2	3	5
2016	4	4	8
2017	3	4	7
2018	9	3	12
2019	7	7	14
2020	6	8	14
2021	3	5	8
2022	2	8	10
2023	2	3	5
2024	4	2	6
2025	0	2	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Critical Illness" by people in Profiles.

LaRovere KL, Asaro LA, Coughlin-Wells K, Nadkarni VM, Agus MSD. Blood Glucose Range for Hyperglycemic PICU Children With Primary Neurologic Diagnoses: Analysis of the Heart and Lung Failure-Pediatric Insulin Titration (HALF-PINT) Trial. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025 Apr 01; 26(4):e432-e446.

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Sanchez-Pinto LN, Daniels LA, Atreya M, Faustino EVS, Farris RWD, Geva A, Khemani RG, Rogerson C, Shah SS, Weiss SL, Bennett TD. Phoenix Sepsis Criteria in Critically Ill Children: Retrospective Validation Using a United States Nine-Center Dataset, 2012-2018. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025 Feb 01; 26(2):e155-e165.

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Halawi H, Sabawi MM, Rizk E, Mahmoud AA, Petkova JH, Hui SR, Srour N, Donahue KR. Bleeding outcomes in critically ill patients on heparin with discordant aPTT and anti-Xa activity. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2025 Feb; 58(2):210-219.

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Coz Yataco AO, Soghier I, H?bert PC, Belley-Cote E, Disselkamp M, Flynn D, Halvorson K, Iaccarino JM, Lim W, Lindenmeyer CC, Miller PJ, O'Neil K, Pendleton KM, Vande Vusse L, Ouellette DR. Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Critically Ill Adults: An American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline. Chest. 2025 02; 167(2):477-489.

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Ikeyama T, Hozumi T, Kikuyama K, Niles D, Nadkarni V, Ito K. Chest Compression Depth Targets in Critically Ill Infants and Children Measured With a Laser Distance Meter: Single-Center Retrospective Study From Japan, 2019-2022. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2024 Aug 01; 25(8):720-727.

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Clancy MJ, Tevald MA, Adler J, Butler K, Courtwright AM, Diamond JM, Crespo MM, Bermudez CA. Reevaluating Rehabilitation Practice for Patients Who Were Critically Ill After COVID-19 Infection: An Administrative Case Report. Phys Ther. 2024 03 01; 104(3).

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Haber EN, Sonti R, Simkovich SM, Pike CW, Boxley CL, Fong A, Weintraub WS, Cobb NK. Accuracy of Noninvasive Blood Pressure Monitoring in Critically Ill Adults. J Intensive Care Med. 2024 07; 39(7):665-671.

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Arias AV, Lintner-Rivera M, Shafi NI, Abbas Q, Abdelhafeez AH, Ali M, Ammar H, Anwar AI, Adabie Appiah J, Attebery JE, Diaz Villalobos WE, Ferreira D, Gonz?lez-Dambrauskas S, Irfan Habib M, Lee JH, Kissoon N, Tekleab AM, Molyneux EM, Morrow BM, Nadkarni VM, Rivera J, Silvers R, Steere M, Tatay D, Bhutta AT, Kortz TB, Agulnik A. A research definition and framework for acute paediatric critical illness across resource-variable settings: a modified Delphi consensus. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 02; 12(2):e331-e340.

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Wyler D, Torjman MC, Leong R, Baram M, Denk W, Long SC, Gawel RJ, Viscusi ER, Wainer IW, Schwenk ES. Observational study of the effect of ketamine infusions on sedation depth, inflammation, and clinical outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients with SARS-CoV-2. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2024 Mar; 52(2):105-112.

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Gladen KM, Tellez D, Napolitano N, Edwards LR, Sanders RC, Kojima T, Malone MP, Shults J, Krawiec C, Ambati S, McCarthy R, Branca A, Polikoff LA, Jung P, Parsons SJ, Mallory PP, Komeswaran K, Page-Goertz C, Toal MC, Bysani GK, Meyer K, Chiusolo F, Glater-Welt LB, Al-Subu A, Biagas K, Hau Lee J, Miksa M, Giuliano JS, Kierys KL, Talukdar AM, DeRusso M, Cucharme-Crevier L, Adu-Arko M, Shenoi AN, Kimura D, Flottman M, Gangu S, Freeman AD, Piehl MD, Nuthall GA, Tarquinio KM, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Hasegawa T, Rescoe ES, Breuer RK, Kasagi M, Nadkarni VM, Nishisaki A. Adverse Tracheal Intubation Events in Critically Ill Underweight and Obese Children: Retrospective Study of the National Emergency Airway for Children Registry (2013-2020). Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2024 Feb 01; 25(2):147-158.

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