 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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| 1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Intensive Care Units" by people in Profiles.
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Yang M, Mehta HB, Bali V, Gupta P, Wang X, Johnson ML, Aparasu RR. Which risk-adjustment index performs better in predicting 30-day mortality? A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Eval Clin Pract. 2015 Apr; 21(2):292-9.
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Leyden KN, Hanneman SK, Padhye NS, Smolensky MH, Kang DH, Chow DS. The Utility of the Swine Model to Assess Biological Rhythms and Their Characteristics during Different Stages of Residence in a Simulated Intensive Care Unit: A Pilot Study. Chronobiol Int. 2015; 32(7):980-93.
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Jacobs DM, Beyda ND, Asuphon O, Alam MJ, Garey KW. Host factors and clinical outcomes of Candida colonization in critically ill patients. Mycopathologia. 2015 Feb; 179(1-2):87-93.
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Murray MJ. Vitamin D-do our patients need not just a room with a view, but one with sunshine? Crit Care Med. 2014 Jun; 42(6):1540-2.
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Wanat M, Fitousis K, Boston F, Masud F. Comparison of dexmedetomidine versus propofol for sedation in mechanically ventilated patients after cardiovascular surgery. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2014 Apr-Jun; 10(2):111-7.
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Zehtabchi S, Abdel Baki SG, Omurtag A, Sinert R, Chari G, Roodsari GS, Weedon J, Fenton AA, Grant AC. Effect of microEEG on clinical management and outcomes of emergency department patients with altered mental status: a randomized controlled trial. Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Mar; 21(3):283-91.
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Wanat M, Fitousis K, Hall J, Rice L. PF4/heparin antibody testing and treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in the intensive care unit. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2013 Jun; 19(3):297-302.
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Shah DN, Yau R, Weston J, Lasco TM, Salazar M, Palmer HR, Garey KW. Evaluation of antifungal therapy in patients with candidaemia based on susceptibility testing results: implications for antimicrobial stewardship programmes. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2011 Sep; 66(9):2146-51.
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Dwibedi N, Sansgiry SS, Frost CP, Dasgupta A, Jacob SM, Tipton JA, Shippy AA. Effect of bar-code-assisted medication administration on nurses' activities in an intensive care unit: a time-motion study. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011 Jun 01; 68(11):1026-31.
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Boyd EA, Lo B, Evans LR, Malvar G, Apatira L, Luce JM, White DB. "It's not just what the doctor tells me:" factors that influence surrogate decision-makers' perceptions of prognosis. Crit Care Med. 2010 May; 38(5):1270-5.
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