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Critical Illness

MedGen UID:
1173
Concept ID:
C0010340
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Critical Illnesses; Critically Ill; Illness, Critical; Illnesses, Critical

Definition

A disease or state in which death is possible or imminent. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCritical Illness

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Stollings JL, Kotfis K, Chanques G, Pun BT, Pandharipande PP, Ely EW
Intensive Care Med 2021 Oct;47(10):1089-1103. Epub 2021 Aug 16 doi: 10.1007/s00134-021-06503-1. PMID: 34401939Free PMC Article
Devlin JW, Skrobik Y, Gélinas C, Needham DM, Slooter AJC, Pandharipande PP, Watson PL, Weinhouse GL, Nunnally ME, Rochwerg B, Balas MC, van den Boogaard M, Bosma KJ, Brummel NE, Chanques G, Denehy L, Drouot X, Fraser GL, Harris JE, Joffe AM, Kho ME, Kress JP, Lanphere JA, McKinley S, Neufeld KJ, Pisani MA, Payen JF, Pun BT, Puntillo KA, Riker RR, Robinson BRH, Shehabi Y, Szumita PM, Winkelman C, Centofanti JE, Price C, Nikayin S, Misak CJ, Flood PD, Kiedrowski K, Alhazzani W
Crit Care Med 2018 Sep;46(9):e825-e873. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003299. PMID: 30113379
Gotts JE, Matthay MA
BMJ 2016 May 23;353:i1585. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i1585. PMID: 27217054

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Cagino LM, Seagly KS, McSparron JI
Clin Chest Med 2022 Sep;43(3):551-561. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2022.05.009. PMID: 36116822
Cheung K, Rathbone A, Melanson M, Trier J, Ritsma BR, Allen MD
J Appl Physiol (1985) 2021 May 1;130(5):1479-1489. Epub 2021 Mar 18 doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00019.2021. PMID: 33734888Free PMC Article
Bosch NA, Cimini J, Walkey AJ
Chest 2018 Dec;154(6):1424-1434. Epub 2018 Apr 6 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.03.040. PMID: 29627355Free PMC Article
Jolley SE, Bunnell AE, Hough CL
Chest 2016 Nov;150(5):1129-1140. Epub 2016 Apr 7 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.03.045. PMID: 27063347Free PMC Article
Pisani MA, Friese RS, Gehlbach BK, Schwab RJ, Weinhouse GL, Jones SF
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2015 Apr 1;191(7):731-8. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201411-2099CI. PMID: 25594808Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Hermans AJH, Laarhuis BI, Kouw IWK, van Zanten ARH
Curr Opin Crit Care 2023 Apr 1;29(2):101-107. Epub 2023 Jan 27 doi: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000001016. PMID: 36762671Free PMC Article
Griffin KM, Oxford-Horrey C, Bourjeily G
Clin Chest Med 2022 Sep;43(3):471-488. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2022.04.008. PMID: 36116815Free PMC Article
Bosch NA, Cimini J, Walkey AJ
Chest 2018 Dec;154(6):1424-1434. Epub 2018 Apr 6 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.03.040. PMID: 29627355Free PMC Article
Jolley SE, Bunnell AE, Hough CL
Chest 2016 Nov;150(5):1129-1140. Epub 2016 Apr 7 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.03.045. PMID: 27063347Free PMC Article
Kress JP, Hall JB
N Engl J Med 2014 Apr 24;370(17):1626-35. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1209390. PMID: 24758618

Therapy

Melchers M, van Zanten ARH
Curr Opin Crit Care 2023 Aug 1;29(4):330-338. Epub 2023 Jul 3 doi: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000001059. PMID: 37395330Free PMC Article
Zampieri FG, Bagshaw SM, Semler MW
JAMA 2023 Jun 13;329(22):1967-1980. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.7560. PMID: 37314271
Kotani Y, Piersanti G, Maiucci G, Fresilli S, Turi S, Montanaro G, Zangrillo A, Lee TC, Landoni G
J Crit Care 2023 Oct;77:154317. Epub 2023 Apr 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154317. PMID: 37127020
Lambden S, Laterre PF, Levy MM, Francois B
Crit Care 2019 Nov 27;23(1):374. doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2663-7. PMID: 31775846Free PMC Article
Umbrello M, Sorrenti T, Mistraletti G, Formenti P, Chiumello D, Terzoni S
Minerva Anestesiol 2019 Aug;85(8):886-898. Epub 2019 Apr 3 doi: 10.23736/S0375-9393.19.13526-2. PMID: 30947484

Prognosis

Deng LX, Cao L, Zhang LN, Peng XB, Zhang L
J Crit Care 2020 Dec;60:241-248. Epub 2020 Aug 31 doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.08.019. PMID: 32919363
Zuercher P, Schenk NV, Moret C, Berger D, Abegglen R, Schefold JC
Chest 2020 Nov;158(5):1983-1991. Epub 2020 Jun 7 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.05.576. PMID: 32525018
Conti G, Piastra M
Curr Opin Crit Care 2016 Feb;22(1):60-6. doi: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000000271. PMID: 26645553
Hermans G, Van den Berghe G
Crit Care 2015 Aug 5;19(1):274. doi: 10.1186/s13054-015-0993-7. PMID: 26242743Free PMC Article
Rubenfeld GD, Caldwell E, Peabody E, Weaver J, Martin DP, Neff M, Stern EJ, Hudson LD
N Engl J Med 2005 Oct 20;353(16):1685-93. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa050333. PMID: 16236739

Clinical prediction guides

Reintam Blaser A, Padar M, Mändul M, Elke G, Engel C, Fischer K, Giabicani M, Gold T, Hess B, Hiesmayr M, Jakob SM, Loudet CI, Meesters DM, Mongkolpun W, Paugam-Burtz C, Poeze M, Preiser JC, Renberg M, Rooijackers O, Tamme K, Wernerman J, Starkopf J
Clin Nutr 2021 Aug;40(8):4932-4940. Epub 2021 Jul 18 doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2021.07.015. PMID: 34358839
Vincent JL, Bogossian E, Menozzi M
Crit Care Clin 2020 Jan;36(1):177-187. doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2019.08.014. PMID: 31733679
Baptistella AR, Sarmento FJ, da Silva KR, Baptistella SF, Taglietti M, Zuquello RÁ, Nunes Filho JR
J Crit Care 2018 Dec;48:56-62. Epub 2018 Aug 20 doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2018.08.023. PMID: 30172034
Alvarado Sánchez JI, Amaya Zúñiga WF, Monge García MI
J Intensive Care Med 2018 Apr;33(4):227-240. Epub 2017 May 16 doi: 10.1177/0885066617709434. PMID: 28506136
Marshall JC, Cook DJ, Christou NV, Bernard GR, Sprung CL, Sibbald WJ
Crit Care Med 1995 Oct;23(10):1638-52. doi: 10.1097/00003246-199510000-00007. PMID: 7587228

Recent systematic reviews

Fazzini B, Märkl T, Costas C, Blobner M, Schaller SJ, Prowle J, Puthucheary Z, Wackerhage H
Crit Care 2023 Jan 3;27(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s13054-022-04253-0. PMID: 36597123Free PMC Article
Zhang L, Hu W, Cai Z, Liu J, Wu J, Deng Y, Yu K, Chen X, Zhu L, Ma J, Qin Y
PLoS One 2019;14(10):e0223185. Epub 2019 Oct 3 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223185. PMID: 31581205Free PMC Article
Umbrello M, Sorrenti T, Mistraletti G, Formenti P, Chiumello D, Terzoni S
Minerva Anestesiol 2019 Aug;85(8):886-898. Epub 2019 Apr 3 doi: 10.23736/S0375-9393.19.13526-2. PMID: 30947484
Tipping CJ, Harrold M, Holland A, Romero L, Nisbet T, Hodgson CL
Intensive Care Med 2017 Feb;43(2):171-183. Epub 2016 Nov 18 doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4612-0. PMID: 27864615
Hodgson CL, Stiller K, Needham DM, Tipping CJ, Harrold M, Baldwin CE, Bradley S, Berney S, Caruana LR, Elliott D, Green M, Haines K, Higgins AM, Kaukonen KM, Leditschke IA, Nickels MR, Paratz J, Patman S, Skinner EH, Young PJ, Zanni JM, Denehy L, Webb SA
Crit Care 2014 Dec 4;18(6):658. doi: 10.1186/s13054-014-0658-y. PMID: 25475522Free PMC Article

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