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Major publications in the critical care pharmacotherapy literature: 2025
Authors' conclusion
This concise review identified, summarized, and offered insights on the most relevant critical care pharmacotherapy publications in the year 2025.
Study context
- Population
- RCTs of pharmacotherapeutic interventions in critically ill adults reporting clinical endpoints, published 202543 articles in Delphi
- Outcome
- Most impactful critical care pharmacotherapy publications of 2025
Methodological detailsthree-round modified Delphi process, a-priori defined, PubMed/MEDLINE searched January 1, 2025 to October 5, 2025, Multidisciplinary, geographically diverse panel of critical care clinicians; articles scored on contribution and novelty, those at or above the median progressed
- Three-round modified Delphi process
- A-priori defined
- PubMed/MEDLINE searched January 1, 2025 to October 5, 2025
- Multidisciplinary, geographically diverse panel of critical care clinicians; articles scored on contribution and novelty, those at or above the median progressed
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Articles identified by systematic search
1609
Articles excluded
1566
Articles entering modified Delphi process
43
Articles included and summarized
6
Original publication
Major publications in the critical care pharmacotherapy literature: 2025. J Crit Care. Published 3 March 2026. doi:10.
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