Research Hotspots and Trends of Delirium in Critical Care from 2014 to 2024 Based on Visual Analysis
Liu Lu
Peng Tingting
Deng Xun
Zhang Shan
Abstract：OBJECTIVE The research hotspot and trend of delirium in the field of critical care nursing were analyzed to provide scientific basis for clinical practice.METHODS CiteSpace was used to analyze the relevant literature in the core collection database of Web of Science,including the annual number of publications,publishing countries,institutions,authors,co-cited journals,high-frequency keywords and keyword clustering.RESULTS A total of 1 024 literatures were included in the analysis,and the number of published papers showed an overall increasing trend.The country with the most publications was the United States(327 articles,accounting for 31.93％),and the institution with the most publications was Vanderbilt University(34 articles,accounting for 3.32％).Critical Care Medicine was the most cited journal.The research focuses on the risk factors and risk assessment,prevention and management strategies,long-term effects and sequelae of ICU delirium.The development trend is the optimization of clinical practice guidelines and multi-dimensional symptom care management model.CONCLUSION In the past 10 years,the research on delirium in the field of critical care has steadily increased,and more and more scholars have paid attention to it.The in-depth study of ICU delirium helps nurses to better identify,assess and manage delirium,thereby improving the treatment effect and quality of life of patients.
Keywords：deliriumcritical illnessnursingresearch hotspotsbibliometric analysis
Publication Date：2025-11-10
Online Publishing Date：2026-01-13(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 106-110 )