Background: Determining appropriate interventions for critically ill patients requires body weight measurement. However, researchers require specific information from scientific publications for more detailed insight. Bibliometric analysis can facilitate the examination of trends in the body weight measurement in critically ill patients over time. This study evaluates
the global scientific production trend of body weight measurement in critically ill patients using network, overlay, and density visualization.
Methods: The Scopus database was used to gather publications between 1973 and 2024. Data were saved in RIS format, processed using EndNote and analyzed following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. We used VOSviewer and R-Studio package to visualize co-occurrence and co-authorship analyses focusing on articles published, author's contributions, keywords, interdisciplinary areas, and countries.
Results: A total of 1,547 keywords were identified, with 1,423 included studies. Of these, 65.5% were related to medicine and 14.1% to nursing. The number of publications has increased substantially over the last 20 years. The most prolific author was Roberts J.A., with 36 studies and 1,362 citations. Keyword analysis revealed six clusters, with the most frequent keywords being "critical illness," "hospital admission," "body weight," "artificial ventilation," "intensive care unit," and "sequential organ failure assessment". The potential topics related to this study were issues, such as “hemorrhage,” “ground glass opacity,” “artificial feeding,” “mathematical analysis,” “blood urea nitrogen,” “net ultrafiltration,” “kidney function test,” “cross infection,” and “virus load.” The United States led globally with 457 publications, while the Middle East and Southeast Asia had the lower research output. The most cited article, "Intensity of renal support in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury," by Palevsky et al., published in 2008, garnered 1,462 citations.
Conclusion: This study provides a comprehensive bibliometric overview, offering valuable insights for future research on body weight measurement in critically ill patients.
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Review Article |
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General Received: 2024/11/5 | Accepted: 2025/02/8 | Published: 2025/08/18