Global research trends on temperature management in critical ill: a visualization analysis

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Abstract Background Temperature management has been shown to be important in different diseases, and our study analyzes the research trends and future directions of temperature management in critically ill patients. Methods Literatures in our study were searched from the Web of Science core collection database (WoSCC), timeline was confined from the earliest time of the database to the latest time of literature search (October 22, 2023). R-studio and Citespace were used to perform the visualization analysis. Results A total of 529 publications from the WoSCC were analyzed. According to our research, there has been a rapid increase in publications since 2013. The largest number of articles produced by corresponding authors in the United States is as high as 161. Resuscitation had the highest number of publications among journals worldwide, with 23 publications representing 4.59% of all publications. Most of the keywords were related to cardiac arrest, critical care, hypothermia, targeted temperature management and therapeutic hypothermia. Latest burst words are neuron specific enolase, prognostication, septic shock and ambient temperature. This suggests that there may be more groundbreaking reports in these directions. Conclusions Temperature management is crucial in the clinical treatment of critically ill patients. Future studies should analyze more aspects of specific implementation in different diseases that can be controlled by temperature management target temperature, treatment timing, induction mode, induction speed, duration, rewarming mode and speed.