---
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author:
- first_name: Ismail
  full_name: Özlü, Ismail
  id: '247205'
  last_name: Özlü
  orcid: 0009-0005-9808-0858
  orcid_put_code_url: https://api.orcid.org/v2.0/0009-0005-9808-0858/work/203987381
- first_name: Fritz
  full_name: Sterr, Fritz
  last_name: Sterr
- first_name: Anja
  full_name: Gerlach, Anja
  last_name: Gerlach
- first_name: Chris
  full_name: Creemers, Chris
  last_name: Creemers
- first_name: Severin
  full_name: Pietsch, Severin
  last_name: Pietsch
- first_name: Julia
  full_name: Berkemeier, Julia
  last_name: Berkemeier
- first_name: Christina
  full_name: Papacek-Zimmermann, Christina
  last_name: Papacek-Zimmermann
- first_name: Lydia
  full_name: Bauernfeind, Lydia
  last_name: Bauernfeind
citation:
  alphadin: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Özlü, Ismail</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Sterr,
    Fritz</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Gerlach, Anja</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Creemers, Chris</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Pietsch,
    Severin</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Berkemeier, Julia</span>
    ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Papacek-Zimmermann, Christina</span>
    ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Bauernfeind, Lydia</span>: A Reflection
    on Current Definitions of Critical Care and Critical Illness—A Narrative Review
    of the Literature. . In: <i>Nursing in Critical Care</i>, Wiley (2026), Nr. 31,
    S. 1–9'
  ama: Özlü I, Sterr F, Gerlach A, et al. A Reflection on Current Definitions of Critical
    Care and Critical Illness—A Narrative Review of the Literature. . <i>Nursing in
    Critical Care</i>. 2026;(31):1-9. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70311">10.1111/nicc.70311</a>
  apa: Özlü, I., Sterr, F., Gerlach, A., Creemers, C., Pietsch, S., Berkemeier, J.,
    … Bauernfeind, L. (2026). A Reflection on Current Definitions of Critical Care
    and Critical Illness—A Narrative Review of the Literature. . <i>Nursing in Critical
    Care</i>, (31), 1–9. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70311">https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70311</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Özlü_Sterr_Gerlach_Creemers_Pietsch_Berkemeier_Papacek-Zimmermann_Bauernfeind_2026,
    title={A Reflection on Current Definitions of Critical Care and Critical Illness—A
    Narrative Review of the Literature. }, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70311">10.1111/nicc.70311</a>},
    number={31}, journal={Nursing in Critical Care}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Özlü,
    Ismail and Sterr, Fritz and Gerlach, Anja and Creemers, Chris and Pietsch, Severin
    and Berkemeier, Julia and Papacek-Zimmermann, Christina and Bauernfeind, Lydia},
    year={2026}, pages={1–9} }'
  chicago: 'Özlü, Ismail, Fritz Sterr, Anja Gerlach, Chris Creemers, Severin Pietsch,
    Julia Berkemeier, Christina Papacek-Zimmermann, and Lydia Bauernfeind. “A Reflection
    on Current Definitions of Critical Care and Critical Illness—A Narrative Review
    of the Literature. .” <i>Nursing in Critical Care</i>, no. 31 (2026): 1–9. <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70311">https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70311</a>.'
  ieee: I. Özlü <i>et al.</i>, “A Reflection on Current Definitions of Critical Care
    and Critical Illness—A Narrative Review of the Literature. ,” <i>Nursing in Critical
    Care</i>, no. 31, pp. 1–9, 2026.
  mla: Özlü, Ismail, et al. “A Reflection on Current Definitions of Critical Care
    and Critical Illness—A Narrative Review of the Literature. .” <i>Nursing in Critical
    Care</i>, no. 31, Wiley, 2026, pp. 1–9, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70311">10.1111/nicc.70311</a>.
  short: I. Özlü, F. Sterr, A. Gerlach, C. Creemers, S. Pietsch, J. Berkemeier, C.
    Papacek-Zimmermann, L. Bauernfeind, Nursing in Critical Care (2026) 1–9.
date_created: 2026-01-09T10:53:04Z
date_updated: 2026-03-17T15:29:30Z
department:
- _id: 4b342258-bee3-11eb-b75f-c9bf9d645214
doi: 10.1111/nicc.70311
issue: '31'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
oa: '1'
page: 1-9
publication: Nursing in Critical Care
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1362-1017
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley
status: public
title: 'A Reflection on Current Definitions of Critical Care and Critical Illness—A
  Narrative Review of the Literature. '
type: journal_article
user_id: '263827'
year: '2026'
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