Abstract: Objective To explore the research situation and focuses in the field of artificial intelligence-based techniques applied to critical ill children. Methods Web of Science core database was retrieved and Citespace 5.6.R5 visualization software was applied to visualize the trend changes in publication volume,keyword co-occurrence,and emergent words of research in this field. Results Since 2016,there was a continually,rapidly increasing tendency for publication. Keywords “machine learning”,“deep learning”,“artificial neural network”,“mortality”,“risk” and “score” occur frequently. Conclusion Early prediction is the main research frontier and the hot topic in field. At present,many studies are only in the development stage,and large-scale data verification is still needed in the future.

Key words: Artificial Intelligence, Critical Care Nursing, Child, Bibliometric Analysis