Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
1
|
Early goal-directed therapy in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2001
|
51.99
|
2
|
Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2000
|
48.03
|
3
|
The acute respiratory distress syndrome.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2000
|
25.38
|
4
|
Incidence and outcomes of acute lung injury.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2005
|
21.56
|
5
|
Comparison of two fluid-management strategies in acute lung injury.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2006
|
19.54
|
6
|
The beta-agonist lung injury trial (BALTI): a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2005
|
6.69
|
7
|
Alveolar fluid clearance is impaired in the majority of patients with acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2001
|
6.41
|
8
|
Pulmonary dead-space fraction as a risk factor for death in the acute respiratory distress syndrome.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2002
|
6.17
|
9
|
Relation between respiratory changes in arterial pulse pressure and fluid responsiveness in septic patients with acute circulatory failure.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2000
|
5.53
|
10
|
Predicting fluid responsiveness in ICU patients: a critical analysis of the evidence.
|
Chest
|
2002
|
4.71
|
11
|
Prognostic value of extravascular lung water in critically ill patients.
|
Chest
|
2002
|
4.46
|
12
|
Improved outcome based on fluid management in critically ill patients requiring pulmonary artery catheterization.
|
Am Rev Respir Dis
|
1992
|
3.64
|
13
|
A randomized, controlled trial of furosemide with or without albumin in hypoproteinemic patients with acute lung injury.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2005
|
3.44
|
14
|
Systolic pressure variation as a guide to fluid therapy in patients with sepsis-induced hypotension.
|
Anesthesiology
|
1998
|
3.02
|
15
|
Acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome: four decades of inquiry into pathogenesis and rational management.
|
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol
|
2005
|
2.93
|
16
|
Radiologic determination of intravascular volume status using portable, digital chest radiography: a prospective investigation in 100 patients.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2001
|
2.78
|
17
|
Findings on the portable chest radiograph correlate with fluid balance in critically ill patients.
|
Chest
|
2002
|
2.77
|
18
|
Accuracy of transpulmonary thermodilution versus gravimetric measurement of extravascular lung water.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2004
|
2.68
|
19
|
Albumin and furosemide therapy in hypoproteinemic patients with acute lung injury.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2002
|
2.62
|
20
|
Fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients: a review of indices used in intensive care.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2003
|
2.58
|
21
|
Efficacy of low tidal volume ventilation in patients with different clinical risk factors for acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2001
|
2.57
|
22
|
Nosocomial bronchopneumonia in the critically ill. Histologic and bacteriologic aspects.
|
Am Rev Respir Dis
|
1992
|
2.55
|
23
|
Identification of patients with acute lung injury. Predictors of mortality.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
1995
|
2.43
|
24
|
Respiratory changes in aortic blood velocity as an indicator of fluid responsiveness in ventilated patients with septic shock.
|
Chest
|
2001
|
2.31
|
25
|
Extravascular lung water in patients with severe sepsis: a prospective cohort study.
|
Crit Care
|
2005
|
1.86
|
26
|
Interobserver variation in interpreting chest radiographs for the diagnosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2000
|
1.81
|
27
|
End-diastolic volume. A better indicator of preload in the critically ill.
|
Arch Surg
|
1992
|
1.77
|
28
|
Radial artery pressure monitoring underestimates central arterial pressure during vasopressor therapy in critically ill surgical patients.
|
Crit Care Med
|
1998
|
1.72
|
29
|
Accuracy of the double indicator method for measurement of extravascular lung water depends on the type of acute lung injury.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2004
|
1.72
|
30
|
Acute respiratory distress syndrome: a historical perspective.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2005
|
1.69
|
31
|
Right ventricular end-diastolic volume as a predictor of the hemodynamic response to a fluid challenge.
|
Chest
|
1998
|
1.61
|
32
|
Early detection of type III procollagen peptide in acute lung injury. Pathogenetic and prognostic significance.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
1997
|
1.57
|
33
|
Intravascular volume monitoring and extravascular lung water in septic patients with pulmonary edema.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2002
|
1.54
|
34
|
A prospective study of lung water measurements during patient management in an intensive care unit.
|
Am Rev Respir Dis
|
1987
|
1.52
|
35
|
Evaluation of the portable chest roentgenogram for quantitating extravascular lung water in critically ill adults.
|
Chest
|
1985
|
1.49
|
36
|
Extravascular lung water assessed by transpulmonary single thermodilution and postmortem gravimetry in sheep.
|
Crit Care
|
2004
|
1.45
|
37
|
Alveolar epithelial fluid transport in acute lung injury: new insights.
|
Eur Respir J
|
2002
|
1.24
|
38
|
Indications and complications of arterial catheter use in surgical or medical intensive care units: analysis of 4932 patients.
|
Am Surg
|
1998
|
1.18
|
39
|
Measurement of extravascular lung water in dogs using the thermal-green dye indicator dilution method.
|
Anesthesiology
|
1982
|
1.14
|
40
|
The hemodynamic effect of rapid fluid infusion in critically ill patients.
|
Surgery
|
1981
|
1.11
|
41
|
Safety of bronchoalveolar lavage in patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome.
|
Am Rev Respir Dis
|
1993
|
1.11
|
42
|
The use of transesophageal echocardiography for preload assessment in critically ill patients.
|
Anesth Analg
|
2000
|
1.10
|
43
|
Small increases in extravascular lung water are accurately detected by transpulmonary thermodilution.
|
J Trauma
|
2005
|
1.10
|
44
|
Current issues in mechanical ventilation for respiratory failure.
|
Chest
|
2005
|
1.05
|
45
|
Biventricular performance during volume loading in patients with early septic shock, with emphasis on the right ventricle: a combined hemodynamic and radionuclide study.
|
Am Heart J
|
1988
|
1.04
|
46
|
Measurements of right ventricular volumes during fluid challenge.
|
Chest
|
1990
|
1.02
|
47
|
Comparison of double indicator thermodilution measurements of extravascular lung water (EVLW) with radiographic estimation of lung water in trauma patients.
|
J Trauma
|
1982
|
0.98
|
48
|
Alveolar fluid clearance in patients with ARDS: does it make a difference?
|
Chest
|
2002
|
0.97
|
49
|
Effectiveness of albumin versus normal saline as a test of volume responsiveness in post-cardiac surgery patients.
|
J Crit Care
|
1999
|
0.94
|
50
|
Hemodynamic monitoring by double-indicator dilution technique in patients after orthotopic heart transplantation.
|
Chest
|
2000
|
0.94
|
51
|
Effect of furosemide in canine low-pressure pulmonary edema.
|
J Clin Invest
|
1979
|
0.93
|
52
|
Intrathoracic blood volume index measured by thermodilution for preload monitoring after cardiac surgery.
|
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
|
2002
|
0.90
|
53
|
Thermal dye double indicator dilution measurement of lung water in man: comparison with gravimetric measurements.
|
Thorax
|
1987
|
0.89
|
54
|
A single indicator technique to estimate extravascular lung water.
|
J Surg Res
|
1982
|
0.86
|
55
|
Fluid balance and colloid osmotic pressure in acute respiratory failure: emerging clinical evidence.
|
Crit Care
|
2000
|
0.84
|
56
|
Comparison of gravimetric and a double-indicator dilution technique for assessment of extra-vascular lung water in endotoxaemia.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2003
|
0.84
|
57
|
Estimation of errors in determining intrathoracic blood volume using the single transpulmonary thermal dilution technique in hypovolemic shock.
|
Anesthesiology
|
2005
|
0.82
|
58
|
Acute lung injury, overhydration or both?
|
Crit Care
|
2005
|
0.82
|
59
|
Intrathoracic blood volume as index of cardiac output variations.
|
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand
|
2004
|
0.81
|
60
|
Effects of furosemide versus isolated ultrafiltration on extravascular lung water in oleic acid-induced pulmonary edema.
|
Crit Care Med
|
1986
|
0.81
|
61
|
Ventilator-associated pneumonia in the surgical intensive care unit.
|
J Trauma
|
2001
|
0.81
|
62
|
Treatment of canine permeability pulmonary edema: short-term effects of dobutamine, furosemide, and hydralazine.
|
Circulation
|
1985
|
0.80
|
63
|
Effects of volumetric vs. pressure-guided fluid therapy on postoperative inflammatory response: a prospective, randomized clinical trial.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2005
|
0.79
|
64
|
The independence of pulmonary shunting and pulmonary edema.
|
Surgery
|
1973
|
0.79
|
65
|
Continuous dose furosemide as a therapeutic approach to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
|
J Surg Res
|
1999
|
0.78
|
66
|
Furosemide, when used in combination with positive end-expiratory pressure, facilitates the resorption of extravascular lung water in experimental hydrostatic pulmonary oedema.
|
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand
|
1991
|
0.77
|
67
|
The effect of furosemide infusion on serum epidermal growth factor concentration after acute lung injury.
|
J Infus Nurs
|
2005
|
0.76
|
68
|
Keep the lung dry--sense or nonsense?
|
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand Suppl
|
1996
|
0.75
|
69
|
High-dose furosemide alters gas exchange in a model of acute lung injury.
|
J Crit Care
|
1996
|
0.75
|
70
|
Effects of furosemide on pulmonary shunts.
|
Chest
|
1989
|
0.75
|
71
|
The effect of lung edema on pulmonary vasoactivity of furosemide.
|
J Surg Res
|
1983
|
0.75
|
72
|
Pulmonary vascular effects of furosemide on gas exchange in pulmonary edema.
|
J Appl Physiol Respir Environ Exerc Physiol
|
1984
|
0.75
|
73
|
[Intrathoracic blood volume versus pulmonary artery occlusion pressure as estimators of cardiac preload in critically ill patients].
|
Rev Med Chil
|
2005
|
0.75
|
74
|
The role of right heart catheterization in the care of the critically ill: benefits, limitations, and risks.
|
Int J Cardiol
|
1984
|
0.75
|
75
|
[Extended hemodynamic monitoring using transpulmonary thermodilution Influence of various factors on the accuracy of the estimation of intrathoracic blood volume and extravascular lung water in critically ill patients].
|
Anaesthesist
|
2005
|
0.75
|
76
|
Underutilized tools for the assessment of intravascular volume status.
|
Chest
|
2003
|
0.75
|
77
|
Intrathoracic blood volume in a patient with pulmonary embolism.
|
Eur J Anaesthesiol
|
2003
|
0.75
|
78
|
[Volumetric monitoring based on transpulmonary thermodilution in anesthesiology and intensive care].
|
Anesteziol Reanimatol
|
2003
|
0.75
|