| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
A multicomponent intervention to prevent delirium in hospitalized older patients.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1999
|
11.80
|
|
2
|
Early physical and occupational therapy in mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients: a randomised controlled trial.
|
Lancet
|
2009
|
11.72
|
|
3
|
Daily interruption of sedative infusions in critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilation.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2000
|
11.54
|
|
4
|
Delirium as a predictor of mortality in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit.
|
JAMA
|
2004
|
11.27
|
|
5
|
Dexmedetomidine vs midazolam for sedation of critically ill patients: a randomized trial.
|
JAMA
|
2009
|
10.24
|
|
6
|
Effect of sedation with dexmedetomidine vs lorazepam on acute brain dysfunction in mechanically ventilated patients: the MENDS randomized controlled trial.
|
JAMA
|
2007
|
7.74
|
|
7
|
Incidence, risk factors and consequences of ICU delirium.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2006
|
4.82
|
|
8
|
Costs associated with delirium in mechanically ventilated patients.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2004
|
4.75
|
|
9
|
Days of delirium are associated with 1-year mortality in an older intensive care unit population.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2009
|
4.69
|
|
10
|
Sensitivity of the human circadian pacemaker to nocturnal light: melatonin phase resetting and suppression.
|
J Physiol
|
2000
|
4.39
|
|
11
|
The impact of delirium in the intensive care unit on hospital length of stay.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2001
|
4.12
|
|
12
|
Haloperidol prophylaxis for elderly hip-surgery patients at risk for delirium: a randomized placebo-controlled study.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2005
|
4.01
|
|
13
|
One-year health care costs associated with delirium in the elderly population.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2008
|
3.82
|
|
14
|
Standardisation of costs: the Dutch Manual for Costing in economic evaluations.
|
Pharmacoeconomics
|
2002
|
3.70
|
|
15
|
Efficacy and safety of quetiapine in critically ill patients with delirium: a prospective, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2010
|
2.92
|
|
16
|
Intensive care unit delirium is an independent predictor of longer hospital stay: a prospective analysis of 261 non-ventilated patients.
|
Crit Care
|
2005
|
2.53
|
|
17
|
Delirium and its motoric subtypes: a study of 614 critically ill patients.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2006
|
2.49
|
|
18
|
Abnormal sleep/wake cycles and the effect of environmental noise on sleep disruption in the intensive care unit.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2001
|
2.42
|
|
19
|
Effect of bright light and melatonin on cognitive and noncognitive function in elderly residents of group care facilities: a randomized controlled trial.
|
JAMA
|
2008
|
2.07
|
|
20
|
Dose-response relationship for light intensity and ocular and electroencephalographic correlates of human alertness.
|
Behav Brain Res
|
2000
|
2.01
|
|
21
|
Sleep in critically ill patients requiring mechanical ventilation.
|
Chest
|
2000
|
1.95
|
|
22
|
An intervention integrated into daily clinical practice reduces the incidence of delirium during hospitalization in elderly patients.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2009
|
1.89
|
|
23
|
Dexmedetomidine and the reduction of postoperative delirium after cardiac surgery.
|
Psychosomatics
|
2009
|
1.86
|
|
24
|
Indirect bright light improves circadian rest-activity rhythm disturbances in demented patients.
|
Biol Psychiatry
|
1997
|
1.71
|
|
25
|
Dynamic light application therapy to reduce the incidence and duration of delirium in intensive-care patients: a randomised controlled trial.
|
Lancet Respir Med
|
2016
|
1.46
|
|
26
|
Sleep in the surgical intensive care unit: continuous polygraphic recording of sleep in nine patients receiving postoperative care.
|
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)
|
1985
|
1.46
|
|
27
|
Intensive care delirium. The effect of outside deprivation in a windowless unit.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
1972
|
1.45
|
|
28
|
Bright light treatment of behavioral and sleep disturbances in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
|
Am J Psychiatry
|
1992
|
1.38
|
|
29
|
Blue-enriched white light in the workplace improves self-reported alertness, performance and sleep quality.
|
Scand J Work Environ Health
|
2008
|
1.32
|
|
30
|
Light affects morning salivary cortisol in humans.
|
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
|
1999
|
1.27
|
|
31
|
A double-blind trial of risperidone and haloperidol for the treatment of delirium.
|
Psychosomatics
|
2004
|
1.22
|
|
32
|
Assessment of delirium in the intensive care unit: nursing practices and perceptions.
|
Am J Crit Care
|
2008
|
1.21
|
|
33
|
Bench-to-bedside review: delirium in ICU patients - importance of sleep deprivation.
|
Crit Care
|
2009
|
1.11
|
|
34
|
Outcomes Associated With Delirium in Older Patients in Surgical ICUs.
|
Chest
|
2008
|
1.02
|
|
35
|
Influence of bright light therapy on postoperative patients: a pilot study.
|
Intensive Crit Care Nurs
|
2007
|
0.95
|
|
36
|
Lux vs. wavelength in light treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder.
|
Acta Psychiatr Scand
|
2009
|
0.93
|
|
37
|
Melatonin and the circadian regulation of sleep initiation, consolidation, structure, and the sleep EEG.
|
J Biol Rhythms
|
1997
|
0.93
|
|
38
|
Windows in the intensive therapy unit.
|
Anaesthesia
|
1980
|
0.86
|
|
39
|
Illuminating rationale and uses for light therapy.
|
J Clin Sleep Med
|
2009
|
0.84
|