Published in Can J Anaesth on December 01, 2002
Remifentanil versus fentanyl for analgesia based sedation to provide patient comfort in the intensive care unit: a randomized, double-blind controlled trial [ISRCTN43755713]. Crit Care (2003) 1.33
Offset of pharmacodynamic effects and safety of remifentanil in intensive care unit patients with various degrees of renal impairment. Crit Care (2003) 1.11
Comparison of sedation effectiveness of remifentanil-dexmedetomidine and remifentanil-midazolam combinations and their effects on postoperative cognitive functions in cystoscopies: A randomized clinical trial. J Res Med Sci (2013) 0.90
Continuous postoperative infusion of remifentanil inhibits the stress responses to tracheal extubation of patients under general anesthesia. J Pain Res (2017) 0.75
Sedation and weaning from mechanical ventilation: time for 'best practice' to catch up with new realities? Multidiscip Respir Med (2014) 0.75
Sedation with a remifentanil infusion to facilitate rapid awakening and tracheal extubation in an infant with a potentially compromised airway. J Pain Res (2016) 0.75
Comparison of an Intraoperative Infusion of Dexmedetomidine, Fentanyl, and Remifentanil on Perioperative Hemodynamics, Sedation Quality, and Postoperative Pain Control. J Korean Med Sci (2016) 0.75
Narcotic-based sedation regimens for critically ill mechanically ventilated patients. Crit Care (2005) 0.75
The effect of sedation and/or analgesia as rescue treatment during noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in the patients with Interface intolerance after Extubation. BMC Pulm Med (2017) 0.75
Albumin replacement in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock. N Engl J Med (2014) 7.07
Early use of polymyxin B hemoperfusion in abdominal septic shock: the EUPHAS randomized controlled trial. JAMA (2009) 6.55
A multicenter study of septic shock due to candidemia: outcomes and predictors of mortality. Intensive Care Med (2014) 3.56
Consensus on circulatory shock and hemodynamic monitoring. Task force of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Intensive Care Med (2014) 3.37
Prophylactic heparin in patients with severe sepsis treated with drotrecogin alfa (activated). Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2007) 3.34
Early vs late tracheotomy for prevention of pneumonia in mechanically ventilated adult ICU patients: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA (2010) 3.20
The Berlin definition of ARDS: an expanded rationale, justification, and supplementary material. Intensive Care Med (2012) 3.18
Challenges in end-of-life care in the ICU. Statement of the 5th International Consensus Conference in Critical Care: Brussels, Belgium, April 2003. Intensive Care Med (2004) 3.16
Usefulness of transcranial echography in patients with decompressive craniectomy: a comparison with computed tomography scan. Crit Care Med (2012) 3.10
CD56brightCD16- killer Ig-like receptor- NK cells display longer telomeres and acquire features of CD56dim NK cells upon activation. J Immunol (2007) 2.97
A multiple-center survey on the use in clinical practice of noninvasive ventilation as a first-line intervention for acute respiratory distress syndrome. Crit Care Med (2007) 2.96
Challenges in end-of-life care in the ICU: statement of the 5th International Consensus Conference in Critical Care: Brussels, Belgium, April 2003: executive summary. Crit Care Med (2004) 2.95
Daily practice of mechanical ventilation in Italian pediatric intensive care units: a prospective survey. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2011) 2.74
In-hospital cardiac arrest: incidence, prognosis and possible measures to improve survival. Intensive Care Med (2006) 2.72
Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine 2011: III. ARDS and ECMO, weaning, mechanical ventilation, noninvasive ventilation, pediatrics and miscellanea. Intensive Care Med (2012) 2.52
Evaluation of patient skin breakdown and comfort with a new face mask for non-invasive ventilation: a multi-center study. Intensive Care Med (2002) 2.46
Adequacy of antimicrobial treatment and outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in 9 Western European countries. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 2.39
The Italian ECMO network experience during the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic: preparation for severe respiratory emergency outbreaks. Intensive Care Med (2011) 2.28
Sonographic assessment of abdominal vein dimensional and hemodynamic changes induced in human volunteers by a model of abdominal hypertension. Crit Care Med (2011) 2.06
Nasal high-flow versus Venturi mask oxygen therapy after extubation. Effects on oxygenation, comfort, and clinical outcome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2014) 2.05
Euthanasia, therapeutic obstinacy or something else? An Italian case. Intensive Care Med (2005) 2.03
Effect of amplitude and inspiratory time in a bench model of non-invasive HFOV through nasal prongs. Pediatr Pulmonol (2012) 2.02
Noninvasive versus invasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure in patients with hematologic malignancies: a 5-year multicenter observational survey. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.96
Effects of levosimendan on systemic and regional hemodynamics in septic myocardial depression. Intensive Care Med (2005) 1.83
Percutaneous translaryngeal versus surgical tracheostomy: A randomized trial with 1-yr double-blind follow-up. Crit Care Med (2005) 1.80
A meta-analysis of complications and mortality of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Crit Care Resusc (2013) 1.77
Subject-ventilator synchrony during neural versus pneumatically triggered non-invasive helmet ventilation. Intensive Care Med (2008) 1.74
Systemic inflammatory response and progression to severe sepsis in critically ill infected patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2004) 1.72
Prophylactic fenoldopam for renal protection in sepsis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial. Crit Care Med (2005) 1.69
Continuous monitoring of cerebral oxygen saturation in elderly patients undergoing major abdominal surgery minimizes brain exposure to potential hypoxia. Anesth Analg (2005) 1.69
Natural killer cells infiltrating human nonsmall-cell lung cancer are enriched in CD56 bright CD16(-) cells and display an impaired capability to kill tumor cells. Cancer (2008) 1.66
Noninvasive ventilation after early extubation in patients recovering from hypoxemic acute respiratory failure: a single-centre feasibility study. Intensive Care Med (2012) 1.63
Risk factors for acute kidney injury in critically ill patients receiving high intravenous doses of colistin methanesulfonate and/or other nephrotoxic antibiotics: a retrospective cohort study. Crit Care (2013) 1.60
Effects of terlipressin on systemic and regional haemodynamics in catecholamine-treated hyperkinetic septic shock. Intensive Care Med (2003) 1.59
Diagnostic accuracy of passive leg raising for prediction of fluid responsiveness in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical studies. Intensive Care Med (2010) 1.58
Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation with different interfaces in patients with respiratory failure after abdominal surgery: a matched-control study. Respir Care (2007) 1.57
A multicenter, randomized trial of noninvasive ventilation with helium-oxygen mixture in exacerbations of chronic obstructive lung disease. Crit Care Med (2010) 1.56
Ventilator-associated pneumonia: current status and future recommendations. J Clin Monit Comput (2010) 1.54
A multicenter multinational study of abdominal candidiasis: epidemiology, outcomes and predictors of mortality. Intensive Care Med (2015) 1.54
Online vs live methods for teaching difficult airway management to anesthesiology residents. Intensive Care Med (2005) 1.51
Non-invasive ventilation delivered by conventional interfaces and helmet in the emergency department. Eur J Emerg Med (2003) 1.51
Evolution of Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation Use: A Cohort Study Among Italian PICUs. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2015) 1.48
Characteristics and determinants of outcome of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in intensive care units: the EUROBACT International Cohort Study. Intensive Care Med (2012) 1.47
Levels of vancomycin in the cerebral interstitial fluid after severe head injury. Intensive Care Med (2006) 1.46
In-hospital cardiac arrest: survival depends mainly on the effectiveness of the emergency response. Resuscitation (2004) 1.41
Perioperative management of antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary stents undergoing cardiac and non-cardiac surgery: a consensus document from Italian cardiological, surgical and anaesthesiological societies. EuroIntervention (2014) 1.41
Antibiotic usage and risk of colonization and infection with antibiotic-resistant bacteria: a hospital population-based study. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 1.40
Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine 2011. II. Cardiovascular, infections, pneumonia and sepsis, critical care organization and outcome, education, ultrasonography, metabolism and coagulation. Intensive Care Med (2012) 1.39
Immunonutrients in critically ill patients: an analysis of the most recent literature. Minerva Anestesiol (2015) 1.39
Noninvasive ventilation options in pediatric myasthenia gravis. Paediatr Anaesth (2005) 1.39
Early diagnosis of candidemia in intensive care unit patients with sepsis: a prospective comparison of (1→3)-β-D-glucan assay, Candida score, and colonization index. Crit Care (2011) 1.38
A critical appraisal of the quality of analgosedation guidelines in critically ill patients. Minerva Anestesiol (2015) 1.38
The epidemiology of acute respiratory failure in critically ill patients(*). Chest (2002) 1.29
High dose tigecycline in critically ill patients with severe infections due to multidrug-resistant bacteria. Crit Care (2014) 1.25
Clinical outcomes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia in intensive care unit patients. Intensive Care Med (2013) 1.24
Efficacy and safety of non-invasive ventilation in the treatment of acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema--a systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care (2006) 1.23
Hydroxyethyl starch for intravenous volume replacement: more harm than benefit. JAMA (2013) 1.22
Eosinophil granulocytes account for indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-mediated immune escape in human non-small cell lung cancer. Neoplasia (2005) 1.15
Noninvasive vs invasive ventilation in COPD patients with severe acute respiratory failure deemed to require ventilatory assistance. Intensive Care Med (2004) 1.15
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016. Crit Care Med (2017) 1.15
Diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis by a commercial real-time PCR assay for Aspergillus DNA in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples from high-risk patients compared to a galactomannan enzyme immunoassay. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 1.15
New treatment of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: noninvasive pressure support ventilation delivered by helmet--a pilot controlled trial. Crit Care Med (2002) 1.13
Noninvasive versus conventional ventilation to treat hypercapnic encephalopathy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Intensive Care Med (2007) 1.12
A prospective, blinded evaluation of indexes proposed to predict weaning from mechanical ventilation. Intensive Care Med (2004) 1.10
Levosimendan in two neonates with ischemic heart failure and pulmonary hypertension. Neonatology (2011) 1.08
Levosimendan in Cardiac Surgery. N Engl J Med (2017) 1.06
Buffered crystalloids and acid-base state: still searching the optimal balance? Minerva Anestesiol (2015) 1.06
Effects of PEEP on the intracranial system of patients with head injury and subarachnoid hemorrhage: the role of respiratory system compliance. J Trauma (2005) 1.06
Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation vs. conventional oxygen supplementation in hypoxemic patients undergoing diagnostic bronchoscopy. Chest (2002) 1.05
Accuracy of plethysmographic indices as predictors of fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Intensive Care Med (2012) 1.03
Effects of levosimendan on right ventricular afterload in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a pilot study. Crit Care Med (2006) 1.03