Published in Intensive Care Med on November 28, 2002
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Expanding the paradigm of the physician's role in surrogate decision-making: an empirically derived framework. Crit Care Med (2010) 3.54
Practical guidance for evidence-based ICU family conferences. Chest (2008) 2.68
Are physicians' recommendations to limit life support beneficial or burdensome? Bringing empirical data to the debate. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2009) 2.46
Surrogate decision-makers' perspectives on discussing prognosis in the face of uncertainty. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2008) 2.40
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An empirical study of surrogates' preferred level of control over value-laden life support decisions in intensive care units. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2010) 1.79
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Learned helplessness among families and surrogate decision-makers of patients admitted to medical, surgical, and trauma ICUs. Chest (2012) 0.98
Identification of high-risk subgroups in very elderly intensive care unit patients. Crit Care (2007) 0.98
Identifying elements of ICU care that families report as important but unsatisfactory: decision-making, control, and ICU atmosphere. Chest (2012) 0.87
The legal guardians' dilemma: Decision making associated with invasive non-life-saving procedures. Isr J Health Policy Res (2012) 0.86
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Critically ill patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infection in Canada. JAMA (2009) 13.00
Vasopressin versus norepinephrine infusion in patients with septic shock. N Engl J Med (2008) 11.00
Intermittent androgen suppression for rising PSA level after radiotherapy. N Engl J Med (2012) 8.64
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A guide for the design and conduct of self-administered surveys of clinicians. CMAJ (2008) 6.72
High-frequency oscillation in early acute respiratory distress syndrome. N Engl J Med (2013) 6.56
Intensive insulin therapy and mortality among critically ill patients: a meta-analysis including NICE-SUGAR study data. CMAJ (2009) 6.27
Disease-free survival versus overall survival as a primary end point for adjuvant colon cancer studies: individual patient data from 20,898 patients on 18 randomized trials. J Clin Oncol (2005) 6.20
Stopping randomized trials early for benefit and estimation of treatment effects: systematic review and meta-regression analysis. JAMA (2010) 5.90
Comparison of mortality between private for-profit and private not-for-profit hemodialysis centers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA (2002) 5.57
An official ATS statement: grading the quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in ATS guidelines and recommendations. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2006) 5.29
Vital signs after cardiac arrest following withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy: a multicenter prospective observational study. Crit Care Med (2014) 5.07
A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing mortality rates of private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals. CMAJ (2002) 4.84
Need for expertise based randomised controlled trials. BMJ (2005) 4.34
An observational study of orthopaedic abstracts and subsequent full-text publications. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2002) 4.25
Fluid resuscitation in sepsis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med (2014) 3.96
The effect of selenium therapy on mortality in patients with sepsis syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Crit Care Med (2013) 3.43
Family satisfaction with care in the intensive care unit: results of a multiple center study. Crit Care Med (2002) 3.36
Barriers to full-text publication following presentation of abstracts at annual orthopaedic meetings. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2003) 3.36
Quality of care in for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ (2009) 3.22
Intensive care unit quality improvement: a "how-to" guide for the interdisciplinary team. Crit Care Med (2006) 3.15
Patient and healthcare professional factors influencing end-of-life decision-making during critical illness: a systematic review. Crit Care Med (2011) 3.07
Canadian survey of the use of sedatives, analgesics, and neuromuscular blocking agents in critically ill patients. Crit Care Med (2006) 3.06
Methodologic issues in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Clin Orthop Relat Res (2003) 2.90
Rationing critical care beds: a systematic review. Crit Care Med (2004) 2.86
The efficacy and safety of heparin in patients with sepsis: a systematic review and metaanalysis. Crit Care Med (2015) 2.85
Interaction of vasopressin infusion, corticosteroid treatment, and mortality of septic shock. Crit Care Med (2009) 2.77
Payments for care at private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CMAJ (2004) 2.76
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase 2b study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin, ART-123, in patients with sepsis and suspected disseminated intravascular coagulation. Crit Care Med (2013) 2.68
End-of-life care for the critically ill: A national intensive care unit survey. Crit Care Med (2006) 2.61
Angiopoietin-1 and angiopoietin-2 as clinically informative prognostic biomarkers of morbidity and mortality in severe sepsis. Crit Care Med (2011) 2.59
Age of transfused blood in critically ill adults. N Engl J Med (2015) 2.52
Oral decontamination for prevention of pneumonia in mechanically ventilated adults: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ (2007) 2.44
End points for colon cancer adjuvant trials: observations and recommendations based on individual patient data from 20,898 patients enrolled onto 18 randomized trials from the ACCENT Group. J Clin Oncol (2007) 2.41
The design and interpretation of pilot trials in clinical research in critical care. Crit Care Med (2009) 2.38
Effect of nitric oxide on oxygenation and mortality in acute lung injury: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ (2007) 2.33
Mortality predictions in the intensive care unit: comparing physicians with scoring systems. Crit Care Med (2006) 2.29
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A systematic review of studies comparing health outcomes in Canada and the United States. Open Med (2007) 2.26
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Systematic reviewers neglect bias that results from trials stopped early for benefit. J Clin Epidemiol (2007) 2.20
Diagnostic and prognostic implications of endotoxemia in critical illness: results of the MEDIC study. J Infect Dis (2004) 2.17
Management of the critically ill patient with severe acute pancreatitis. Crit Care Med (2004) 2.16
Failure of anticoagulant thromboprophylaxis: risk factors in medical-surgical critically ill patients*. Crit Care Med (2015) 2.16
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Randomized, controlled clinical trials in sepsis: has methodological quality improved over time? Crit Care Med (2002) 2.10
Association between source of infection and hospital mortality in patients who have septic shock. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2014) 2.05
Proton pump inhibitors versus histamine 2 receptor antagonists for stress ulcer prophylaxis in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care Med (2013) 2.01
Measures, markers, and mediators: toward a staging system for clinical sepsis. A report of the Fifth Toronto Sepsis Roundtable, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 25-26, 2000. Crit Care Med (2003) 2.01
Does noninvasive positive pressure ventilation improve outcome in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure? A systematic review. Crit Care Med (2004) 1.95
Which patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease benefit from noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation? A systematic review of the literature. Ann Intern Med (2003) 1.95
Predictors of survival following in-hospital adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation. CMAJ (2002) 1.92
Survey of interventions for the prevention and treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Crit Care Med (2004) 1.90
Potential impact on estimated treatment effects of information lost to follow-up in randomised controlled trials (LOST-IT): systematic review. BMJ (2012) 1.85
Bilevel noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for acute respiratory failure: survey of Ontario practice. Crit Care Med (2005) 1.85
Systematic review of reviews including animal studies addressing therapeutic interventions for sepsis. Crit Care Med (2010) 1.78
Heparin thromboprophylaxis in medical-surgical critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.77
Quality of professional society guidelines and consensus conference statements in critical care. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.74
A randomized trial of daily awakening in critically ill patients managed with a sedation protocol: a pilot trial. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.71
Pulmonary artery catheters: evolving rates and reasons for use. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.70
Translating family satisfaction data into quality improvement. Crit Care Med (2004) 1.68
Implementation of clinical practice guidelines for ventilator-associated pneumonia: a multicenter prospective study. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.68
Risk maps for range expansion of the Lyme disease vector, Ixodes scapularis, in Canada now and with climate change. Int J Health Geogr (2008) 1.67
Practice guidelines as multipurpose tools: a qualitative study of noninvasive ventilation. Crit Care Med (2007) 1.66
Noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure near the end of life. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.65
A study of the physiologic responses to a lung recruitment maneuver in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Respir Care (2008) 1.65
Research recruitment practices and critically ill patients. A multicenter, cross-sectional study (the Consent Study). Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2013) 1.63
Abstract reporting in randomized clinical trials of acute lung injury: an audit and assessment of a quality of reporting score. Crit Care Med (2005) 1.61
Defining priorities for improving end-of-life care in Canada. CMAJ (2010) 1.59
Screening and prevention of venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients: a decision analysis and economic evaluation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2011) 1.58
Evaluating meta-analyses in the general surgical literature: a critical appraisal. Ann Surg (2005) 1.57
Elevated troponin and myocardial infarction in the intensive care unit: a prospective study. Crit Care (2005) 1.57
Survey of pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis in critically ill children. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.56
High-frequency oscillation in adults: a utilization review. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.55
Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in critical and palliative care settings: understanding the goals of therapy. Crit Care Med (2007) 1.55
Knowledge translation interventions for critically ill patients: a systematic review*. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.53
Quality of reporting of surveys in critical care journals: a methodologic review. Crit Care Med (2012) 1.53
Evaluation of a practice guideline for noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation for acute respiratory failure. Chest (2003) 1.52
Agreement in electrocardiogram interpretation in patients with septic shock. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.52