Surgeons, intensivists, and the covenant of care: administrative models and values affecting care at the end of life--Updated.

Timing of limitations in life support in acute lung injury patients: a multisite study*. Crit Care Med (2014) 3.72

Surgical "buy-in": the contractual relationship between surgeons and patients that influences decisions regarding life-supporting therapy. Crit Care Med (2010) 2.51

The role of surgeon error in withdrawal of postoperative life support. Ann Surg (2012) 1.97

Integrating palliative care in the surgical and trauma intensive care unit: a report from the Improving Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit (IPAL-ICU) Project Advisory Board and the Center to Advance Palliative Care. Crit Care Med (2012) 1.58

Surgeons expect patients to buy-in to postoperative life support preoperatively: results of a national survey. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.53

Surgeon-reported conflict with intensivists about postoperative goals of care. JAMA Surg (2013) 1.49

Effectiveness trial of an intensive communication structure for families of long-stay ICU patients. Chest (2010) 1.38

Norms of decision making in the ICU: a case study of two academic medical centers at the extremes of end-of-life treatment intensity. Intensive Care Med (2012) 1.30

Do unto others: doctors' personal end-of-life resuscitation preferences and their attitudes toward advance directives. PLoS One (2014) 1.18

Intensive care unit cultures and end-of-life decision making. J Crit Care (2007) 1.15

The changing role of palliative care in the ICU. Crit Care Med (2014) 1.10

It's big surgery: preoperative expressions of risk, responsibility, and commitment to treatment after high-risk operations. Ann Surg (2014) 1.04

Utility of the "Surprise" Question in Predicting Survival among Older Patients with Acute Surgical Conditions. J Palliat Med (2016) 0.96

Clinical review: moral assumptions and the process of organ donation in the intensive care unit. Crit Care (2004) 0.95

Differences in end-of-life care in the ICU across patients cared for by medicine, surgery, neurology, and neurosurgery physicians. Chest (2014) 0.91

Palliative surgery for malignant bowel obstruction from carcinomatosis: a systematic review. JAMA Surg (2014) 0.89

Critical care medicine mailing list: growth of an online forum. BMJ (2004) 0.87

Life-sustaining treatment decisions in the ICU for patients with ESLD: a prospective investigation. Res Nurs Health (2012) 0.84

Constructing High-stakes Surgical Decisions: It's Better to Die Trying. Ann Surg (2016) 0.81

Nurse-perceived barriers to effective communication regarding prognosis and optimal end-of-life care for surgical ICU patients: a qualitative exploration. J Palliat Med (2012) 0.79

End-of-life practices in Danish ICUs: development and validation of a questionnaire. BMC Anesthesiol (2012) 0.78

Patient-reported Limitations to Surgical Buy-in: A Qualitative Study of Patients Facing High-risk Surgery. Ann Surg (2017) 0.78

Trajectories and Prognosis of Older Patients Who Have Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation After High-Risk Surgery. Crit Care Med (2016) 0.77

Informal contracts, shared decision making, and the covenant of care. Crit Care Med (2013) 0.75

The covenantal or communal values of surgeons and intensivists influenced end-of-life care in 3 intensive care units. Evid Based Nurs (2004) 0.75

The power of the liver transplant waiting list: a case presentation. Am J Crit Care (2014) 0.75

Surgeons' Perspectives on Avoiding Nonbeneficial Treatments in Seriously Ill Older Patients with Surgical Emergencies: A Qualitative Study. J Palliat Med (2016) 0.75

Looking beyond the crystal ball: An ethical dilemma in advance directive implementation in multidisciplinary patient care. Surgery (2015) 0.75

Ethics roundtable debate: should a sedated dying patient be wakened to say goodbye to family? Crit Care (2003) 0.75

End-of-life decisions in intensive care medicine-shared decision-making and intensive care unit length of stay. World J Surg (2015) 0.75

High-frequency oscillatory ventilation for acute respiratory distress syndrome in adults: a randomized, controlled trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2002) 3.43

Differential modulation of endotoxin responsiveness by human caspase-12 polymorphisms. Nature (2004) 2.98

Inhibition of intestinal epithelial apoptosis and survival in a murine model of pneumonia-induced sepsis. JAMA (2002) 2.20

Overexpression of Bcl-2 in the intestinal epithelium improves survival in septic mice. Crit Care Med (2002) 2.20

Relationship between tracheostomy timing and duration of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients. Crit Care Med (2005) 2.09

Sepsis from Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia decreases intestinal proliferation and induces gut epithelial cell cycle arrest. Crit Care Med (2003) 1.83

Euthanasia: a word no longer to be used or abused. Intensive Care Med (2006) 1.76

Effects of age on mortality and antibiotic efficacy in cecal ligation and puncture. Shock (2003) 1.73

Targeted temperature management in critical care: a report and recommendations from five professional societies. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.72

Effects of aging on the immunopathologic response to sepsis. Crit Care Med (2009) 1.72

Antibiotics improve survival in sepsis independent of injury severity but do not change mortality in mice with markedly elevated interleukin 6 levels. Shock (2004) 1.68

Cancer causes increased mortality and is associated with altered apoptosis in murine sepsis. Crit Care Med (2010) 1.68

A meta-analysis of controlled trials of anticoagulant therapies in patients with sepsis. Shock (2003) 1.61

Tracheostomy protocol: experience with development and potential utility. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.56

High-dose exogenous iron following cecal ligation and puncture increases mortality rate in mice and is associated with an increase in gut epithelial and splenic apoptosis. Crit Care Med (2004) 1.54

Biologically variable ventilation improves gas exchange and respiratory mechanics in a model of severe bronchospasm. Crit Care Med (2007) 1.51

Multicenter implementation of a consensus-developed, evidence-based, spontaneous breathing trial protocol. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.51

Predicting clinical physiology: a Markov chain model of heart rate recovery after spontaneous breathing trials in mechanically ventilated patients. J Crit Care (2009) 1.50

Mechanisms of decreased intestinal epithelial proliferation and increased apoptosis in murine acute lung injury. Crit Care Med (2005) 1.49

Physiological noise versus white noise to drive a variable ventilator in a porcine model of lung injury. Can J Anaesth (2008) 1.48

Surgeons, intensivists, and the covenant of care: administrative models and values affecting care at the end of life. Crit Care Med (2003) 1.48

Effect of an education program on decreasing catheter-related bloodstream infections in the surgical intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2002) 1.47

Prescribing patterns of hydrocortisone in septic shock: a single-center experience of how surviving sepsis guidelines are interpreted and translated into bedside practice. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.47

Treatment of hypophosphatemia using a protocol based on patient weight and serum phosphorus level in a surgical intensive care unit. J Am Coll Surg (2004) 1.45

Perceptions and attitudes of critical care training and careers among United States surgical residents: who wants to be a surgical intensivist? Am Surg (2007) 1.44

Pro/con ethics debate: when is dead really dead? Crit Care (2005) 1.43

Myocardial transcriptional profiles in a murine model of sepsis: evidence for the importance of age. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2008) 1.43

Genetic research and testing in critical care: surrogates' perspective. Crit Care Med (2006) 1.42

Examination of non-clinical factors affecting tracheostomy practice in an academic surgical intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2009) 1.42

The relationship between the surgeon and the intensivist in the surgical intensive care unit. Surg Clin North Am (2006) 1.32

Neutrophil depletion causes a fatal defect in murine pulmonary Staphylococcus aureus clearance. J Surg Res (2008) 1.30

Improving outcomes following penetrating colon wounds: application of a clinical pathway. Ann Surg (2002) 1.26

Early antibiotic administration but not antibody therapy directed against IL-6 improves survival in septic mice predicted to die on basis of high IL-6 levels. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol (2005) 1.24

Enterocyte-specific epidermal growth factor prevents barrier dysfunction and improves mortality in murine peritonitis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol (2009) 1.23

Epidermal growth factor treatment decreases mortality and is associated with improved gut integrity in sepsis. Shock (2008) 1.16

Intensive insulin protocol improves glucose control and is associated with a reduction in intensive care unit mortality. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 1.14

CD4+ lymphocytes control gut epithelial apoptosis and mediate survival in sepsis. FASEB J (2009) 1.14

Streptococcus pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia induce distinct host responses. Crit Care Med (2010) 1.14

Implementation of a mandatory checklist of protocols and objectives improves compliance with a wide range of evidence-based intensive care unit practices. Crit Care Med (2009) 1.11

Efficacy and safety of an insulin infusion protocol in a surgical ICU. J Am Coll Surg (2005) 1.10

The impact of a simple, low-cost oral care protocol on ventilator-associated pneumonia rates in a surgical intensive care unit. J Intensive Care Med (2009) 1.08

Laparoscopic appendectomy is superior to open appendectomy in obese patients. Am J Surg (2007) 1.08

Improved extubation rates and earlier liberation from mechanical ventilation with implementation of a daily spontaneous-breathing trial protocol. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 1.08

Age disproportionately increases sepsis-induced apoptosis in the spleen and gut epithelium. Shock (2004) 1.07

Pneumoperitoneum after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in patients in the intensive care unit. Am Surg (2007) 1.04

Molecular diagnostics in sepsis: from bedside to bench. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 1.02

The impact of bedside behavior on catheter-related bacteremia in the intensive care unit. Arch Surg (2004) 1.02

The frequency and effects of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C9 polymorphisms in patients receiving warfarin. J Am Coll Surg (2002) 1.00

Antibiotics improve survival and alter the inflammatory profile in a murine model of sepsis from Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia. Shock (2003) 1.00

Prevalence and Impact of Unknown Diabetes in the ICU. Crit Care Med (2015) 0.99

The use of laparoscopic surgery in pregnancy: evaluation of safety and efficacy. Am J Surg (2010) 0.99

Significant variations in mortality occur at similarly designated trauma centers. Arch Surg (2009) 0.99

Recurrent skin and soft tissue infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus requiring operative debridement. Am J Surg (2010) 0.99

The role of heat shock protein 70 in mediating age-dependent mortality in sepsis. J Immunol (2011) 0.98

Sepsis gene expression profiling: murine splenic compared with hepatic responses determined by using complementary DNA microarrays. Crit Care Med (2002) 0.92

Bcl-2 inhibits gut epithelial apoptosis induced by acute lung injury in mice but has no effect on survival. Shock (2003) 0.92

Computed tomography grading systems poorly predict the need for intervention after spleen and liver injuries. Am Surg (2009) 0.91

A regional medical operations center improves disaster response and inter-hospital trauma transfers. Am J Surg (2006) 0.90

Association between lymphotoxin-alpha (tumor necrosis factor-beta) intron polymorphism and predisposition to severe sepsis is modified by gender and age. Crit Care Med (2010) 0.88

Critical care medicine mailing list: growth of an online forum. BMJ (2004) 0.87

Toward optimal display of physiologic status in critical care: I. Recreating bedside displays from archived physiologic data. J Crit Care (2010) 0.87

Surgeons and their patients near the end of life. Crit Care Med (2010) 0.86

Current issues in trauma. Curr Probl Surg (2002) 0.86

Pediatric radiation exposure during the initial evaluation for blunt trauma. J Trauma (2011) 0.85

Vascular arginase contributes to arteriolar endothelial dysfunction in a rat model of hemorrhagic shock. J Trauma (2010) 0.84

A large single-center experience with treatment of patients with crotalid envenomations: outcomes with and evolution of antivenin therapy. Am J Surg (2006) 0.84

The digital patient: predicting physiologic dynamics with mathematical models. Crit Care Med (2009) 0.84

Is there a role for growth hormone therapy in refractory critical illness? Curr Opin Crit Care (2008) 0.84

A new safety event reporting system improves physician reporting in the surgical intensive care unit. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 0.84

Using "off-the-shelf" tools for terabyte-scale waveform recording in intensive care: computer system design, database description and lessons learned. Comput Methods Programs Biomed (2010) 0.83

Intestine-specific overexpression of IL-10 improves survival in polymicrobial sepsis. Shock (2008) 0.83

Extra credit*. Crit Care Med (2012) 0.83

Proceedings from the Montebello Round Table Discussion. Second annual conference on Complexity and Variability discusses research that brings innovation to the bedside. J Crit Care (2011) 0.83

National estimates of hospitalization charges for the acute care of traumatic brain injuries. Brain Inj (2003) 0.83

Pediatric vascular injuries: acute management and early outcomes. J Trauma (2011) 0.83

Fractals in clinical hemodynamics. Anesthesiology (2012) 0.82

Impact of low-dose vasopressin on trauma outcome: prospective randomized study. World J Surg (2011) 0.82

Iron dysregulation combined with aging prevents sepsis-induced apoptosis. J Surg Res (2005) 0.82

Surgical critical care and private practice surgeons: a different world out there! J Am Coll Surg (2007) 0.81

Transfusion-related acute lung injury in a rat model of trauma-hemorrhage. J Trauma (2011) 0.81

Pharmacoepidemiology of QT-interval prolonging drug administration in critically ill patients. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2008) 0.81

Impact of a Sequential Intervention on Albumin Utilization in Critical Care. Crit Care Med (2016) 0.81

Coagulation inhibitors in the treatment of sepsis. Expert Opin Investig Drugs (2002) 0.80

End points for phase II trials in intensive care: recommendations from the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Group consensus panel meeting. Crit Care Resusc (2012) 0.80

Computerized content analysis of conversational interactions. Comput Inform Nurs (2003) 0.80

Sepsis through the eyes of an engineer -- why treatments have succeeded and failed. Crit Rev Biomed Eng (2012) 0.80

Evaluation of the applicability, efficacy, and safety of a thromboembolic event prophylaxis guideline designed for quality improvement of the traumatically injured patient. J Trauma (2005) 0.80

A visual, timeline-based display of evidence for emergency thoracotomy. J Trauma (2005) 0.80

Using Incentives to Improve Resource Utilization: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of an ICU Quality Improvement Program. Crit Care Med (2016) 0.80

Effect of chlorhexidine/silver sulfadiazine-impregnated central venous catheters in an intensive care unit with a low blood stream infection rate after implementation of an educational program: a before-after trial. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2007) 0.79

Autonomic information flow improves prognostic value of heart rate patterns after abdominal aortic surgery. J Crit Care (2007) 0.79

Performance on brief practice examination identifies residents at risk for poor ABSITE and ABS qualifying examination performance. J Surg Educ (2011) 0.79

Time and degree of glycemic derangement are associated with increased mortality in trauma patients in the setting of tight glycemic control. Am J Surg (2010) 0.79

The multiply injured patient. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 0.79

Full time trauma service leads to improved Level III trauma center outcomes. Am J Surg (2010) 0.79

Position statement of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Report, A National Trauma Care System: Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2016) 0.79

Sedation modulates recognition of novel stimuli and adaptation to regular stimuli in critically ill adults. Crit Care Med (2002) 0.78