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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Delirium as a predictor of mortality in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit.
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JAMA
|
2004
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11.27
|
|
2
|
Cognitive trajectories after postoperative delirium.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2012
|
4.69
|
|
3
|
One-year health care costs associated with delirium in the elderly population.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2008
|
3.82
|
|
4
|
The Confusion Assessment Method: a systematic review of current usage.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2008
|
3.51
|
|
5
|
Delirium superimposed on dementia: a systematic review.
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J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2002
|
3.44
|
|
6
|
3D-CAM: derivation and validation of a 3-minute diagnostic interview for CAM-defined delirium: a cross-sectional diagnostic test study.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2014
|
3.34
|
|
7
|
Delirium and Long-term Cognitive Trajectory Among Persons With Dementia.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2012
|
3.27
|
|
8
|
Characteristics associated with delirium in older patients in a medical intensive care unit.
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Arch Intern Med
|
2007
|
3.16
|
|
9
|
Slower walking speed forecasts increased postoperative morbidity and 1-year mortality across surgical specialties.
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Ann Surg
|
2013
|
3.15
|
|
10
|
Derivation and validation of a preoperative prediction rule for delirium after cardiac surgery.
|
Circulation
|
2008
|
3.06
|
|
11
|
Delirium in older people.
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BMJ
|
2007
|
2.77
|
|
12
|
Hospital at home: feasibility and outcomes of a program to provide hospital-level care at home for acutely ill older patients.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2005
|
2.58
|
|
13
|
Delirium in the intensive care unit: occurrence and clinical course in older patients.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2003
|
2.53
|
|
14
|
Benzodiazepine and opioid use and the duration of intensive care unit delirium in an older population.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2009
|
2.47
|
|
15
|
Delirium in elderly adults: diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
|
Nat Rev Neurol
|
2009
|
2.44
|
|
16
|
The overlap syndrome of depression and delirium in older hospitalized patients.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2009
|
2.12
|
|
17
|
Prevalence and outcomes of low mobility in hospitalized older patients.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2004
|
2.08
|
|
18
|
Translating research into practice: speeding the adoption of innovative health care programs.
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Issue Brief (Commonw Fund)
|
2004
|
2.03
|
|
19
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A research algorithm to improve detection of delirium in the intensive care unit.
|
Crit Care
|
2006
|
1.89
|
|
20
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Isoflurane-induced apoptosis: a potential pathogenic link between delirium and dementia.
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J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
|
2006
|
1.83
|
|
21
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Delirium: an independent predictor of functional decline after cardiac surgery.
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J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2010
|
1.82
|
|
22
|
Modified hospital elder life program: effects on abdominal surgery patients.
|
J Am Coll Surg
|
2011
|
1.79
|
|
23
|
Novel risk markers and long-term outcomes of delirium: the successful aging after elective surgery (SAGES) study design and methods.
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J Am Med Dir Assoc
|
2012
|
1.73
|
|
24
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Persistent delirium predicts greater mortality.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2009
|
1.66
|
|
25
|
Short-term outcomes in older intensive care unit patients with dementia.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2005
|
1.65
|
|
26
|
Cholinergic deficiency hypothesis in delirium: a synthesis of current evidence.
|
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
|
2008
|
1.61
|
|
27
|
Identifying indicators of important diagnostic features of delirium.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2012
|
1.57
|
|
28
|
Consequences of preventing delirium in hospitalized older adults on nursing home costs.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2005
|
1.52
|
|
29
|
Premature death associated with delirium at 1-year follow-up.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2005
|
1.48
|
|
30
|
Older adults discharged from the hospital with delirium: 1-year outcomes.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2006
|
1.48
|
|
31
|
Diagnosing delirium in older hospitalized adults with dementia: adapting the confusion assessment method to international classification of diseases, tenth revision, diagnostic criteria.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2012
|
1.48
|
|
32
|
Replicating the Hospital Elder Life Program in a community hospital and demonstrating effectiveness using quality improvement methodology.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2006
|
1.46
|
|
33
|
Serum biomarkers for delirium.
|
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
|
2006
|
1.45
|
|
34
|
Telephone interview for cognitive status: Creating a crosswalk with the Mini-Mental State Examination.
|
Alzheimers Dement
|
2009
|
1.45
|
|
35
|
Detection of delirium in the intensive care unit: comparison of confusion assessment method for the intensive care unit with confusion assessment method ratings.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2005
|
1.41
|
|
36
|
Hospitalization in community-dwelling persons with Alzheimer's disease: frequency and causes.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2010
|
1.39
|
|
37
|
Delirium superimposed on dementia is associated with prolonged length of stay and poor outcomes in hospitalized older adults.
|
J Hosp Med
|
2013
|
1.39
|
|
38
|
Delirium superimposed on dementia in a community-dwelling managed care population: a 3-year retrospective study of occurrence, costs, and utilization.
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J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
|
2005
|
1.39
|
|
39
|
Suburban leptospirosis: atypical lymphocytosis and gamma-delta T cell response.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2006
|
1.39
|
|
40
|
Learning from the closure of clinical programs: a case series from the Hospital Elder Life Program.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2013
|
1.39
|
|
41
|
Use of a computer-based reminder to improve sedative-hypnotic prescribing in older hospitalized patients.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2007
|
1.39
|
|
42
|
A tale of two methods: chart and interview methods for identifying delirium.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2014
|
1.37
|
|
43
|
Adverse outcomes after hospitalization and delirium in persons with Alzheimer disease.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2012
|
1.33
|
|
44
|
Underrecognition of preexisting cognitive impairment by physicians in older ICU patients.
|
Chest
|
2003
|
1.33
|
|
45
|
Screening for preexisting cognitive impairment in older intensive care unit patients: use of proxy assessment.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2003
|
1.32
|
|
46
|
Cerebral perfusion changes in older delirious patients using 99mTc HMPAO SPECT.
|
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
|
2006
|
1.32
|
|
47
|
Development of a unidimensional composite measure of neuropsychological functioning in older cardiac surgery patients with good measurement precision.
|
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol
|
2010
|
1.31
|
|
48
|
Sustainability and scalability of the hospital elder life program at a community hospital.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2011
|
1.29
|
|
49
|
The importance of delirium: economic and societal costs.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2011
|
1.27
|
|
50
|
Independent vascular and cognitive risk factors for postoperative delirium.
|
Am J Med
|
2007
|
1.27
|
|
51
|
Development and validation of a risk-adjustment index for older patients: the high-risk diagnoses for the elderly scale.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2002
|
1.23
|
|
52
|
Aging, brain disease, and reserve: implications for delirium.
|
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry
|
2010
|
1.20
|
|
53
|
Calibration and validation of an innovative approach for estimating general cognitive performance.
|
Neuroepidemiology
|
2014
|
1.19
|
|
54
|
Prevalence and correlates of perceived societal racism in older African-American adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2005
|
1.16
|
|
55
|
After adoption: sustaining the innovation. A case study of disseminating the hospital elder life program.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2005
|
1.14
|
|
56
|
Maximizing clinical research participation in vulnerable older persons: identification of barriers and motivators.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2008
|
1.13
|
|
57
|
Phenomenological subtypes of delirium in older persons: patterns, prevalence, and prognosis.
|
Psychosomatics
|
2009
|
1.13
|
|
58
|
Translating research into clinical practice: making change happen.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2004
|
1.12
|
|
59
|
Recognizing delirium superimposed on dementia: assessing nurses' knowledge using case vignettes.
|
J Gerontol Nurs
|
2007
|
1.12
|
|
60
|
Development and validation of a brief cognitive assessment tool: the sweet 16.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2010
|
1.08
|
|
61
|
Does educational attainment contribute to risk for delirium? A potential role for cognitive reserve.
|
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
|
2006
|
1.07
|
|
62
|
Parallel but not equivalent: challenges and solutions for repeated assessment of cognition over time.
|
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol
|
2012
|
1.07
|
|
63
|
Depressive symptoms and the risk of incident delirium in older hospitalized adults.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2007
|
1.06
|
|
64
|
The ironic business case for chronic care in the acute care setting.
|
Health Aff (Millwood)
|
2009
|
1.05
|
|
65
|
Tools to detect delirium superimposed on dementia: a systematic review.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2012
|
1.03
|
|
66
|
The role of neuroimaging in elucidating delirium pathophysiology.
|
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
|
2006
|
1.02
|
|
67
|
Selecting optimal screening items for delirium: an application of item response theory.
|
BMC Med Res Methodol
|
2013
|
1.02
|
|
68
|
Achieving goals in geriatric assessment: role of caregiver agreement and adherence to recommendations.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2004
|
1.01
|
|
69
|
Quality improvement and cost savings with multicomponent delirium interventions: replication of the Hospital Elder Life Program in a community hospital.
|
Psychosomatics
|
2013
|
1.00
|
|
70
|
Vulnerability: the crossroads of frailty and delirium.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2011
|
1.00
|
|
71
|
Barriers and facilitators to implementing delirium rounds in a clinical trial across three diverse hospital settings.
|
Clin Nurs Res
|
2013
|
0.98
|
|
72
|
Beyond grand rounds: a comprehensive and sequential intervention to improve identification of delirium.
|
Gerontologist
|
2010
|
0.98
|
|
73
|
Cognitive impairment in the intensive care unit.
|
Clin Chest Med
|
2003
|
0.96
|
|
74
|
Feasibility of family participation in a delirium prevention program for hospitalized older adults.
|
J Gerontol Nurs
|
2010
|
0.95
|
|
75
|
The effects of a targeted multicomponent delirium intervention on postdischarge outcomes for hospitalized older adults.
|
Am J Med
|
2003
|
0.91
|
|
76
|
Clinical yield of computed tomography brain scans in older general medical patients.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2006
|
0.91
|
|
77
|
Associations between caregiver-perceived delirium in patients with cancer and generalized anxiety in their caregivers.
|
J Palliat Med
|
2007
|
0.90
|
|
78
|
Rejuvenating views of the ageing process.
|
Nat Rev Genet
|
2002
|
0.89
|
|
79
|
Participation in activity and risk for incident delirium.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2008
|
0.89
|
|
80
|
Patterns of diffusion of evidence-based clinical programmes: a case study of the Hospital Elder Life Program.
|
Qual Saf Health Care
|
2006
|
0.89
|
|
81
|
Screening for delirium using family caregivers: convergent validity of the Family Confusion Assessment Method and interviewer-rated Confusion Assessment Method.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2012
|
0.88
|
|
82
|
The roles of senior management in improving hospital experiences for frail older adults.
|
J Healthc Manag
|
2006
|
0.88
|
|
83
|
Design and methods of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP), a multicomponent targeted intervention to prevent delirium in hospitalized older patients: efficacy and cost-effectiveness in Dutch health care.
|
BMC Geriatr
|
2013
|
0.88
|
|
84
|
Developing and implementing an integrated delirium prevention system of care: a theory driven, participatory research study.
|
BMC Health Serv Res
|
2013
|
0.87
|
|
85
|
Improving sedative-hypnotic prescribing in older hospitalized patients: provider-perceived benefits and barriers of a computer-based reminder.
|
J Gen Intern Med
|
2008
|
0.87
|
|
86
|
Association between acute geriatric syndromes and medication-related hospital admissions.
|
Drugs Aging
|
2012
|
0.87
|
|
87
|
Association cortex hypoperfusion in mild dementia with Lewy bodies: a potential indicator of cholinergic dysfunction?
|
Brain Imaging Behav
|
2011
|
0.85
|
|
88
|
Concordance between DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria for delirium diagnosis in a pooled database of 768 prospectively evaluated patients using the delirium rating scale-revised-98.
|
BMC Med
|
2014
|
0.85
|
|
89
|
Effects of a modified Hospital Elder Life Program on frailty in individuals undergoing major elective abdominal surgery.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2014
|
0.83
|
|
90
|
Sustaining clinical programs during difficult economic times: a case series from the Hospital Elder Life Program.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2011
|
0.82
|
|
91
|
The modified Hospital Elder Life Program: adapting a complex intervention for feasibility and scalability in a surgical setting.
|
J Gerontol Nurs
|
2014
|
0.81
|
|
92
|
NICE to HELP: operationalizing National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines to improve clinical practice.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2014
|
0.81
|
|
93
|
Cortical signatures of cognition and their relationship to Alzheimer's disease.
|
Brain Imaging Behav
|
2012
|
0.79
|
|
94
|
Educational disadvantage impairs functional recovery after hospitalization in older persons.
|
Am J Med
|
2004
|
0.77
|
|
95
|
No shortcuts for delirium prevention.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2010
|
0.77
|
|
96
|
Enhancing cognitive aging: clinical highlights of a report from the Institute of Medicine.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2015
|
0.75
|
|
97
|
Trajectory of Functional Recovery After Postoperative Delirium in Elective Surgery.
|
Ann Surg
|
2016
|
0.75
|
|
98
|
Hospital Elder Life Program in the real world: the many uses of the Hospital Elder Life Program website.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2015
|
0.75
|
|
99
|
3D-CAM.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2015
|
0.75
|
|
100
|
The Language of Delirium: Keywords for Identifying Delirium from Medical Records.
|
J Gerontol Nurs
|
2015
|
0.75
|
|
101
|
The meaning of delirium-reply.
|
JAMA Intern Med
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
102
|
Evaluation of a guided protocol for quality improvement in identifying common geriatric problems.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2002
|
0.75
|
|
103
|
Network for Investigation of Delirium Across the U.S. (NIDUS): Advancing the Field of Delirium with a New Interdisciplinary Research Network.
|
J Gerontol Nurs
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
104
|
Lifeline.
|
Lancet Neurol
|
2015
|
0.75
|