Published in J Crit Care on June 01, 2004
Using the medical record to evaluate the quality of end-of-life care in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2008) 2.16
Improving comfort and communication in the ICU: a practical new tool for palliative care performance measurement and feedback. Qual Saf Health Care (2006) 1.62
CAESAR: a new tool to assess relatives' experience of dying and death in the ICU. Intensive Care Med (2016) 0.92
A classification of errors in lay comprehension of medical documents. J Biomed Inform (2012) 0.89
Policies to improve end-of-life decisions in Flemish hospitals: communication, training of health care providers and use of quality assessments. BMC Palliat Care (2009) 0.80
Awareness and use of recommendations for withholding and withdrawing therapy in Austrian intensive care units. Wien Med Wochenschr (2010) 0.75
A communication strategy and brochure for relatives of patients dying in the ICU. N Engl J Med (2007) 10.13
Association between critical care physician management and patient mortality in the intensive care unit. Ann Intern Med (2008) 9.21
Withdrawal of mechanical ventilation in anticipation of death in the intensive care unit. N Engl J Med (2003) 7.32
Views of US physicians about controlling health care costs. JAMA (2013) 6.36
Who should receive life support during a public health emergency? Using ethical principles to improve allocation decisions. Ann Intern Med (2009) 5.35
Does ethics education influence the moral action of practicing nurses and social workers? Am J Bioeth (2008) 4.92
Association between acute care and critical illness hospitalization and cognitive function in older adults. JAMA (2010) 4.36
Epidemiologic study of in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the elderly. N Engl J Med (2009) 4.23
Clinical practice guidelines for support of the family in the patient-centered intensive care unit: American College of Critical Care Medicine Task Force 2004-2005. Crit Care Med (2007) 4.14
An official American Thoracic Society clinical policy statement: palliative care for patients with respiratory diseases and critical illnesses. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2008) 3.98
Clinical implementation of the ARDS network protocol is associated with reduced hospital mortality compared with historical controls. Crit Care Med (2005) 3.86
Recommendations for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: a consensus statement by the American College [corrected] of Critical Care Medicine. Crit Care Med (2008) 3.85
Expanding the paradigm of the physician's role in surrogate decision-making: an empirically derived framework. Crit Care Med (2010) 3.54
Enhancing patient-centered communication and collaboration by using the electronic health record in the examination room. JAMA (2013) 3.44
Prophylactic heparin in patients with severe sepsis treated with drotrecogin alfa (activated). Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2007) 3.34
Family satisfaction with family conferences about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: increased proportion of family speech is associated with increased satisfaction. Crit Care Med (2004) 3.18
Intensive care unit quality improvement: a "how-to" guide for the interdisciplinary team. Crit Care Med (2006) 3.15
Clinician statements and family satisfaction with family conferences in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2006) 3.08
Prognostication during physician-family discussions about limiting life support in intensive care units. Crit Care Med (2007) 2.96
Rationing critical care beds: a systematic review. Crit Care Med (2004) 2.86
An Official ATS/AACN/ACCP/ESICM/SCCM Policy Statement: Responding to Requests for Potentially Inappropriate Treatments in Intensive Care Units. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2015) 2.86
Time to revise the approach to determining cardiopulmonary resuscitation status. JAMA (2012) 2.75
Quality of dying in the ICU: is it worse for patients admitted from the hospital ward compared to those admitted from the emergency department? Intensive Care Med (2014) 2.71
Clinician predictions of intensive care unit mortality. Crit Care Med (2004) 2.65
The uncommon case of Jahi McMath. Chest (2015) 2.65
End-of-life care for the critically ill: A national intensive care unit survey. Crit Care Med (2006) 2.61
Decisions to limit life-sustaining treatment for critically ill patients who lack both decision-making capacity and surrogate decision-makers. Crit Care Med (2006) 2.61
Toward shared decision making at the end of life in intensive care units: opportunities for improvement. Arch Intern Med (2007) 2.56
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
Models for structuring a clinical initiative to enhance palliative care in the intensive care unit: a report from the IPAL-ICU Project (Improving Palliative Care in the ICU). Crit Care Med (2010) 2.49
Seeking worldwide professional consensus on the principles of end-of-life care for the critically ill. The Consensus for Worldwide End-of-Life Practice for Patients in Intensive Care Units (WELPICUS) study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2014) 2.46
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
Quality indicators for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2003) 2.42
Evaluation of a standardized order form for the withdrawal of life support in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2004) 2.42
Surrogate decision-makers' perspectives on discussing prognosis in the face of uncertainty. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2008) 2.40
Refinement, scoring, and validation of the Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit (FS-ICU) survey. Crit Care Med (2007) 2.34
Beyond mortality: future clinical research in acute lung injury. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2010) 2.28
A phase II randomized placebo-controlled trial of omega-3 fatty acids for the treatment of acute lung injury. Crit Care Med (2011) 2.27
A national survey of U.S. internists' experiences with ethical dilemmas and ethics consultation. J Gen Intern Med (2004) 2.27
"It's not just what the doctor tells me:" factors that influence surrogate decision-makers' perceptions of prognosis. Crit Care Med (2010) 2.25
Developing a new, national approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated events*. Crit Care Med (2013) 2.24
Barriers and facilitators to end-of-life care communication for patients with COPD. Chest (2005) 2.23
Examining the ethics of clinical use of unproven interventions outside of clinical trials during the Ebola epidemic. Am J Bioeth (2015) 2.20
Hemodynamic monitoring in shock and implications for management. International Consensus Conference, Paris, France, 27-28 April 2006. Intensive Care Med (2007) 2.18
Using the medical record to evaluate the quality of end-of-life care in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2008) 2.16
Management of the critically ill patient with severe acute pancreatitis. Crit Care Med (2004) 2.16
Intensive care of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients during the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2002) 2.12
Family satisfaction in the ICU: differences between families of survivors and nonsurvivors. Chest (2007) 2.08
An official American Thoracic Society workshop report: assessment and palliative management of dyspnea crisis. Ann Am Thorac Soc (2013) 2.08
Abandonment at the end of life from patient, caregiver, nurse, and physician perspectives: loss of continuity and lack of closure. Arch Intern Med (2009) 2.03
Point: the ethics of unilateral "do not resuscitate" orders: the role of "informed assent". Chest (2007) 2.02
The pulmonary artery catheter: in medio virtus. Crit Care Med (2008) 2.01
Chronic disorders of consciousness following coma: Part one: medical issues. Chest (2013) 1.98
Choosing and using screening criteria for palliative care consultation in the ICU: a report from the Improving Palliative Care in the ICU (IPAL-ICU) Advisory Board. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.97
Effectiveness of screening examinations to detect unrecognized exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. J Pediatr (2002) 1.96
Using quality of life to predict hospitalization and mortality in patients with obstructive lung diseases. Chest (2002) 1.83
Medicine residents' self-perceived competence in end-of-life care. Acad Med (2009) 1.82
Comparing clinician ratings of the quality of palliative care in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.81
Integrating palliative care for liver transplant candidates: "too well for transplant, too sick for life". JAMA (2006) 1.80
Establishing an evidence base for physician-family communication and shared decision making in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2006) 1.80
Probing the paradox of patients' satisfaction with inadequate pain management. J Pain Symptom Manage (2002) 1.80
Determinants of medical students' perceived preparation to perform end-of-life care, quality of end-of-life care education, and attitudes toward end-of-life care. J Palliat Med (2010) 1.79
Measuring and improving the quality of dying and death. Ann Intern Med (2003) 1.78
Inhaled corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and risk of death and hospitalization: time-dependent analysis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2003) 1.77
Factors associated with nurse assessment of the quality of dying and death in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2004) 1.77
Association of depression and life-sustaining treatment preferences in patients with COPD. Chest (2005) 1.77
Physicians should administer low-dose corticosteroids selectively to septic patients until an ongoing trial is completed. Ann Intern Med (2004) 1.76
Predictors of symptoms of posttraumatic stress and depression in family members after patient death in the ICU. Chest (2009) 1.74
Ethical climate, ethics stress, and the job satisfaction of nurses and social workers in the United States. Soc Sci Med (2007) 1.72
Hospital variation and temporal trends in palliative and end-of-life care in the ICU. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.70
Estimating the effect of palliative care interventions and advance care planning on ICU utilization: a systematic review. Crit Care Med (2015) 1.68
Families with limited English proficiency receive less information and support in interpreted intensive care unit family conferences. Crit Care Med (2009) 1.68
A framework for rationing by clinical judgment. Kennedy Inst Ethics J (2007) 1.67
A scenario-based, randomized trial of patient values and functional prognosis on intensivist intent to discuss withdrawing life support. Crit Care Med (2014) 1.66
Spiritual care of families in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2007) 1.62
Withdrawing life support and resolution of conflict with families. BMJ (2002) 1.62
Recommendations for informed consent forms for critical care clinical trials. Crit Care Med (2005) 1.60
Development of an e-mail database of US intensive care physicians. J Crit Care (2007) 1.58
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
A phase 2 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the safety and efficacy of talactoferrin in patients with severe sepsis. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.58
Prevalence and determinants of physician bedside rationing: data from Europe. J Gen Intern Med (2006) 1.57
Difficult conversations: improving communication skills and relational abilities in health care. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2009) 1.56
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign bundles and outcome: results from the International Multicentre Prevalence Study on Sepsis (the IMPreSS study). Intensive Care Med (2015) 1.55
Hope, truth, and preparing for death: perspectives of surrogate decision makers. Ann Intern Med (2008) 1.54
Quality of dying and death in two medical ICUs: perceptions of family and clinicians. Chest (2005) 1.53
Choosing Healthplans All Together: a deliberative exercise for allocating limited health care resources. J Health Polit Policy Law (2005) 1.53
Integrating Palliative Care Into the Care of Neurocritically Ill Patients: A Report From the Improving Palliative Care in the ICU Project Advisory Board and the Center to Advance Palliative Care. Crit Care Med (2015) 1.50
The association of spiritual care providers' activities with family members' satisfaction with care after a death in the ICU*. Crit Care Med (2014) 1.49
Will insured citizens give up benefit coverage to include the uninsured? J Gen Intern Med (2004) 1.49