Published in Crit Care Med on July 01, 2004
Development of a triage protocol for critical care during an influenza pandemic. CMAJ (2006) 2.78
Variation in use of intensive care for adults with diabetic ketoacidosis*. Crit Care Med (2012) 2.24
ICU occupancy and mechanical ventilator use in the United States. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.87
Using simulation to isolate physician variation in intensive care unit admission decision making for critically ill elders with end-stage cancer: a pilot feasibility study. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.81
Intensive care of the cancer patient: recent achievements and remaining challenges. Ann Intensive Care (2011) 1.77
Survival after liver transplantation in the United Kingdom and Ireland compared with the United States. Gut (2007) 1.51
SAPS 3 score as a predictive factor for postoperative referral to intensive care unit. Ann Intensive Care (2016) 1.38
Development, implementation, and impact of an automated early warning and response system for sepsis. J Hosp Med (2014) 1.37
The ethics and reality of rationing in medicine. Chest (2011) 1.24
Is there a Starling curve for intensive care? Chest (2012) 1.23
Clinical review: International comparisons in critical care - lessons learned. Crit Care (2012) 1.16
Implications of ICU triage decisions on patient mortality: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Crit Care (2011) 1.14
Functional assessment of older patients in the emergency department: comparison between standard instruments, medical records and physicians' perceptions. BMC Geriatr (2006) 1.00
Severe sepsis and septic shock in the elderly: An overview. World J Crit Care Med (2012) 0.91
Differences in access to coronary care unit among patients with acute myocardial infarction in Rome: old, ill, and poor people hold the burden of inefficiency. BMC Health Serv Res (2004) 0.91
Suboptimal care and maternal mortality among foreign-born women in Sweden: maternal death audit with application of the 'migration three delays' model. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 0.91
Prolonging life and delaying death: the role of physicians in the context of limited intensive care resources. Philos Ethics Humanit Med (2009) 0.88
Outcomes of direct and indirect medical intensive care unit admissions from the emergency department of an acute care hospital: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open (2014) 0.86
A costly separation between withdrawing and withholding treatment in intensive care. Bioethics (2012) 0.86
Nursing workload in public and private intensive care units. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva (2013) 0.86
Mortality and denial of admission to an intensive care unit. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2012) 0.84
Does space make waste? The influence of ICU bed capacity on admission decisions. Crit Care (2013) 0.84
Intensive care units with low versus high volume of myocardial infarction: clinical outcomes, resource utilization, and quality metrics. J Am Heart Assoc (2015) 0.83
Patient Admission Preferences and Perceptions. West J Emerg Med (2015) 0.81
Development of an algorithm to aid triage decisions for intensive care unit admission: a clinical vignette and retrospective cohort study. Crit Care (2016) 0.81
Principles and reality of proton therapy treatment allocation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2014) 0.81
Trends in Outcomes for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest by Age in Japan: An Observational Study. Medicine (Baltimore) (2015) 0.80
Social living mitigates the costs of a chronic illness in a cooperative carnivore. Ecol Lett (2015) 0.80
Association between age and use of intensive care among surgical Medicare beneficiaries. J Crit Care (2013) 0.80
Relationship between ICU bed availability, ICU readmission, and cardiac arrest in the general wards. Crit Care Med (2014) 0.79
Factors influencing triage decisions in patients referred for ICU admission. J Clin Med Res (2013) 0.79
Potentially ineffective care: time for earnest reexamination. Crit Care Res Pract (2014) 0.78
Why do nonsurvivors from community-acquired pneumonia not receive ventilatory support? Lung (2013) 0.77
Access to critical care: medical rationing of a public right or privilege? Crit Care Med (2004) 0.77
Characteristics, management and outcomes of critically ill patients who are 80 years and older: a retrospective comparative cohort study. BMC Anesthesiol (2014) 0.77
System-level planning, coordination, and communication: care of the critically ill and injured during pandemics and disasters: CHEST consensus statement. Chest (2014) 0.77
Climate and cultural aspects in intensive care units. Crit Care (2011) 0.77
Critical care capacity in Canada: results of a national cross-sectional study. Crit Care (2015) 0.76
Preoperative prognostic factors for severe diffuse secondary peritonitis: a retrospective study. Langenbecks Arch Surg (2016) 0.76
Long-term outcomes and healthcare utilization following critical illness - a population-based study. Crit Care (2016) 0.75
Patient outcomes vs. service workload: an analysis of outcomes in the burn service of England and Wales. BMC Health Serv Res (2015) 0.75
Age, risk, and life expectancy in Norwegian intensive care: a registry-based population modelling study. PLoS One (2015) 0.75
The dilemma of good clinical practice in the study of compromised standards of care. Crit Care (2010) 0.75
Prioritization strategies for patient evacuations. Health Care Manag Sci (2013) 0.75
Factors potentially associated with the decision of admission to the intensive care unit in a middle-income country: a survey of Brazilian physicians. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva (2017) 0.75
Optimal control of ICU patient discharge: from theory to implementation. Health Care Manag Sci (2015) 0.75
Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2012. Crit Care Med (2013) 39.56
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008. Crit Care Med (2008) 31.57
Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock. Crit Care Med (2004) 24.47
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock, 2012. Intensive Care Med (2013) 17.37
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
Randomized trials stopped early for benefit: a systematic review. JAMA (2005) 8.43
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008. Intensive Care Med (2007) 8.33
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
Improvement in process of care and outcome after a multicenter severe sepsis educational program in Spain. JAMA (2008) 6.29
Intensive insulin therapy and mortality among critically ill patients: a meta-analysis including NICE-SUGAR study data. CMAJ (2009) 6.27
Stopping randomized trials early for benefit and estimation of treatment effects: systematic review and meta-regression analysis. JAMA (2010) 5.90
Empiric antibiotic treatment reduces mortality in severe sepsis and septic shock from the first hour: results from a guideline-based performance improvement program. Crit Care Med (2014) 5.70
Comparison of mortality between private for-profit and private not-for-profit hemodialysis centers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA (2002) 5.57
Who should receive life support during a public health emergency? Using ethical principles to improve allocation decisions. Ann Intern Med (2009) 5.35
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
The CRIT Study: Anemia and blood transfusion in the critically ill--current clinical practice in the United States. Crit Care Med (2004) 5.23
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
Efficacy of recombinant human erythropoietin in critically ill patients: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA (2002) 4.09
Fluid resuscitation in sepsis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med (2014) 3.96
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
Failure to engage hospitalized elderly patients and their families in advance care planning. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 3.77
Lactate measurements in sepsis-induced tissue hypoperfusion: results from the Surviving Sepsis Campaign database. Crit Care Med (2015) 3.55
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
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
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
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
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
Oral decontamination for prevention of pneumonia in mechanically ventilated adults: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ (2007) 2.44
Quality indicators for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2003) 2.42
An international survey: Public awareness and perception of sepsis. Crit Care Med (2009) 2.40
Surrogate decision-makers' perspectives on discussing prognosis in the face of uncertainty. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2008) 2.40
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
Written informed consent and selection bias in observational studies using medical records: systematic review. BMJ (2009) 2.27
A systematic review of studies comparing health outcomes in Canada and the United States. Open Med (2007) 2.26
Dying in the ICU: perspectives of family members. Chest (2003) 2.25
"It's not just what the doctor tells me:" factors that influence surrogate decision-makers' perceptions of prognosis. Crit Care Med (2010) 2.25
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
Integrating mortality and morbidity outcomes: using quality-adjusted life years in critical care trials. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2012) 2.15
Use of GRADE grid to reach decisions on clinical practice guidelines when consensus is elusive. BMJ (2008) 2.15
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
Randomized, controlled clinical trials in sepsis: has methodological quality improved over time? Crit Care Med (2002) 2.10
Decision-making in the ICU: perspectives of the substitute decision-maker. Intensive Care Med (2002) 2.09
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
Chronic disorders of consciousness following coma: Part one: medical issues. Chest (2013) 1.98
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
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
Comparing clinician ratings of the quality of palliative care in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.81
Effectiveness of treatments for severe sepsis: a prospective, multicenter, observational study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2009) 1.80
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
Physicians should administer low-dose corticosteroids selectively to septic patients until an ongoing trial is completed. Ann Intern Med (2004) 1.76
Advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: innovative approaches to palliation. J Palliat Med (2007) 1.74
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
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