Published in Surg Infect (Larchmt) on January 01, 2004
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Design, conduct, analysis and reporting of a multi-national placebo-controlled trial of activated protein C for persistent septic shock. Intensive Care Med (2008) 4.21
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Making the case for a paradigm shift in trauma surgery. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 3.42
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Early antibiotic treatment for severe acute necrotizing pancreatitis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Ann Surg (2007) 2.55
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Outcomes for lung transplantation for lung cancer in the United Network for Organ Sharing Registry. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.99
Surgical Infection Society guideline: prophylactic antibiotic use in open fractures: an evidence-based guideline. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2006) 1.85
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Traumatic lumbar hernia: report of cases and comprehensive review of the literature. J Trauma (2004) 1.79
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Impact of hospital volume of thoracoscopic lobectomy on primary lung cancer outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 1.59
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Practice management guidelines for geriatric trauma: the EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group. J Trauma (2003) 1.55
Acute acalculous cholecystitis. Curr Gastroenterol Rep (2003) 1.53
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The position of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma on the future of trauma surgery. J Trauma (2005) 1.52
Knockdown of secretory phospholipase A2 IIa reduces lung cancer growth in vitro and in vivo. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 1.49
Variation in lymph node examination after esophagectomy for cancer in the United States. Arch Surg (2012) 1.46
Cytokine expression profile in human lungs undergoing normothermic ex-vivo lung perfusion. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 1.44
Strategies in the prevention and management of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Am Surg (2007) 1.43
Superior mesenteric artery syndrome presenting with acute massive gastric dilatation, gastric wall pneumatosis, and portal venous gas. Surgery (2003) 1.41
Universal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in surgical patients. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 1.38
Influence of antibiotic therapy on mortality of critical surgical illness caused or complicated by infection. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2005) 1.35
Defining the current negative appendectomy rate: for whom is preoperative computed tomography making an impact? Surgery (2008) 1.25
Causes and consequences of fever complicating critical surgical illness. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2004) 1.23
Stereotactic body radiotherapy for central lung tumors. J Thorac Oncol (2012) 1.18
Structure of surgical critical care and trauma fellowships. Crit Care Med (2006) 1.14
Duodenocaval fistula: a late complication of retroperitoneal irradiation and vena cava replacement. Ann Vasc Surg (2004) 1.13
The contemporary approach to the care of Jehovah's witnesses. J Trauma (2008) 1.12
Accuracy of short-duration creatinine clearance determinations in predicting 24-hour creatinine clearance in critically ill and injured patients. J Trauma (2002) 1.11
Degree of anticoagulation, but not warfarin use itself, predicts adverse outcomes after traumatic brain injury in elderly trauma patients. J Trauma (2007) 1.09
An analysis, systematic review, and meta-analysis of the perioperative mortality after neoadjuvant therapy and pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 1.08
Attenuation of spinal cord ischemia and reperfusion injury by erythropoietin. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 1.08
Thoracoscopic lobectomy and segmentectomy for infectious lung disease. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.07
Toll-like receptor 4-dependent microglial activation mediates spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury. Circulation (2013) 1.07
Insurance status, but not race, predicts perforation in adult patients with acute appendicitis. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 1.07
Treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2009) 1.06
Update on cardiothoracic surgery resident job opportunities. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 1.04
Carnosol inhibits beta-catenin tyrosine phosphorylation and prevents adenoma formation in the C57BL/6J/Min/+ (Min/+) mouse. Cancer Res (2005) 1.04
The effect of an intermediate care unit on the demographics and outcomes of a surgical intensive care unit population. Arch Surg (2004) 1.04
Lung cancer cell invasion and expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) are attenuated by secretory phospholipase A₂ inhibition. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 1.03
The evolution of chemokine release supports a bimodal mechanism of spinal cord ischemia and reperfusion injury. Circulation (2012) 1.03
Clinical practice guideline: endpoints of resuscitation. J Trauma (2004) 1.03
Diagnosis and management of iron-related anemias in critical illness. Crit Care Med (2006) 1.01
"All in" for a huge pot: the PROWESS-SHOCK trial for refractory septic shock. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2007) 1.00
Sex differences in creation of do-not-resuscitate orders for critically ill elderly patients following emergency surgery. J Trauma (2006) 0.99
Neutropenic enterocolitis. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2009) 0.98
Longitudinal outcomes of intra-abdominal infection complicated by critical illness. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2004) 0.98
Notch1 promotes the pro-osteogenic response of human aortic valve interstitial cells via modulation of ERK1/2 and nuclear factor-κB activation. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (2013) 0.98
Clinical practice guideline: red blood cell transfusion in adult trauma and critical care. J Trauma (2009) 0.97
Factors affecting management and outcome in blunt renal injury. World J Surg (2002) 0.96
Long-term survival after lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer with circulatory bypass: a systematic review. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 0.95
Lady Windermere revisited: treatment with thoracoscopic lobectomy/segmentectomy for right middle lobe and lingular bronchiectasis associated with non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2011) 0.95
Ileocecal valve lipoma with refractory hemorrhage. JSLS (2009) 0.95
Use of meropenem by continuous infusion to treat a patient with a Bla(kpc-2)-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae blood stream infection. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2011) 0.93
Cefepime dosing in the morbidly obese patient population. Obes Surg (2012) 0.93
Details and difficulties regarding the new lung cancer staging system. Chest (2010) 0.92
Pitfalls of implementing acute care surgery. J Trauma (2007) 0.92
The relationships of hypocholesterolemia to cytokine concentrations and mortality in critically ill patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2004) 0.92
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of effects of enteral iron supplementation on anemia and risk of infection during surgical critical illness. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2009) 0.91
Intra-abdominal infections. Curr Opin Crit Care (2007) 0.91
Anatomic lung resection for nontuberculous mycobacterial disease. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 0.90
Proapoptotic Bax is hyperexpressed in isolated human islets compared with antiapoptotic Bcl-2. Transplantation (2002) 0.90
The changing face of Staphylococcus aureus: a continuing surgical challenge. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2011) 0.90
Bolstering the case for lobectomy in stages I, II, and IIIA small-cell lung cancer using the National Cancer Data Base. J Thorac Oncol (2015) 0.90
Enforced c-REL deficiency prolongs survival of islet allografts1. Transplantation (2002) 0.89
Stenotic aortic valves have dysfunctional mechanisms of anti-inflammation: implications for aortic stenosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 0.89
Iron and the risk of infection. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2005) 0.89
Statin therapy attenuates growth and malignant potential of human esophageal adenocarcinoma cells. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 0.89
Differing risk factors for incisional and organ/space surgical site infections following abdominal colorectal surgery. Dis Colon Rectum (2011) 0.88
Developing quality measures for sepsis care in the ICU. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2007) 0.88
International integrated database for the evaluation of severe sepsis and drotrecogin alfa (activated) therapy: analysis of efficacy and safety data in a large surgical cohort. Surgery (2007) 0.88
Modulation of growth in human esophageal adenocarcinoma cells by group IIa secretory phospholipase A(2). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 0.88
Surgical site infections. Surg Clin North Am (2005) 0.88
Serum bicarbonate concentration correlates with arterial base deficit in critically ill patients. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2003) 0.87
Minimally invasive oesophagectomy more expensive than open despite shorter length of stay. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 0.87