Published in Intensive Care Med on July 01, 2005
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A trial of intraoperative low-tidal-volume ventilation in abdominal surgery. N Engl J Med (2013) 6.91
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Intra-aortic balloon pump effects on macrocirculation and microcirculation in cardiogenic shock patients supported by venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation*. Crit Care Med (2014) 3.99
An international prospective study of pneumococcal bacteremia: correlation with in vitro resistance, antibiotics administered, and clinical outcome. Clin Infect Dis (2003) 3.93
The PRESERVE mortality risk score and analysis of long-term outcomes after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. Intensive Care Med (2013) 3.70
Combination antibiotic therapy lowers mortality among severely ill patients with pneumococcal bacteremia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2004) 3.49
Half the family members of intensive care unit patients do not want to share in the decision-making process: a study in 78 French intensive care units. Crit Care Med (2004) 3.31
Outcomes and long-term quality-of-life of patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory cardiogenic shock. Crit Care Med (2008) 3.14
Epidemiology, management, and risk factors for death of invasive Candida infections in critical care: a multicenter, prospective, observational study in France (2005-2006). Crit Care Med (2009) 3.07
Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for refractory cardiovascular dysfunction during severe bacterial septic shock. Crit Care Med (2013) 3.00
Impact of intra-arrest therapeutic hypothermia in outcomes of prehospital cardiac arrest: a randomized controlled trial. Intensive Care Med (2014) 2.89
Early tracheotomy versus prolonged endotracheal intubation in unselected severely ill ICU patients. Intensive Care Med (2008) 2.57
Discrepancies between perceptions by physicians and nursing staff of intensive care unit end-of-life decisions. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2003) 2.57
Systemic antifungal therapy in critically ill patients without invasive fungal infection*. Crit Care Med (2012) 2.55
Mortality among patients admitted to intensive care units during weekday day shifts compared with "off" hours. Crit Care Med (2007) 2.53
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
Blood oxygenation and decarboxylation determinants during venovenous ECMO for respiratory failure in adults. Intensive Care Med (2013) 2.51
Predictors of intensive care unit refusal in French intensive care units: a multiple-center study. Crit Care Med (2005) 2.40
Large-scale population structure of human commensal Escherichia coli isolates. Appl Environ Microbiol (2004) 2.29
Herpes simplex virus lung infection in patients undergoing prolonged mechanical ventilation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2007) 2.27
Important questions asked by family members of intensive care unit patients. Crit Care Med (2011) 2.22
Procalcitonin kinetics as a prognostic marker of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2004) 2.18
Morbidity, mortality, and quality-of-life outcomes of patients requiring >or=14 days of mechanical ventilation. Crit Care Med (2003) 2.13
Trends in human fecal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamases in the community: toward the globalization of CTX-M. Clin Microbiol Rev (2013) 2.12
Prevalence and factors of intensive care unit conflicts: the conflicus study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2009) 2.08
Adverse effect on a referral intensive care unit's performance of accepting patients transferred from another intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2005) 2.07
Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in home care settings: prevalence, duration, and transmission to household members. Arch Intern Med (2009) 2.07
Impact of tracheotomy on sedative administration, sedation level, and comfort of mechanically ventilated intensive care unit patients. Crit Care Med (2005) 2.04
Long-term impact of a multifaceted prevention program on ventilator-associated pneumonia in a medical intensive care unit. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 2.00
Outcomes, long-term quality of life, and psychologic assessment of fulminant myocarditis patients rescued by mechanical circulatory support. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.98
Gender impact on the outcomes of critically ill patients with nosocomial infections. Crit Care Med (2009) 1.96
Antimicrobial resistance in commensal flora of pig farmers. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 1.95
Is tracheostomy associated with better outcomes for patients requiring long-term mechanical ventilation? Crit Care Med (2007) 1.93
Are host genetics the predominant determinant of persistent nasal Staphylococcus aureus carriage in humans? J Infect Dis (2010) 1.92
Curbing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 38 French hospitals through a 15-year institutional control program. Arch Intern Med (2010) 1.91
Disease-free survival as a surrogate for overall survival in adjuvant trials of gastric cancer: a meta-analysis. J Natl Cancer Inst (2013) 1.90
Early identification of patients at risk for difficult intubation in the intensive care unit: development and validation of the MACOCHA score in a multicenter cohort study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2013) 1.90
Control and outcome of a large outbreak of colonization and infection with glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in an intensive care unit. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 1.90
Acquisition of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients in intensive care units: role of antibiotics with antipseudomonal activity. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 1.89
Tracheostomy does not improve the outcome of patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation: a propensity analysis. Crit Care Med (2007) 1.87
Endovascular treatment of malignant superior vena cava syndrome: results and predictive factors of clinical efficacy. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol (2011) 1.86
Severe imported falciparum malaria: a cohort study in 400 critically ill adults. PLoS One (2010) 1.86
Heterogeneity in the definition of dose-limiting toxicity in phase I cancer clinical trials of molecularly targeted agents: a review of the literature. Eur J Cancer (2011) 1.85
High frequency of mutator strains among human uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates. J Bacteriol (2002) 1.85
Can yeast isolation in peritoneal fluid be predicted in intensive care unit patients with peritonitis? Crit Care Med (2003) 1.84
Neurologic complications and outcomes of infective endocarditis in critically ill patients: the ENDOcardite en REAnimation prospective multicenter study. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.82
Recombinant human activated protein C for adults with septic shock: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2013) 1.81
Long-term adherence with non-invasive ventilation improves prognosis in obese COPD patients. Respirology (2014) 1.81
Microbial epidemiology and outcome of bloodstream infections in liver transplant recipients: an analysis of 259 episodes. Liver Transpl (2010) 1.81
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory failure: trends in use and outcomes. Intensive Care Med (2014) 1.80
Ectopic activation of germline and placental genes identifies aggressive metastasis-prone lung cancers. Sci Transl Med (2013) 1.79
Estimation of left ventricular systolic function by single transpulmonary thermodilution. Intensive Care Med (2004) 1.79
Impact of an intensive care unit diary on psychological distress in patients and relatives*. Crit Care Med (2012) 1.78
Incidence and outcome of polymicrobial ventilator-associated pneumonia. Chest (2002) 1.73
Impact of HAART advent on admission patterns and survival in HIV-infected patients admitted to an intensive care unit. AIDS (2004) 1.73
A multifaceted program to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia: impact on compliance with preventive measures. Crit Care Med (2010) 1.71
Use of intensive care in patients with nonresectable lung cancer. Chest (2010) 1.71
Decision-making process, outcome, and 1-year quality of life of octogenarians referred for intensive care unit admission. Intensive Care Med (2006) 1.71
Liver function abnormalities, clinical profile, and outcome in acute decompensated heart failure. Eur Heart J (2012) 1.70
Determinants of temperature abnormalities and influence on outcome of critical illness. Crit Care Med (2012) 1.69
Safety of intrahospital transport in ventilated critically ill patients: a multicenter cohort study*. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.67
Infectious risk associated with arterial catheters compared with central venous catheters. Crit Care Med (2010) 1.65
Pulmonary embolism in mechanically ventilated patients requiring computed tomography: Prevalence, risk factors, and outcome. Crit Care Med (2012) 1.62
End-of-life practices in 282 intensive care units: data from the SAPS 3 database. Intensive Care Med (2008) 1.62
Economic evaluation of chlorhexidine-impregnated sponges for preventing catheter-related infections in critically ill adults in the Dressing Study. Crit Care Med (2012) 1.61
Continual reassessment method for ordered groups. Biometrics (2003) 1.60
Diversity of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec structures in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus haemolyticus strains among outpatients from four countries. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2008) 1.59
Candida colonization of the respiratory tract and subsequent pseudomonas ventilator-associated pneumonia. Chest (2006) 1.57
Massive increase, spread, and exchange of extended spectrum β-lactamase-encoding genes among intestinal Enterobacteriaceae in hospitalized children with severe acute malnutrition in Niger. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 1.57
Effect of human vicinity on antimicrobial resistance and integrons in animal faecal Escherichia coli. J Antimicrob Chemother (2006) 1.57
CD16 promotes Escherichia coli sepsis through an FcR gamma inhibitory pathway that prevents phagocytosis and facilitates inflammation. Nat Med (2007) 1.57
Ventilator-Associated Events: Prevalence, Outcome, and Relationship With Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. Crit Care Med (2015) 1.56
The carriage population of Staphylococcus aureus from Mali is composed of a combination of pandemic clones and the divergent Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive genotype ST152. J Bacteriol (2008) 1.56
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex CRISPR genotyping: improving efficiency, throughput and discriminative power of 'spoligotyping' with new spacers and a microbead-based hybridization assay. J Med Microbiol (2009) 1.54
Breast cancer risk in relation to abortion: Results from the EPIC study. Int J Cancer (2006) 1.51
Regulation of peritoneal and systemic neutrophil-derived tumor necrosis factor-alpha release in patients with severe peritonitis: role of tumor necrosis factor-alpha converting enzyme cleavage. Crit Care Med (2005) 1.51
Non-parametric optimal design in dose finding studies. Biostatistics (2002) 1.51
Leukocyte activation: the link between inflammation and coagulation during heatstroke. A study of patients during the 2003 heat wave in Paris. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.50
Emergence of imipenem-resistant gram-negative bacilli in intestinal flora of intensive care patients. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2013) 1.49
Predicting the risk of documented ventilator-associated pneumonia for benchmarking: construction and validation of a score. Crit Care Med (2009) 1.49
Phase I trials of molecularly targeted agents: should we pay more attention to late toxicities? J Clin Oncol (2011) 1.48
Characteristics and determinants of outcome of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in intensive care units: the EUROBACT International Cohort Study. Intensive Care Med (2012) 1.47
Meta-analysis of subclavian insertion and nontunneled central venous catheter-associated infection risk reduction in critically ill adults. Crit Care Med (2012) 1.45
Ethanol lock and risk of hemodialysis catheter infection in critically ill patients. A randomized controlled trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2015) 1.44
Body mass index. An additional prognostic factor in ICU patients. Intensive Care Med (2004) 1.44
Methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci in the community: high homology of SCCmec IVa between Staphylococcus epidermidis and major clones of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Infect Dis (2010) 1.43
ICU physician-based determinants of life-sustaining therapy during nights and weekends: French multicenter study from the Outcomerea Research Group. Crit Care Med (2014) 1.41
Tumor-specific methylation in saliva: a promising biomarker for early detection of head and neck cancer recurrence. Clin Cancer Res (2007) 1.41
Clinical and autopsy diagnoses in the intensive care unit: a prospective study. Arch Intern Med (2004) 1.41
Should we still need to systematically perform catheter culture in the intensive care unit? Crit Care Med (2011) 1.40
Transcription of quorum-sensing system genes in clinical and environmental isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol (2003) 1.40
Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine 2011. II. Cardiovascular, infections, pneumonia and sepsis, critical care organization and outcome, education, ultrasonography, metabolism and coagulation. Intensive Care Med (2012) 1.39
Successful use of succinylcholine for cesarean delivery in a patient with postpolio syndrome. Anesthesiology (2007) 1.39
High prevalence of carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission in elderly patients: implications for infection control strategies. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2005) 1.38