Published in Am J Respir Crit Care Med on September 01, 2005
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Evolution of mechanical ventilation in response to clinical research. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2007) 3.45
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Evolution of mortality over time in patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2013) 2.95
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Association of ICU or hospital admission with unintentional discontinuation of medications for chronic diseases. JAMA (2011) 2.67
A systematic review of the Charlson comorbidity index using Canadian administrative databases: a perspective on risk adjustment in critical care research. J Crit Care (2005) 2.62
Risk factors for extubation failure in patients following a successful spontaneous breathing trial. Chest (2006) 2.60
Medical admission order sets to improve deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis rates and other outcomes. J Hosp Med (2009) 2.49
Comparison of clinical criteria for the acute respiratory distress syndrome with autopsy findings. Ann Intern Med (2004) 2.42
A protocol for high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in adults: results from a roundtable discussion. Crit Care Med (2007) 2.38
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Integrating mortality and morbidity outcomes: using quality-adjusted life years in critical care trials. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2012) 2.15
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Recruitment maneuvers for acute lung injury: a systematic review. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2008) 1.91
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Organ donation after death in Ontario: a population-based cohort study. CMAJ (2013) 1.79
High-dose renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care Med (2010) 1.77
Determination of neurologic prognosis and clinical decision making in adult patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a survey of Canadian intensivists, neurosurgeons, and neurologists. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.72
Mortality associated with withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy for patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a Canadian multicentre cohort study. CMAJ (2011) 1.72
Management and outcome of mechanically ventilated neurologic patients. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.71
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High-frequency oscillation in adults: a utilization review. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.55
Early and small changes in serum creatinine concentrations are associated with mortality in mechanically ventilated patients. Shock (2010) 1.54
Knowledge translation interventions for critically ill patients: a systematic review*. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.53
Effect of a nursing-implemented sedation protocol on weaning outcome. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.52
Improving use of targeted temperature management after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial. Crit Care Med (2015) 1.52
Discordance between perception and treatment practices associated with intensive care unit-acquired bacteriuria and funguria: a Canadian physician survey. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.48
Analgesic, sedative, antipsychotic, and neuromuscular blocker use in Canadian intensive care units: a prospective, multicentre, observational study. Can J Anaesth (2014) 1.47
Scarcity: the context of rationing in an Ontario ICU. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.47
Targeted temperature management processes and outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: an observational cohort study*. Crit Care Med (2014) 1.43
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Economic evaluation of decompressive craniectomy versus barbiturate coma for refractory intracranial hypertension following traumatic brain injury. Crit Care Med (2014) 1.42
Coenrollment in a randomized trial of high-frequency oscillation: prevalence, patterns, predictors, and outcomes*. Crit Care Med (2015) 1.41
Outcomes of interfacility critical care adult patient transport: a systematic review. Crit Care (2006) 1.40
"It's Parallel Universes": An Analysis of Communication Between Surgeons and Intensivists. Crit Care Med (2015) 1.40
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The use of wireless e-mail to improve healthcare team communication. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2009) 1.39
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Hemofiltration compared to hemodialysis for acute kidney injury: systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care (2012) 1.28
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Tracheostomy timing in traumatic brain injury: a propensity-matched cohort study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2014) 1.22
An official American Thoracic Society policy statement: pay-for-performance in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2010) 1.20
Critical care trainees' career goals and needs: A Canadian survey. Can Respir J (2014) 1.18
Complications from recruitment maneuvers in patients with acute lung injury: secondary analysis from the lung open ventilation study. Respir Care (2012) 1.16
Risk of chronic dialysis and death following acute kidney injury. Am J Med (2012) 1.12
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Routine chest x-rays in intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care (2012) 1.11
Predictors of adopting therapeutic hypothermia for post-cardiac arrest patients among Canadian emergency and critical care physicians. Resuscitation (2009) 1.11
Clinical factors associated with initiation of renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury-a prospective multicenter observational study. J Crit Care (2011) 1.08
The hemodynamic tolerability and feasibility of sustained low efficiency dialysis in the management of critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. BMC Nephrol (2010) 1.07
Epidemiology of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Semin Respir Crit Care Med (2006) 1.07
Utility and safety of draining pleural effusions in mechanically ventilated patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care (2011) 1.02
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Timing the initiation of renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury in Canadian intensive care units: a multicentre observational study. Can J Anaesth (2012) 0.98
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Clinical review: Acute respiratory distress syndrome - clinical ventilator management and adjunct therapy. Crit Care (2013) 0.96
Validation of an insulin infusion nomogram for intensive glucose control in critically ill patients. Pharmacotherapy (2005) 0.96
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Drotrecogin alfa (activated) in severe sepsis. N Engl J Med (2006) 0.93
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Mechanical ventilation: quo vadis? Intensive Care Med (2009) 0.90
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