Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
1
|
Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2012.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2013
|
39.56
|
2
|
Acute respiratory distress syndrome: the Berlin Definition.
|
JAMA
|
2012
|
21.04
|
3
|
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock, 2012.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2013
|
17.37
|
4
|
Use of intensive care at the end of life in the United States: an epidemiologic study.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2004
|
9.06
|
5
|
Hospital volume and the outcomes of mechanical ventilation.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2006
|
5.67
|
6
|
Critical care and the global burden of critical illness in adults.
|
Lancet
|
2010
|
5.55
|
7
|
Critical care's great leap forward?
|
Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
4.90
|
8
|
Cytomegalovirus reactivation in critically ill immunocompetent patients.
|
JAMA
|
2008
|
4.19
|
9
|
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
|
10
|
The myth of the workforce crisis. Why the United States does not need more intensivist physicians.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2015
|
3.43
|
11
|
Missed opportunities during family conferences about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2005
|
3.40
|
12
|
Barriers to implementing protocol-based sepsis resuscitation in the emergency department--results of a national survey.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2007
|
3.28
|
13
|
The Berlin definition of ARDS: an expanded rationale, justification, and supplementary material.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2012
|
3.18
|
14
|
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
|
15
|
Effect of a quality-improvement intervention on end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: a randomized trial.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2010
|
2.94
|
16
|
Incidence of acute lung injury in the United States.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2003
|
2.93
|
17
|
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
|
18
|
Causes and timing of death in patients with ARDS.
|
Chest
|
2005
|
2.72
|
19
|
Do intensivist staffing patterns influence hospital mortality following ICU admission? A systematic review and meta-analyses.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2013
|
2.64
|
20
|
Prioritizing the organization and management of intensive care services in the United States: the PrOMIS Conference.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2007
|
2.42
|
21
|
Evaluation of a standardized order form for the withdrawal of life support in the intensive care unit.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2004
|
2.42
|
22
|
Beyond mortality: future clinical research in acute lung injury.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2010
|
2.28
|
23
|
Predictors of hospital mortality in a population-based cohort of patients with acute lung injury.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2008
|
2.09
|
24
|
The association between body mass index and clinical outcomes in acute lung injury.
|
Chest
|
2007
|
1.96
|
25
|
Hypercapnic acidosis and mortality in acute lung injury.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
1.93
|
26
|
A multicenter mortality prediction model for patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2012
|
1.92
|
27
|
Use of intravenous infusion sedation among mechanically ventilated patients in the United States.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2009
|
1.90
|
28
|
Studying communication about end-of-life care during the ICU family conference: development of a framework.
|
J Crit Care
|
2002
|
1.90
|
29
|
Cost and incidence of social comorbidities in low-risk patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to a public hospital.
|
Chest
|
2003
|
1.82
|
30
|
Effects of leukoreduced blood on acute lung injury after trauma: a randomized controlled trial.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2008
|
1.82
|
31
|
Cost savings attributable to reductions in intensive care unit length of stay for mechanically ventilated patients.
|
Med Care
|
2008
|
1.81
|
32
|
Variations in rates of tracheostomy in the critically ill trauma patient.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
1.79
|
33
|
Physician attitudes toward regionalization of adult critical care: a national survey.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2009
|
1.79
|
34
|
Low tidal volume ventilation does not increase sedation use in patients with acute lung injury.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2005
|
1.77
|
35
|
Intensive care unit-acquired neuromyopathy and corticosteroids in survivors of persistent ARDS.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2008
|
1.76
|
36
|
Age-, sex-, and race-based differences among patients enrolled versus not enrolled in acute lung injury clinical trials.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2010
|
1.71
|
37
|
Acute respiratory distress syndrome after trauma: development and validation of a predictive model.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2012
|
1.62
|
38
|
Improving palliative care for patients in the intensive care unit.
|
J Palliat Med
|
2005
|
1.60
|
39
|
Effect of intensive care unit organizational model and structure on outcomes in patients with acute lung injury.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2007
|
1.58
|
40
|
Effect of age on the development of ARDS in trauma patients.
|
Chest
|
2003
|
1.57
|
41
|
Perceived barriers to therapeutic hypothermia for patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest: a qualitative study of emergency department and critical care workers.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2010
|
1.56
|
42
|
Long-term survival after hospitalization for community-acquired and healthcare-associated pneumonia.
|
Respiration
|
2009
|
1.54
|
43
|
Changing pattern of ventilator settings in patients without acute lung injury: changes over 11 years in a single institution.
|
Chest
|
2004
|
1.54
|
44
|
Mortality among patients admitted to strained intensive care units.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2013
|
1.53
|
45
|
Knowledge translation interventions for critically ill patients: a systematic review*.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2013
|
1.53
|
46
|
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
|
47
|
Nighttime cross-coverage is associated with decreased intensive care unit mortality. A single-center study.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2014
|
1.50
|
48
|
Proposed quality measures for palliative care in the critically ill: a consensus from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Critical Care Workgroup.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
1.48
|
49
|
Transferring critically ill patients out of hospital improves the standardized mortality ratio: a simulation study.
|
Chest
|
2007
|
1.47
|
50
|
Detecting Stenotrophomonas maltophilia does not reduce survival of patients with cystic fibrosis.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2002
|
1.46
|
51
|
Can health care costs be reduced by limiting intensive care at the end of life?
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2002
|
1.46
|
52
|
The mortality benefit of direct trauma center transport in a regional trauma system: a population-based analysis.
|
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
|
2012
|
1.46
|
53
|
Rationing in the intensive care unit.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
1.45
|
54
|
Physical rehabilitation of the critically ill trauma patient in the ICU.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2013
|
1.43
|
55
|
Acute lung injury in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage: incidence, risk factors, and outcome.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
1.40
|
56
|
"It's Parallel Universes": An Analysis of Communication Between Surgeons and Intensivists.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2015
|
1.40
|
57
|
Are intensivists safe?
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2008
|
1.35
|
58
|
Incidence and outcomes of pediatric acute lung injury.
|
Pediatrics
|
2009
|
1.34
|
59
|
Integrating palliative and critical care: description of an intervention.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
1.34
|
60
|
The effects of leukoreduced blood transfusion on infection risk following injury: a randomized controlled trial.
|
Shock
|
2006
|
1.34
|
61
|
Perceptions of cost constraints, resource limitations, and rationing in United States intensive care units: results of a national survey.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2008
|
1.23
|
62
|
Narcotic and benzodiazepine use after withdrawal of life support: association with time to death?
|
Chest
|
2004
|
1.21
|
63
|
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
|
64
|
Cost-effectiveness of implementing low-tidal volume ventilation in patients with acute lung injury.
|
Chest
|
2009
|
1.17
|
65
|
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2017
|
1.15
|
66
|
Worldwide demand for critical care.
|
Curr Opin Crit Care
|
2011
|
1.14
|
67
|
Estimating sample size in critical care clinical trials.
|
J Crit Care
|
2005
|
1.13
|
68
|
Oxygenation response to positive end-expiratory pressure predicts mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome. A secondary analysis of the LOVS and ExPress trials.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2014
|
1.11
|
69
|
The availability of clinical protocols in US teaching intensive care units.
|
J Crit Care
|
2010
|
1.10
|
70
|
Dexmedetomidine in the care of critically ill patients from 2001 to 2007: an observational cohort study.
|
Anesthesiology
|
2010
|
1.08
|
71
|
Prediction of death and prolonged mechanical ventilation in acute lung injury.
|
Crit Care
|
2007
|
1.07
|
72
|
The effect of an intensive care unit staffing model on tidal volume in patients with acute lung injury.
|
Crit Care
|
2008
|
1.06
|
73
|
The pulmonary artery catheter, 1967-2007: rest in peace?
|
JAMA
|
2007
|
1.05
|
74
|
The effect of pulmonary artery catheter use on costs and long-term outcomes of acute lung injury.
|
PLoS One
|
2011
|
1.03
|
75
|
Red blood cell transfusion and outcomes in patients with acute lung injury, sepsis and shock.
|
Crit Care
|
2011
|
1.00
|
76
|
Does the hospital make you older faster?
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2012
|
1.00
|
77
|
Survival of the fittest: the hidden cost of undertriage of major trauma.
|
J Am Coll Surg
|
2010
|
0.99
|
78
|
Barriers to implementing the Leapfrog Group recommendations for intensivist physician staffing: a survey of intensive care unit directors.
|
J Crit Care
|
2007
|
0.98
|
79
|
The epidemiologist in the intensive care unit.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2003
|
0.98
|
80
|
An official multi-society statement: the role of clinical research results in the practice of critical care medicine.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2012
|
0.97
|
81
|
Stress ulcer prophylaxis in mechanically ventilated patients: integrating evidence and judgment using a decision analysis.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2006
|
0.96
|
82
|
Does intermediate care improve patient outcomes or reduce costs?
|
Crit Care
|
2015
|
0.96
|
83
|
An official American Thoracic Society research statement: comparative effectiveness research in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2013
|
0.95
|
84
|
Measuring diaphragm thickness with ultrasound in mechanically ventilated patients: feasibility, reproducibility and validity.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2015
|
0.95
|
85
|
When is a negative phase II trial truly negative?
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2008
|
0.92
|
86
|
Lung-protective ventilation strategies in acute lung injury.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2003
|
0.92
|
87
|
Development and Validation of a Mortality Prediction Model for Patients Receiving 14 Days of Mechanical Ventilation.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2015
|
0.92
|
88
|
The effect of pregnancy on survival in women with cystic fibrosis.
|
Chest
|
2003
|
0.92
|
89
|
Translating evidence into practice in the intensive care unit: the need for a systems-based approach.
|
J Crit Care
|
2005
|
0.91
|
90
|
Practice variation in respiratory therapy documentation during mechanical ventilation.
|
Chest
|
2003
|
0.91
|
91
|
Publications and extramural activities of general internal medicine and medicine subspecialty clinician-educators: a multicenter study.
|
Acad Med
|
2005
|
0.90
|
92
|
Attending to the lightness of numbers: toward the understanding of critical care epidemiology.
|
Crit Care
|
2004
|
0.89
|
93
|
Clinical protocols and trainee knowledge about mechanical ventilation.
|
JAMA
|
2011
|
0.89
|
94
|
Clinical trial participants compared with nonparticipants in cystic fibrosis.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2005
|
0.87
|
95
|
Update in critical care 2007.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2008
|
0.84
|
96
|
Health status after critical illness: beyond descriptive studies.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2003
|
0.84
|
97
|
An Official American Thoracic Society/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine/Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline: Mechanical Ventilation in Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2017
|
0.83
|
98
|
Clinical issues and research in respiratory failure from severe acute respiratory syndrome.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2004
|
0.83
|
99
|
How much PEEP in acute lung injury.
|
JAMA
|
2010
|
0.83
|
100
|
The influence of hospitalization or intensive care unit admission on declines in health-related quality of life.
|
Ann Am Thorac Soc
|
2015
|
0.83
|
101
|
Rule of rescue or the good of the many? An analysis of physicians' and nurses' preferences for allocating ICU beds.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2011
|
0.82
|
102
|
Perceived barriers to the regionalization of adult critical care in the United States: a qualitative preliminary study.
|
BMC Health Serv Res
|
2008
|
0.81
|
103
|
"No escalation of treatment" as a routine strategy for decision-making in the ICU: con.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2014
|
0.81
|
104
|
Practice variability in the assessment and treatment of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency.
|
J Crit Care
|
2009
|
0.80
|
105
|
Defining ARDS: do we need a mandatory waiting period?
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2013
|
0.78
|
106
|
Intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Network subjects.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2005
|
0.77
|
107
|
Patient and Organizational Factors Associated With Delays in Antimicrobial Therapy for Septic Shock.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2016
|
0.77
|
108
|
Is SARS just ARDS?
|
JAMA
|
2003
|
0.77
|
109
|
A Canadian Critical Care Trials Group project in collaboration with the international forum for acute care trialists - Collaborative H1N1 Adjuvant Treatment pilot trial (CHAT): study protocol and design of a randomized controlled trial.
|
Trials
|
2011
|
0.77
|
110
|
High frequency oscillation in acute lung injury and ARDS.
|
BMJ
|
2010
|
0.75
|
111
|
Financial disclosures in clinical practice guidelines.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2010
|
0.75
|
112
|
Just a spoonful of technology makes the protocol go down.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
0.75
|
113
|
Epoetin alfa in critically ill patients.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2007
|
0.75
|
114
|
Reply: "An alternative perspective regarding the 'myth of the workforce crisis'" and "Intensivist workforce in the United States: the crisis is real, not imagined".
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2015
|
0.75
|
115
|
Year in review 2005: Critical Care - resource management.
|
Crit Care
|
2006
|
0.75
|
116
|
Driving Pressure-The Emperor's New Clothes.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2017
|
0.75
|
117
|
Using barriers analysis to refine a novel model of neurocritical care.
|
Neurocrit Care
|
2014
|
0.75
|
118
|
The conflict vitae: a CV for the new millennium.
|
Lancet
|
2007
|
0.75
|
119
|
Update in critical care 2008.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2009
|
0.75
|
120
|
Measuring diaphragm thickness with ultrasound in mechanically ventilated patients: feasibility, reproducibility and validity.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2015
|
0.75
|
121
|
Just Because Things Are Not Different, Does Not Mean They Are the Same: Biomarker Patterns in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2017
|
0.75
|
122
|
The Association Between Visiting Intensivists and ICU Outcomes.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2017
|
0.75
|
123
|
Comparison of scholarly productivity of general and subspecialty clinician-educators in internal medicine.
|
Teach Learn Med
|
2004
|
0.75
|
124
|
Evidence-based ethics?
|
Curr Opin Crit Care
|
2005
|
0.75
|
125
|
Using Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors in Critical Care: A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Benefit or Harm.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2017
|
0.75
|
126
|
Timing of withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies in severe traumatic brain injury: Impact on overall mortality.
|
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
|
2016
|
0.75
|
127
|
An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement: Implementation Science in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2016
|
0.75
|