| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
Effect of treatment with low doses of hydrocortisone and fludrocortisone on mortality in patients with septic shock.
|
JAMA
|
2002
|
16.37
|
|
2
|
Noninvasive ventilation improves preoxygenation before intubation of hypoxic patients.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
4.01
|
|
3
|
Corticosteroid treatment and intensive insulin therapy for septic shock in adults: a randomized controlled trial.
|
JAMA
|
2010
|
3.50
|
|
4
|
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
|
|
5
|
Transient and Persistent Acute Kidney Injury and the Risk of Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: Results of a Multicenter Cohort Study.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2015
|
2.16
|
|
6
|
Cardiac troponin I in patients with severe exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2003
|
1.99
|
|
7
|
Tracheostomy does not improve the outcome of patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation: a propensity analysis.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2007
|
1.87
|
|
8
|
Severe imported falciparum malaria: a cohort study in 400 critically ill adults.
|
PLoS One
|
2010
|
1.86
|
|
9
|
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory failure: trends in use and outcomes.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2014
|
1.80
|
|
10
|
Determinants of temperature abnormalities and influence on outcome of critical illness.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2012
|
1.69
|
|
11
|
Diagnostic and prognostic value of procalcitonin in patients with septic shock.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2004
|
1.66
|
|
12
|
Hemodialysis-associated hemosiderosis in the era of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents: a MRI study.
|
Am J Med
|
2012
|
1.61
|
|
13
|
Candida colonization of the respiratory tract and subsequent pseudomonas ventilator-associated pneumonia.
|
Chest
|
2006
|
1.57
|
|
14
|
Ability of family members to predict patient's consent to critical care research.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2007
|
1.50
|
|
15
|
Predicting the risk of documented ventilator-associated pneumonia for benchmarking: construction and validation of a score.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2009
|
1.49
|
|
16
|
Body mass index. An additional prognostic factor in ICU patients.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2004
|
1.44
|
|
17
|
Excess risk of death from intensive care unit-acquired nosocomial bloodstream infections: a reappraisal.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2006
|
1.44
|
|
18
|
Differential diagnostic value of procalcitonin in surgical and medical patients with septic shock.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
1.38
|
|
19
|
Association between hypernatraemia acquired in the ICU and mortality: a cohort study.
|
Nephrol Dial Transplant
|
2010
|
1.37
|
|
20
|
Platelet count decline: an early prognostic marker in critically ill patients with prolonged ICU stays.
|
Chest
|
2007
|
1.33
|
|
21
|
Epidemiology and economic evaluation of severe sepsis in France: age, severity, infection site, and place of acquisition (community, hospital, or intensive care unit) as determinants of workload and cost.
|
J Crit Care
|
2005
|
1.31
|
|
22
|
Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: outcome and prognostic factors.
|
Respiration
|
2011
|
1.27
|
|
23
|
Efficacy of adequate early antibiotic therapy in ventilator-associated pneumonia: influence of disease severity.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2004
|
1.27
|
|
24
|
Decisions to forgo life-sustaining therapy in ICU patients independently predict hospital death.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2003
|
1.25
|
|
25
|
Determinants of postintensive care unit mortality: a prospective multicenter study.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2003
|
1.24
|
|
26
|
Efficacy of renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients: a propensity analysis.
|
Crit Care
|
2012
|
1.23
|
|
27
|
Impact of unplanned extubation and reintubation after weaning on nosocomial pneumonia risk in the intensive care unit: a prospective multicenter study.
|
Anesthesiology
|
2002
|
1.15
|
|
28
|
Diagnostic accuracy of early urinary index changes in differentiating transient from persistent acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: multicenter cohort study.
|
Crit Care
|
2013
|
1.08
|
|
29
|
Does catheter-associated urinary tract infection increase mortality in critically ill patients?
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2007
|
1.06
|
|
30
|
Diagnostic performance of fractional excretion of urea in the evaluation of critically ill patients with acute kidney injury: a multicenter cohort study.
|
Crit Care
|
2011
|
1.05
|
|
31
|
Severe hypothermia increases the risk for intensive care unit-acquired infection.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2012
|
1.03
|
|
32
|
Pneumothorax in the intensive care unit: incidence, risk factors, and outcome.
|
Anesthesiology
|
2006
|
1.02
|
|
33
|
Mortality associated with late-onset pneumonia in the intensive care unit: results of a multi-center cohort study.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2002
|
1.01
|
|
34
|
Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infection with newer chlorhexidine-silver sulfadiazine-coated catheters: a randomized controlled trial.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2004
|
0.98
|
|
35
|
Incidence and outcome of contrast-associated acute kidney injury in a mixed medical-surgical ICU population: a retrospective study.
|
BMC Nephrol
|
2013
|
0.97
|
|
36
|
Post-malaria neurological syndrome--two cases in patients of African origin.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2008
|
0.94
|
|
37
|
Practices in non-neutropenic ICU patients with Candida-positive airway specimens.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2004
|
0.91
|
|
38
|
Aminoglycoside and glycopeptide renal toxicity in intensive care patients studied by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of urine.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2002
|
0.89
|
|
39
|
Norepinephrine weaning in septic shock patients by closed loop control based on fuzzy logic.
|
Crit Care
|
2008
|
0.89
|
|
40
|
Procalcitonin levels to guide antibiotic therapy in adults with non-microbiologically proven apparent severe sepsis: a randomised controlled trial.
|
BMJ Open
|
2013
|
0.88
|
|
41
|
Nosocomial infection and multidrug-resistant bacteria surveillance in intensive care units: a survey in France.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2005
|
0.85
|
|
42
|
Impact of ureido/carboxypenicillin resistance on the prognosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
|
Crit Care
|
2011
|
0.82
|
|
43
|
Are daily routine chest radiographs useful in critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients? A randomized study.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2007
|
0.81
|
|
44
|
Increased nonbeneficial care in patients spending their birthday in the ICU.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2012
|
0.78
|
|
45
|
Agreement between quantitative cultures of postintubation tracheal aspiration and plugged telescoping catheter, protected specimen brush, or BAL for the diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia.
|
Chest
|
2006
|
0.78
|
|
46
|
Magnetic resonance imaging repercussions of intravenous iron products used for iron-deficiency anemia and dialysis-associated anemia.
|
J Comput Assist Tomogr
|
2014
|
0.77
|
|
47
|
Endotracheal intubation in the intensive care unit: non-anesthesiologists know rapid sequence intubation, but is it accurate in all cases?
|
Crit Care Med
|
2007
|
0.76
|
|
48
|
Invasive mechanical ventilation in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis or idiopathic non-specific interstitial pneumonia.
|
Intern Med
|
2011
|
0.75
|
|
49
|
Carnobacterium divergens Bacteremia in woman.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2015
|
0.75
|
|
50
|
Hepatorenal syndromes in patients with end-stage liver failure admitted to the intensive care unit.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2011
|
0.75
|
|
51
|
Optimal level of mean arterial pressure in septic shock.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
52
|
Thrombotic microangiopathy in the intensive care unit: need for strict control of blood pressure.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2007
|
0.75
|
|
53
|
Postsurgical meningitis due to multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii successfully treated with high doses of ampicillin/sulbactam combined with rifampicin and fosfomycin.
|
J Infect Chemother
|
2012
|
0.75
|
|
54
|
[Control scale of antibiotic prescriptions in intensive care].
|
Presse Med
|
2004
|
0.75
|