| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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A randomized trial of protocol-based care for early septic shock.
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N Engl J Med
|
2014
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16.05
|
|
2
|
Outcomes of medical emergencies on commercial airline flights.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2013
|
6.29
|
|
3
|
Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for patients with acute pulmonary embolism: an international, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial.
|
Lancet
|
2011
|
6.25
|
|
4
|
National estimates of severe sepsis in United States emergency departments.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2007
|
5.99
|
|
5
|
Understanding the inflammatory cytokine response in pneumonia and sepsis: results of the Genetic and Inflammatory Markers of Sepsis (GenIMS) Study.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2007
|
5.65
|
|
6
|
Out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation and outcome after traumatic brain injury.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2004
|
4.33
|
|
7
|
Risk prediction with procalcitonin and clinical rules in community-acquired pneumonia.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2008
|
3.44
|
|
8
|
Severe sepsis in pre-hospital emergency care: analysis of incidence, care, and outcome.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2012
|
3.36
|
|
9
|
Prospective meta-analysis using individual patient data in intensive care medicine.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2009
|
2.93
|
|
10
|
Harmonizing international trials of early goal-directed resuscitation for severe sepsis and septic shock: methodology of ProCESS, ARISE, and ProMISe.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2013
|
2.44
|
|
11
|
Do hospitals provide lower quality of care to black patients for pneumonia?
|
Crit Care Med
|
2010
|
2.07
|
|
12
|
Out-of-hospital airway management in the United States.
|
Resuscitation
|
2011
|
2.00
|
|
13
|
Advancing the science of emergency department crowding: measurement and solutions.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2009
|
1.83
|
|
14
|
Variability in management of early severe sepsis.
|
Emerg Med J
|
2010
|
1.76
|
|
15
|
Prospective comparison of three validated prediction rules for prognosis in community-acquired pneumonia.
|
Am J Med
|
2005
|
1.76
|
|
16
|
Procedural experience with out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2005
|
1.72
|
|
17
|
Outcomes after out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation errors.
|
Resuscitation
|
2008
|
1.69
|
|
18
|
Out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation: where are we?
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2006
|
1.64
|
|
19
|
Comparison of four clinical prediction rules for estimating risk in heart failure.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2007
|
1.57
|
|
20
|
Defining the learning curve for paramedic student endotracheal intubation.
|
Prehosp Emerg Care
|
2005
|
1.55
|
|
21
|
National variation in United States sepsis mortality: a descriptive study.
|
Int J Health Geogr
|
2010
|
1.53
|
|
22
|
Distribution of specialized care centers in the United States.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2012
|
1.49
|
|
23
|
Characteristics of out-of-hospital shock care.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2011
|
1.47
|
|
24
|
Protocolized Care for Early Septic Shock (ProCESS) statistical analysis plan.
|
Crit Care Resusc
|
2013
|
1.45
|
|
25
|
A prediction rule to identify low-risk patients with heart failure.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2005
|
1.40
|
|
26
|
Right-sizing testing for pulmonary embolism: recognizing the risks of detecting any clot.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2012
|
1.39
|
|
27
|
Frequent users of emergency department services: gaps in knowledge and a proposed research agenda.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2011
|
1.35
|
|
28
|
Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in emergency department personnel.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2008
|
1.26
|
|
29
|
Paramedic intubation errors: isolated events or symptoms of larger problems?
|
Health Aff (Millwood)
|
2006
|
1.25
|
|
30
|
Opportunities for Emergency Medical Services care of sepsis.
|
Resuscitation
|
2009
|
1.17
|
|
31
|
Midregional proadrenomedullin as a prognostic tool in community-acquired pneumonia.
|
Chest
|
2009
|
1.17
|
|
32
|
A mobile phone text message program to measure oral antibiotic use and provide feedback on adherence to patients discharged from the emergency department.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2012
|
1.17
|
|
33
|
Summary of NIH Medical-Surgical Emergency Research Roundtable held on April 30 to May 1, 2009.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2010
|
1.14
|
|
34
|
Prevalence and significance of coagulation abnormalities in community-acquired pneumonia.
|
Mol Med
|
2009
|
1.12
|
|
35
|
Reasons why emergency department providers do not rely on the pneumonia severity index to determine the initial site of treatment for patients with pneumonia.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2009
|
1.09
|
|
36
|
Out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation experience and patient outcomes.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2010
|
1.09
|
|
37
|
Choosing between clinical prediction rules.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2003
|
1.09
|
|
38
|
Validation of the Acute Heart Failure Index.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2007
|
1.07
|
|
39
|
Can selected patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary embolism be safely treated without hospitalization? A systematic review.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2012
|
1.04
|
|
40
|
Prehospital systolic blood pressure thresholds: a community-based outcomes study.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2013
|
1.02
|
|
41
|
Network analysis of team communication in a busy emergency department.
|
BMC Health Serv Res
|
2013
|
1.01
|
|
42
|
Tort claims and adverse events in emergency medical services.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2008
|
1.00
|
|
43
|
Bench-to-bedside review: the evaluation of complex interventions in critical care.
|
Crit Care
|
2008
|
1.00
|
|
44
|
Preliminary experience with a prospective, multi-centered evaluation of out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation.
|
Resuscitation
|
2003
|
0.99
|
|
45
|
Prehospital intravenous access and fluid resuscitation in severe sepsis: an observational cohort study.
|
Crit Care
|
2014
|
0.98
|
|
46
|
How would minimum experience standards affect the distribution of out-of-hospital endotracheal intubations?
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2007
|
0.98
|
|
47
|
How many attempts are required to accomplish out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation?
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2006
|
0.96
|
|
48
|
Factors associated with the hospitalization of low-risk patients with community-acquired pneumonia in a cluster-randomized trial.
|
J Gen Intern Med
|
2006
|
0.94
|
|
49
|
Trauma triage in the emergency departments of nontrauma centers: an analysis of individual physician caseload on triage patterns.
|
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
|
2013
|
0.94
|
|
50
|
Comparison of outcomes for low-risk outpatients and inpatients with pneumonia: A propensity-adjusted analysis.
|
Chest
|
2007
|
0.94
|
|
51
|
Emergency medicine journal impact factor and change compared to other medical and surgical specialties.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2012
|
0.93
|
|
52
|
Validating a vignette-based instrument to study physician decision making in trauma triage.
|
Med Decis Making
|
2013
|
0.91
|
|
53
|
Metabolomics in pneumonia and sepsis: an analysis of the GenIMS cohort study.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2013
|
0.91
|
|
54
|
Pre-resuscitation lactate and hospital mortality in prehospital patients.
|
Prehosp Emerg Care
|
2014
|
0.91
|
|
55
|
National characteristics of emergency medical services responses in the United States.
|
Prehosp Emerg Care
|
2012
|
0.90
|
|
56
|
Managing the airway during cardiac arrest.
|
JAMA
|
2013
|
0.90
|
|
57
|
Variation in emergency medical technician partner familiarity.
|
Health Serv Res
|
2011
|
0.90
|
|
58
|
Emergency physicians' risk attitudes in acute decompensated heart failure patients.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2010
|
0.90
|
|
59
|
Initial management of septic patients with hyperglycemia in the noncritical care inpatient setting.
|
Am J Med
|
2012
|
0.89
|
|
60
|
Multivariate predictors of failed prehospital endotracheal intubation.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2003
|
0.89
|
|
61
|
Key requirements for a new era of emergency department operations research.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2010
|
0.89
|
|
62
|
ECG competency-by whom, for whom?
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2002
|
0.88
|
|
63
|
The shift length, fatigue, and safety conundrum in EMS.
|
Prehosp Emerg Care
|
2012
|
0.87
|
|
64
|
Improving risk classification of critical illness with biomarkers: a simulation study.
|
J Crit Care
|
2013
|
0.87
|
|
65
|
The International Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Collaboration Cohort (ICCC) study: rationale, design and description of study cohorts and patients.
|
BMJ Open
|
2012
|
0.86
|
|
66
|
Measuring adverse events in helicopter emergency medical services: establishing content validity.
|
Prehosp Emerg Care
|
2013
|
0.85
|
|
67
|
Creating an infrastructure for comparative effectiveness research in emergency medical services.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2014
|
0.85
|
|
68
|
Variation in emergency department head computed tomography use for pediatric head trauma.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2014
|
0.84
|
|
69
|
Procedural sedation goes Utstein: the Quebec guidelines.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2008
|
0.84
|
|
70
|
Multidisciplinary acute care research organization (MACRO): if you build it, they will come.
|
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
|
2013
|
0.83
|
|
71
|
Processes of care and outcomes for community-acquired pneumonia.
|
Am J Med
|
2011
|
0.83
|
|
72
|
Identification of adverse events in ground transport emergency medical services.
|
Am J Med Qual
|
2011
|
0.82
|
|
73
|
Outcomes of early, late, and no admission to the intensive care unit for patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2012
|
0.82
|
|
74
|
Nonobstructing renal stones on unenhanced CT: a real cause for renal colic?
|
AJR Am J Roentgenol
|
2008
|
0.81
|
|
75
|
Measurement of serum procalcitonin: a step closer to tailored care for respiratory infections?
|
JAMA
|
2009
|
0.80
|
|
76
|
Case reports and case series in prehospital emergency care research.
|
Emerg Med J
|
2010
|
0.80
|
|
77
|
Recovery between Work Shifts among Emergency Medical Services Clinicians.
|
Prehosp Emerg Care
|
2015
|
0.80
|
|
78
|
The challenge of defining the "science" of airway management--what is the right outcome measure?
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2003
|
0.80
|
|
79
|
Mobile phone text messaging intervention to improve alertness and reduce sleepiness and fatigue during shiftwork among emergency medicine clinicians: study protocol for the SleepTrackTXT pilot randomized controlled trial.
|
Trials
|
2014
|
0.80
|
|
80
|
Venous thromboembolism: EINSTEIN transforms anticoagulant therapy in acute PE.
|
Nat Rev Cardiol
|
2012
|
0.79
|
|
81
|
Emergency medical services system research: challenges and opportunity.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2007
|
0.79
|
|
82
|
Measuring teamwork and conflict among emergency medical technician personnel.
|
Prehosp Emerg Care
|
2011
|
0.79
|
|
83
|
Protocol-based care for early septic shock.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2014
|
0.79
|
|
84
|
Is emergency department cardioversion of recent-onset atrial fibrillation safe and effective?
|
J Emerg Med
|
2013
|
0.78
|
|
85
|
Medical conditions associated with out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation.
|
Prehosp Emerg Care
|
2011
|
0.78
|
|
86
|
A procedural sedation and analgesia fasting consensus advisory: one small step for emergency medicine, one giant challenge remaining.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2006
|
0.78
|
|
87
|
Decision rules and pneumonia: What are we "predicting," and for whom?
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
0.78
|
|
88
|
Differences in initial severity of illness between black and white emergency department patients hospitalized with heart failure.
|
Am Heart J
|
2008
|
0.78
|
|
89
|
Are we asking the right triage questions?
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2012
|
0.78
|
|
90
|
Evidence-based emergency medicine. Predicting the future: can this patient with acute congestive heart failure be safely discharged from the emergency department?
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2002
|
0.77
|
|
91
|
Medical necessity in emergency medical services transports.
|
Am J Med Qual
|
2011
|
0.77
|
|
92
|
Predictors of timely antibiotic administration for patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia from the cluster-randomized EDCAP trial.
|
Am J Med Sci
|
2010
|
0.77
|
|
93
|
Assessing critical illness during emergency medical services care.
|
JAMA
|
2010
|
0.77
|
|
94
|
Out-of-hospital rapid sequence intubation: is this really the "success" we envisioned?
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2002
|
0.77
|
|
95
|
Resident fatigue, distress, and medical errors.
|
JAMA
|
2010
|
0.77
|
|
96
|
Human patients or simulators for teaching endotracheal intubation: whom are we fooling?
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2006
|
0.77
|
|
97
|
Using randomized controlled trial data, the agreement between retrospectively and prospectively collected data comprising the pneumonia severity index was substantial.
|
J Clin Epidemiol
|
2005
|
0.76
|
|
98
|
The impact of a systemwide policy for emergent off-hours venous duplex ultrasound studies.
|
Ann Vasc Surg
|
2009
|
0.76
|
|
99
|
The trouble with medication adherence after emergency care.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2013
|
0.76
|
|
100
|
Are we ignoring the evidence?
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2005
|
0.76
|
|
101
|
A comparison of criterion standard methods to diagnose acute heart failure.
|
Congest Heart Fail
|
2012
|
0.76
|
|
102
|
Factors associated with the use of pharmacologic agents to facilitate out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation.
|
Prehosp Emerg Care
|
2003
|
0.75
|
|
103
|
Owning and reducing the cost of health care in the emergency department.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
104
|
Accuracy of Prehospital Intravenous Fluid Volume Measurement by Emergency Medical Services.
|
Prehosp Emerg Care
|
2015
|
0.75
|
|
105
|
Antibiotic stewardship-what should I do tomorrow?
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
106
|
Medical emergencies on commercial airline flights.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
107
|
Out-of-hospital rapid-sequence intubation for trauma patients.
|
J Trauma
|
2004
|
0.75
|
|
108
|
Missed opportunity to address the critical care medicine crisis.
|
Chest
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
109
|
Looking for a solution...to the solution?
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2004
|
0.75
|
|
110
|
Not enough relief from too much acetaminophen.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2004
|
0.75
|
|
111
|
Testing new ideas: is a picture worth a thousand words?
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2009
|
0.75
|
|
112
|
Socioeconomic status and out-of-hospital delay.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2003
|
0.75
|
|
113
|
A comparative assessment of adverse event classification in the out-of-hospital setting.
|
Prehosp Emerg Care
|
2014
|
0.75
|
|
114
|
An ideal model for out-of-hospital airway management?
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2007
|
0.75
|
|
115
|
Out-of-hospital clinical trials: challenges in advancing the evidence base.
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2011
|
0.75
|
|
116
|
Out-of-hospital endotracheal Intubation--it's time to stop pretending that problems don't exist.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
117
|
Over-the-counter automated external defibrillators: what's next?
|
Ann Emerg Med
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
118
|
Using the pneumonia severity index to guide hospitalization decisions.
|
Am J Med
|
2007
|
0.75
|
|
119
|
Drug-assisted effects on protective airway reflexes during out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation (preliminary report).
|
Prehosp Emerg Care
|
2006
|
0.75
|
|
120
|
Relationship Between Alternative Resuscitation Strategies, Host Response and Injury Biomarkers, and Outcome in Septic Shock: Analysis of the Protocol-Based Care for Early Septic Shock Study.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
121
|
A Novel Artificial Intelligence System for Endotracheal Intubation.
|
Prehosp Emerg Care
|
2016
|
0.75
|
|
122
|
Prehospital care research--the basics.
|
Prehosp Emerg Care
|
2002
|
0.75
|
|
123
|
Evaluation of guidelines for ordering prothrombin and partial thromboplastin times.
|
Acad Emerg Med
|
2002
|
0.75
|
|
124
|
Delays From First Medical Contact to Antibiotic Administration for Sepsis.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2017
|
0.75
|