Published in J Infect on December 30, 2010
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Increase in adult Clostridium difficile-related hospitalizations and case-fatality rate, United States, 2000-2005. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 3.88
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Validation of a clinical score for assessing the risk of resistant pathogens in patients with pneumonia presenting to the emergency department. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 3.78
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Telavancin versus vancomycin for hospital-acquired pneumonia due to gram-positive pathogens. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 3.20
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The importance of fluid management in acute lung injury secondary to septic shock. Chest (2009) 2.92
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Prevalence and outcomes of pulmonary arterial hypertension in advanced idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Chest (2006) 2.73
Longitudinal changes in procalcitonin in a heterogeneous group of critically ill patients. Crit Care Med (2012) 2.65
Hospital-wide impact of a standardized order set for the management of bacteremic severe sepsis. Crit Care Med (2009) 2.57
Growth in adult prolonged acute mechanical ventilation: implications for healthcare delivery. Crit Care Med (2008) 2.43
Implementation of a real-time computerized sepsis alert in nonintensive care unit patients. Crit Care Med (2011) 2.35
Ethical assessment of industry-sponsored clinical trials: a case analysis. Chest (2002) 2.27
Comparison of platelet transfusion as fresh whole blood versus apheresis platelets for massively transfused combat trauma patients (CME). Transfusion (2010) 2.24
Outcomes and safety of surgical lung biopsy for interstitial lung disease. Chest (2005) 2.20
Inappropriate antibiotic therapy in Gram-negative sepsis increases hospital length of stay. Crit Care Med (2011) 2.16
Dynamic evolution of coagulopathy in the first day of severe sepsis: relationship with mortality and organ failure. Crit Care Med (2005) 2.12
Factors associated with acute lung injury in combat casualties receiving massive blood transfusions: a retrospective analysis. J Crit Care (2012) 2.09
Pneumonia Pathogen Characterization Is an Independent Determinant of Hospital Readmission. Chest (2015) 2.09
Association between a silver-coated endotracheal tube and reduced mortality in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia. Chest (2009) 2.09
Treatment-related risk factors for hospital mortality in Candida bloodstream infections. Crit Care Med (2008) 2.06
A retrospective analysis of possible renal toxicity associated with vancomycin in patients with health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia. Clin Ther (2007) 2.05
Economic implications of an evidence-based sepsis protocol: can we improve outcomes and lower costs? Crit Care Med (2007) 1.88
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sterile-site infection: The importance of appropriate initial antimicrobial treatment. Crit Care Med (2006) 1.86
Resistant pathogens in nonnosocomial pneumonia and respiratory failure: is it time to refine the definition of health-care-associated pneumonia? Chest (2010) 1.81
A research agenda on the management of intra-abdominal candidiasis: results from a consensus of multinational experts. Intensive Care Med (2013) 1.74
Inappropriate therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: resource utilization and cost implications. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.72
Implementing a commercial rule base as a medication order safety net. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2005) 1.69
Relationship between potential opioid-related adverse effects and hospital length of stay in patients receiving opioids after orthopedic surgery. Pharmacotherapy (2012) 1.68
Using the number needed to treat to assess appropriate antimicrobial therapy as a determinant of outcome in severe sepsis and septic shock. Crit Care Med (2014) 1.61
Heparin or 0.9% sodium chloride to maintain central venous catheter patency: a randomized trial. Crit Care Med (2012) 1.61
Readmission following hospitalization for pneumonia: the impact of pneumonia type and its implication for hospitals. Clin Infect Dis (2013) 1.60
A prospective evaluation of ventilator-associated conditions and infection-related ventilator-associated conditions. Chest (2015) 1.59
Secular trends of hospitalization with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection in the United States, 2000-2006. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2009) 1.58
Prediction of infection due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria by select risk factors for health care-associated pneumonia. Arch Intern Med (2008) 1.58
Accuracy of previous estimates for adult prolonged acute mechanical ventilation volume in 2020: update using 2000-2008 data. Crit Care Med (2012) 1.57
Prolonged acute mechanical ventilation, hospital resource utilization, and mortality in the United States. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.50
Interferon gamma-1b as therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. An intrapatient analysis. Respiration (2004) 1.48
Antimicrobial therapy escalation and hospital mortality among patients with health-care-associated pneumonia: a single-center experience. Chest (2008) 1.47
Epidemiology and outcomes of clostridium difficile-associated disease among patients on prolonged acute mechanical ventilation. Chest (2009) 1.47
Growth in dementia-associated hospitalizations among the oldest old in the United States: implications for ethical health services planning. Arch Intern Med (2011) 1.46
Secular trends in gram-negative resistance among urinary tract infection hospitalizations in the United States, 2000-2009. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2013) 1.45
Unnecessary use of placebo controls: the case of asthma clinical trials. Arch Intern Med (2002) 1.44
Potential limitations of clinical criteria for the diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis/cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis. Respiration (2004) 1.44
The Role for Optical Density in Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Cohort Study. Chest (2015) 1.43
Secular trends in candidemia-related hospitalization in the United States, 2000-2005. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 1.42
Clostridium difficile-related hospitalizations among US adults, 2006. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 1.39
Heritable endogenous gene regulation in plants with designed polydactyl zinc finger transcription factors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002) 1.34
Epidemiology and impact of imipenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2009) 1.33
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Imipenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: emergence, epidemiology, and impact on clinical and economic outcomes. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2010) 1.30
Analysis of 30-day mortality for clostridium difficile-associated disease in the ICU setting. Chest (2007) 1.30
Inappropriate empiric antifungal therapy for candidemia in the ICU and hospital resource utilization: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Infect Dis (2010) 1.29
Surgical site infections: Causative pathogens and associated outcomes. Am J Infect Control (2009) 1.28
Hospital resource utilization and costs of inappropriate treatment of candidemia. Pharmacotherapy (2010) 1.25
The distance-saturation product predicts mortality in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Respir Med (2006) 1.25
FDA guidance for ABSSSI trials: implications for conducting and interpreting clinical trials. Clin Infect Dis (2014) 1.25
Epidemiology, clinical and economic outcomes of admission hyponatremia among hospitalized patients. Curr Med Res Opin (2008) 1.23
Prolonged acute mechanical ventilation and hospital bed utilization in 2020 in the United States: implications for budgets, plant and personnel planning. BMC Health Serv Res (2008) 1.23
Appraising contemporary strategies to combat multidrug resistant gram-negative bacterial infections--proceedings and data from the Gram-Negative Resistance Summit. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 1.22
Ventilator-associated pneumonia: the clinical pulmonary infection score as a surrogate for diagnostics and outcome. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 1.21
Sarcoidosis involving the musculoskeletal system. Semin Respir Crit Care Med (2002) 1.20
Increase in Clostridium difficile-related hospitalizations among infants in the United States, 2000-2005. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2008) 1.20
Strategies to prevent antimicrobial resistance in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2005) 1.17
Red blood cell transfusions and the risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome among the critically ill: a cohort study. Crit Care (2007) 1.14
Fluid balance and cardiac function in septic shock as predictors of hospital mortality. Crit Care (2013) 1.14
Early prediction of septic shock in hospitalized patients. J Hosp Med (2010) 1.12
Growth and geographic variation in hospitalizations with resistant infections, United States, 2000-2005. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.10
Utilization of, and adherence to, drug therapy among medicaid beneficiaries with congestive heart failure. Clin Ther (2007) 1.10
Anidulafungin compared with fluconazole in severely ill patients with candidemia and other forms of invasive candidiasis: support for the 2009 IDSA treatment guidelines for candidiasis. Crit Care (2011) 1.09
Epidemiology and outcomes of complicated skin and soft tissue infections in hospitalized patients. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 1.09
Antimicrobial stewardship: shepherding precious resources. Am J Health Syst Pharm (2009) 1.08
An evaluation of the impact of apheresis platelets used in the setting of massively transfused trauma patients. J Trauma (2009) 1.08
Mitigating VTE in soldiers from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Chest (2014) 1.07
Alcohol-use disorders in the critically ill patient. Chest (2010) 1.07
A comparison of culture-positive and culture-negative health-care-associated pneumonia. Chest (2009) 1.07
A trial of a real-time alert for clinical deterioration in patients hospitalized on general medical wards. J Hosp Med (2013) 1.06
Health care-associated pneumonia (HCAP): a critical appraisal to improve identification, management, and outcomes--proceedings of the HCAP Summit. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.06
Assessment of reporting bias for Clostridium difficile hospitalizations, United States. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.05