| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
Randomized trials stopped early for benefit: a systematic review.
|
JAMA
|
2005
|
8.43
|
|
2
|
A guide for the design and conduct of self-administered surveys of clinicians.
|
CMAJ
|
2008
|
6.72
|
|
3
|
High-frequency oscillation in early acute respiratory distress syndrome.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2013
|
6.56
|
|
4
|
Driving pressure and survival in the acute respiratory distress syndrome.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2015
|
6.06
|
|
5
|
Evolution of mechanical ventilation in response to clinical research.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2007
|
3.45
|
|
6
|
Canadian survey of the use of sedatives, analgesics, and neuromuscular blocking agents in critically ill patients.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
3.06
|
|
7
|
Corticosteroid Therapy for Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2015
|
2.95
|
|
8
|
A Systematic Review of Surgical Randomized Controlled Trials: Part I. Risk of Bias and Outcomes: Common Pitfalls Plastic Surgeons Can Overcome.
|
Plast Reconstr Surg
|
2016
|
2.89
|
|
9
|
Oral decontamination for prevention of pneumonia in mechanically ventilated adults: systematic review and meta-analysis.
|
BMJ
|
2007
|
2.44
|
|
10
|
The design and interpretation of pilot trials in clinical research in critical care.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2009
|
2.38
|
|
11
|
Effect of nitric oxide on oxygenation and mortality in acute lung injury: systematic review and meta-analysis.
|
BMJ
|
2007
|
2.33
|
|
12
|
Systematic reviewers neglect bias that results from trials stopped early for benefit.
|
J Clin Epidemiol
|
2007
|
2.20
|
|
13
|
Integrating mortality and morbidity outcomes: using quality-adjusted life years in critical care trials.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2012
|
2.15
|
|
14
|
High values of the pulmonary artery wedge pressure in patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
|
Intensive Care Med
|
2002
|
2.15
|
|
15
|
High frequency oscillation in patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): systematic review and meta-analysis.
|
BMJ
|
2010
|
2.02
|
|
16
|
Recruitment maneuvers for acute lung injury: a systematic review.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2008
|
1.91
|
|
17
|
Bilevel noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for acute respiratory failure: survey of Ontario practice.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2005
|
1.85
|
|
18
|
Noninvasive ventilation as a weaning strategy for mechanical ventilation in adults with respiratory failure: a Cochrane systematic review.
|
CMAJ
|
2013
|
1.82
|
|
19
|
Systematic review of reviews including animal studies addressing therapeutic interventions for sepsis.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2010
|
1.78
|
|
20
|
Quality of professional society guidelines and consensus conference statements in critical care.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2008
|
1.74
|
|
21
|
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
|
|
22
|
Mortality associated with withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy for patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a Canadian multicentre cohort study.
|
CMAJ
|
2011
|
1.72
|
|
23
|
Pulmonary artery catheters: evolving rates and reasons for use.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2011
|
1.70
|
|
24
|
Enrollment of intensive care unit patients into clinical studies: a trinational survey of researchers' experiences, beliefs, and practices.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2008
|
1.63
|
|
25
|
A meta-analysis of noninvasive weaning to facilitate liberation from mechanical ventilation.
|
Can J Anaesth
|
2006
|
1.62
|
|
26
|
Drotrecogin alfa (activated): does current evidence support treatment for any patients with severe sepsis?
|
Crit Care
|
2006
|
1.61
|
|
27
|
Abstract reporting in randomized clinical trials of acute lung injury: an audit and assessment of a quality of reporting score.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2005
|
1.61
|
|
28
|
High-frequency oscillation in adults: a utilization review.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2011
|
1.55
|
|
29
|
Quality of reporting of surveys in critical care journals: a methodologic review.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2012
|
1.53
|
|
30
|
Reliability of electrocardiogram interpretation in critically ill patients.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
1.51
|
|
31
|
Thrombocytopenia in medical-surgical critically ill patients: prevalence, incidence, and risk factors.
|
J Crit Care
|
2005
|
1.46
|
|
32
|
Nonbeneficial treatment Canada: definitions, causes, and potential solutions from the perspective of healthcare practitioners*.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2015
|
1.45
|
|
33
|
Coenrollment in a randomized trial of high-frequency oscillation: prevalence, patterns, predictors, and outcomes*.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2015
|
1.41
|
|
34
|
Meta-analysis of randomized trials on first line and adjunctive levetiracetam.
|
Can J Neurol Sci
|
2011
|
1.38
|
|
35
|
Neuromuscular blocking agents in acute respiratory distress syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
|
Crit Care
|
2013
|
1.36
|
|
36
|
Complications from recruitment maneuvers in patients with acute lung injury: secondary analysis from the lung open ventilation study.
|
Respir Care
|
2012
|
1.16
|
|
37
|
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
|
|
38
|
Pharmacologic treatments for acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute lung injury: systematic review and meta-analysis.
|
Treat Respir Med
|
2004
|
1.11
|
|
39
|
A Systematic Review of Surgical Randomized Controlled Trials: Part 2. Funding Source, Conflict of Interest, and Sample Size in Plastic Surgery.
|
Plast Reconstr Surg
|
2016
|
1.08
|
|
40
|
Deep venous thrombosis: clinically silent in the intensive care unit.
|
J Crit Care
|
2005
|
1.08
|
|
41
|
Toward understanding evidence uptake: semirecumbency for pneumonia prevention.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2002
|
1.04
|
|
42
|
Pressure and volume limited ventilation for the ventilatory management of patients with acute lung injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
|
PLoS One
|
2011
|
1.02
|
|
43
|
Burden of illness in venous thromboembolism in critical care: a multicenter observational study.
|
J Crit Care
|
2005
|
1.01
|
|
44
|
Clinical review: Intra-abdominal hypertension: does it influence the physiology of prone ventilation?
|
Crit Care
|
2010
|
0.92
|
|
45
|
Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation as a weaning strategy for intubated adults with respiratory failure.
|
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
|
2013
|
0.90
|
|
46
|
Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation as a weaning strategy for intubated adults with respiratory failure.
|
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
|
2010
|
0.90
|
|
47
|
High-frequency ventilation versus conventional ventilation for treatment of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
|
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
|
2013
|
0.89
|
|
48
|
Blood pressure targets for vasopressor therapy: a systematic review.
|
Shock
|
2015
|
0.89
|
|
49
|
Vasopressor administration and sepsis: a survey of Canadian intensivists.
|
J Crit Care
|
2011
|
0.87
|
|
50
|
Drotrecogin alfa (activated): down and not out, but not really in either.
|
Crit Care
|
2006
|
0.87
|
|
51
|
Protocols to improve the care of critically ill pediatric and adult patients.
|
JAMA
|
2002
|
0.85
|
|
52
|
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
|
|
53
|
Corticosteroid use in the intensive care unit: a survey of intensivists.
|
Can J Anaesth
|
2013
|
0.83
|
|
54
|
Increased expression of nitric oxide synthase in human lung transplants after nitric oxide inhalation.
|
Transplantation
|
2004
|
0.83
|
|
55
|
Factors associated with the withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a multicenter cohort study.
|
Neurocrit Care
|
2013
|
0.83
|
|
56
|
Early mobilization in critically ill children: a survey of Canadian practice.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2013
|
0.83
|
|
57
|
Wean earlier and automatically with new technology (the WEAN study). A multicenter, pilot randomized controlled trial.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2013
|
0.82
|
|
58
|
Hand hygiene in the intensive care unit: prospective observations of clinical practice.
|
Pol Arch Med Wewn
|
2008
|
0.81
|
|
59
|
Prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for venous thromboembolism in medical-surgical intensive care unit patients.
|
J Crit Care
|
2005
|
0.81
|
|
60
|
Premature Discontinuation of Randomized Trials in Critical and Emergency Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2016
|
0.80
|
|
61
|
Consent in critical care trials: a survey of Canadian research ethics boards and critical care researchers.
|
J Crit Care
|
2011
|
0.80
|
|
62
|
A multicenter survey of Ontario intensive care unit nurses regarding the use of sedatives and analgesics for adults receiving mechanical ventilation.
|
J Crit Care
|
2007
|
0.79
|
|
63
|
Wean Earlier and Automatically with New technology (the WEAN study): a protocol of a multicentre, pilot randomized controlled trial.
|
Trials
|
2009
|
0.78
|
|
64
|
Drotrecogin alfa (activated) in patients with severe sepsis and a high risk of death.
|
Crit Care
|
2006
|
0.76
|
|
65
|
Corticosteroid therapy in critical illness due to seasonal and pandemic influenza.
|
Can Respir J
|
2015
|
0.75
|
|
66
|
Low-dose hydrocortisone did not improve survival in patients with septic shock but reversed shock earlier.
|
ACP J Club
|
2008
|
0.75
|
|
67
|
Furosemide and albumin for diuresis of edema (FADE): a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
|
Trials
|
2014
|
0.75
|
|
68
|
Noninvasive ventilation reduced duration of mechanical ventilation and ICU stay more than conventional weaning.
|
ACP J Club
|
2004
|
0.75
|
|
69
|
High-frequency oscillation for ARDS.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
70
|
High-frequency oscillatory ventilation versus conventional ventilation for acute respiratory distress syndrome.
|
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
|
2016
|
0.75
|
|
71
|
Research agenda: venous thromboembolism in medical-surgical critically ill patients.
|
J Crit Care
|
2005
|
0.75
|