Published in Crit Care Med on March 23, 2017
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Integrating palliative and critical care: description of an intervention. Crit Care Med (2006) 1.34
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Hemofiltration compared to hemodialysis for acute kidney injury: systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care (2012) 1.28
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Narcotic and benzodiazepine use after withdrawal of life support: association with time to death? Chest (2004) 1.21
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