| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
The epidemiology of AIDS: current status and future prospects.
|
Science
|
1985
|
8.73
|
|
2
|
The efficacy of infection surveillance and control programs in preventing nosocomial infections in US hospitals.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1985
|
6.94
|
|
3
|
Epidemiology of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States.
|
Science
|
1988
|
5.53
|
|
4
|
Review of death certificates to assess completeness of AIDS case reporting.
|
Public Health Rep
|
1987
|
4.66
|
|
5
|
The economic impact of the first 10,000 cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the United States.
|
JAMA
|
1986
|
4.60
|
|
6
|
Pseudomonas cepacia colonization in patients with cystic fibrosis: risk factors and clinical outcome.
|
J Pediatr
|
1985
|
4.26
|
|
7
|
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: current and future trends.
|
Public Health Rep
|
1986
|
4.22
|
|
8
|
The nationwide nosocomial infection rate. A new need for vital statistics.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1985
|
3.70
|
|
9
|
The incidence rate of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in selected populations.
|
JAMA
|
1985
|
3.00
|
|
10
|
Clinical experience over 48 years with pheochromocytoma.
|
Ann Surg
|
1999
|
2.32
|
|
11
|
Identifying patients at high risk of surgical wound infection. A simple multivariate index of patient susceptibility and wound contamination.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1985
|
2.20
|
|
12
|
HIV-1 incidence determined retrospectively among drug users in Bangkok, Thailand.
|
AIDS
|
1994
|
2.11
|
|
13
|
Estimating AIDS infection rates in the San Francisco cohort.
|
AIDS
|
1988
|
1.66
|
|
14
|
Cardiorespiratory changes in children during laparoscopy.
|
J Pediatr Surg
|
1995
|
1.61
|
|
15
|
A model-based approach for estimating the mean incubation period of transfusion-associated acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
|
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
|
1986
|
1.49
|
|
16
|
Update from the SENIC project. Hospital infection control: recent progress and opportunities under prospective payment.
|
Am J Infect Control
|
1985
|
1.20
|
|
17
|
Ureterosigmoidostomy: is it a viable procedure in the age of continent urinary diversion and bladder substitution?
|
J Urol
|
1995
|
1.14
|
|
18
|
Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis associated with air travel.
|
JAMA
|
1994
|
1.12
|
|
19
|
Laparoscopic evaluation for contralateral patent processus vaginalis: Part II.
|
J Pediatr Surg
|
1996
|
1.04
|
|
20
|
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in infants and children: modifications and cost analysis.
|
J Pediatr Surg
|
1994
|
1.00
|
|
21
|
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in children: lessons learned from the first 100 patients.
|
J Pediatr Surg
|
1999
|
0.99
|
|
22
|
The accuracy of retrospective chart review in measuring nosocomial infection rates. Results of validation studies in pilot hospitals.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1980
|
0.96
|
|
23
|
Nosocomial infection surveillance, 1980-1982.
|
MMWR CDC Surveill Summ
|
1983
|
0.95
|
|
24
|
Prevalence, incidence, and risks for HIV-1 infection in female sex workers in Miami, Florida.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol
|
1995
|
0.91
|
|
25
|
Laparoscopic versus open splenectomy in the pediatric population: a contemporary single-center experience.
|
Am Surg
|
2001
|
0.91
|
|
26
|
Laparoscopic evaluation for a contralateral patent processus vaginalis.
|
J Pediatr Surg
|
1994
|
0.90
|
|
27
|
In utero decompression of a cystic grade IV sacrococcygeal teratoma.
|
Fetal Diagn Ther
|
1998
|
0.90
|
|
28
|
The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in gay men.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
1985
|
0.88
|
|
29
|
The joint associations of multiple risk factors with the occurrence of nosocomial infection.
|
Am J Med
|
1981
|
0.87
|
|
30
|
The changing incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma among patients with AIDS.
|
J Am Acad Dermatol
|
1990
|
0.87
|
|
31
|
Twenty-five-year surgical experience with pheochromocytoma in children.
|
Am Surg
|
2000
|
0.85
|
|
32
|
Continuous caudal anaesthesia with chloroprocaine as an adjunct to general anaesthesia in neonates.
|
Can J Anaesth
|
1996
|
0.85
|
|
33
|
Epidemiological trends of AIDS in the United States.
|
Cancer Res
|
1985
|
0.82
|
|
34
|
Increased recognition of infectious diseases in US hospitals through increased use of diagnostic tests, 1970-1976.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1985
|
0.81
|
|
35
|
Kaposi's sarcoma in patients with AIDS: sex, transmission mode, and race.
|
Biomed Pharmacother
|
1990
|
0.80
|
|
36
|
Laparoscopic evaluation for a contralateral patent processus vaginalis: part III.
|
Urology
|
1998
|
0.79
|
|
37
|
General anesthesia using the laryngeal mask airway during brief, laparoscopic inspection of the peritoneum in children.
|
J Laparoendosc Surg
|
1996
|
0.77
|
|
38
|
Analgesia after inguinal herniorrhaphy with laparoscopic inspection of the peritoneum in children. Caudal block versus ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric block.
|
Am J Anesthesiol
|
1995
|
0.76
|
|
39
|
American Lung Association. Acceptance of the Will Ross medal for 1974.
|
Am Rev Respir Dis
|
1974
|
0.75
|
|
40
|
The use of laparoscopy in the management of the nonpalpable testis.
|
J Laparoendosc Surg
|
1996
|
0.75
|
|
41
|
Recurrent necrotizing jejunitis in a child.
|
J Pediatr
|
1996
|
0.75
|
|
42
|
Laparoscopy for the nonpalpable testis.
|
Am Surg
|
1994
|
0.75
|
|
43
|
Hyperthermia during repair of pectus excavatum.
|
AANA J
|
1997
|
0.75
|