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#TitleJournalYearCitations
1APACHE IICritical Care Medicine198515,910
2Epidemiology of severe sepsis in the United States: Analysis of incidence, outcome, and associated costs of careCritical Care Medicine20018,669
3Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008Critical Care Medicine20087,380
4Duration of hypotension before initiation of effective antimicrobial therapy is the critical determinant of survival in human septic shock*Critical Care Medicine20067,360
5Surviving Sepsis CampaignCritical Care Medicine20136,472
62001 SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS International Sepsis Definitions ConferenceCritical Care Medicine20035,372
7Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shockCritical Care Medicine20044,637
8Use of the SOFA score to assess the incidence of organ dysfunction/failure in intensive care unitsCritical Care Medicine19983,798
9Multiple Organ Dysfunction ScoreCritical Care Medicine19953,401
10Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in Adult Patients in the Intensive Care UnitCritical Care Medicine20133,200
11APACHE II-A Severity of Disease Classification SystemCritical Care Medicine19863,165
12Evaluation of delirium in critically ill patients: Validation of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU)Critical Care Medicine20012,662
13Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016Critical Care Medicine20172,464
14Sepsis in European intensive care units: Results of the SOAP study*Critical Care Medicine20062,459
15Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICUCritical Care Medicine20182,420
16APACHE—acute physiology and chronic health evaluation: a physiologically based classification systemCritical Care Medicine19812,408
17Effect of acute renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy on outcome in critically ill patients*Critical Care Medicine20022,074
18Assessment of cardiac output from systemic arterial pressure in humansCritical Care Medicine20022,065
19Improving long-term outcomes after discharge from intensive care unitCritical Care Medicine20122,010
20Clinical practice guidelines for the sustained use of sedatives and analgesics in the critically ill adultCritical Care Medicine20021,978
21Outcome benefit of intensive insulin therapy in the critically ill: Insulin dose versus glycemic control*Critical Care Medicine20031,973
22Efficacy of red blood cell transfusion in the critically ill: A systematic review of the literature*Critical Care Medicine20081,920
23Incidence and prognosis of intraabdominal hypertension in a mixed population of critically ill patients: A multiple-center epidemiological study*Critical Care Medicine20051,897
24The CRIT Study: Anemia and blood transfusion in the critically ill—Current clinical practice in the United States*Critical Care Medicine20041,857
25Use of intensive care at the end of life in the United States: An epidemiologic study*Critical Care Medicine20041,747
26Dynamic changes in arterial waveform derived variables and fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients: A systematic review of the literature*Critical Care Medicine20091,733
27Glycemic variability: A strong independent predictor of mortality in critically ill patients*Critical Care Medicine20081,728
28Early lactate clearance is associated with improved outcome in severe sepsis and septic shock*Critical Care Medicine20041,640
29Clinical practice guideline: Red blood cell transfusion in adult trauma and critical care*Critical Care Medicine20091,604
30PRISM IIICritical Care Medicine19961,586
31Delirium as a predictor of long-term cognitive impairment in survivors of critical illnessCritical Care Medicine20101,546
32Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) IV: Hospital mortality assessment for today’s critically ill patients*Critical Care Medicine20061,533
33The effect of age on the development and outcome of adult sepsis*Critical Care Medicine20061,482
34Multiparameter Intelligent Monitoring in Intensive Care II: A public-access intensive care unit database*Critical Care Medicine20111,471
35Nosocomial infections in medical intensive care units in the United StatesCritical Care Medicine19991,471
36Simplified Therapeutic Intervention Scoring SystemCritical Care Medicine19961,444
37Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of corticosteroid insufficiency in critically ill adult patients: Consensus statements from an international task force by the American College of Critical Care MedicineCritical Care Medicine20081,425
38The Critical Care Safety Study: The incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors in intensive care*Critical Care Medicine20051,404
39Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2021Critical Care Medicine20211,350
40Fluid resuscitation in septic shock: A positive fluid balance and elevated central venous pressure are associated with increased mortality*Critical Care Medicine20111,311
41Effect of enteral feeding with eicosapentaenoic acid, gamma-linolenic acid, and antioxidants in patients with acute respiratory distress syndromeCritical Care Medicine19991,310
42Refinement, scoring, and validation of the Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit (FS-ICU) survey*Critical Care Medicine20071,298
43A prospective, randomized, study comparing early percutaneous dilational tracheotomy to prolonged translaryngeal intubation (delayed tracheotomy) in critically ill medical patients*Critical Care Medicine20041,294
44Memory, delusions, and the development of acute posttraumatic stress disorder-related symptoms after intensive careCritical Care Medicine20011,279
45The LRINEC (Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis) score: A tool for distinguishing necrotizing fasciitis from other soft tissue infections*Critical Care Medicine20041,278
46Findings of the First Consensus Conference on Medical Emergency Teams*Critical Care Medicine20061,274
47Passive leg raising predicts fluid responsiveness in the critically ill*Critical Care Medicine20061,268
48Forgoing life support in western European intensive care unitsCritical Care Medicine19991,264
49Pediatric risk of mortality (PRISM) scoreCritical Care Medicine19881,261
50Apoptotic cell death in patients with sepsis, shock, and multiple organ dysfunctionCritical Care Medicine19991,255