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1APACHE IICritical Care Medicine198516,429
2Epidemiology of severe sepsis in the United States: Analysis of incidence, outcome, and associated costs of careCritical Care Medicine20018,843
3Duration of hypotension before initiation of effective antimicrobial therapy is the critical determinant of survival in human septic shock*Critical Care Medicine20067,674
4Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008Critical Care Medicine20087,411
5Surviving Sepsis CampaignCritical Care Medicine20136,617
62001 SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS International Sepsis Definitions ConferenceCritical Care Medicine20035,527
7Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shockCritical Care Medicine20044,670
8Use of the SOFA score to assess the incidence of organ dysfunction/failure in intensive care unitsCritical Care Medicine19983,987
9Multiple Organ Dysfunction ScoreCritical Care Medicine19953,481
10Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in Adult Patients in the Intensive Care UnitCritical Care Medicine20133,357
11APACHE II-A Severity of Disease Classification SystemCritical Care Medicine19863,202
12Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICUCritical Care Medicine20182,987
13Evaluation of delirium in critically ill patients: Validation of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU)Critical Care Medicine20012,796
14Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016Critical Care Medicine20172,575
15Sepsis in European intensive care units: Results of the SOAP study*Critical Care Medicine20062,563
16APACHE—acute physiology and chronic health evaluation: a physiologically based classification systemCritical Care Medicine19812,455
17Improving long-term outcomes after discharge from intensive care unitCritical Care Medicine20122,285
18Effect of acute renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy on outcome in critically ill patients*Critical Care Medicine20022,098
19Assessment of cardiac output from systemic arterial pressure in humansCritical Care Medicine20022,068
20Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2021Critical Care Medicine20212,021
21Clinical practice guidelines for the sustained use of sedatives and analgesics in the critically ill adultCritical Care Medicine20022,004
22Outcome benefit of intensive insulin therapy in the critically ill: Insulin dose versus glycemic control*Critical Care Medicine20031,988
23Efficacy of red blood cell transfusion in the critically ill: A systematic review of the literature*Critical Care Medicine20081,937
24Incidence and prognosis of intraabdominal hypertension in a mixed population of critically ill patients: A multiple-center epidemiological study*Critical Care Medicine20051,912
25The CRIT Study: Anemia and blood transfusion in the critically ill—Current clinical practice in the United States*Critical Care Medicine20041,880
26Use of intensive care at the end of life in the United States: An epidemiologic study*Critical Care Medicine20041,771
27Dynamic changes in arterial waveform derived variables and fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients: A systematic review of the literature*Critical Care Medicine20091,763
28Glycemic variability: A strong independent predictor of mortality in critically ill patients*Critical Care Medicine20081,744
29Early lactate clearance is associated with improved outcome in severe sepsis and septic shock*Critical Care Medicine20041,688
30PRISM IIICritical Care Medicine19961,670
31Clinical practice guideline: Red blood cell transfusion in adult trauma and critical care*Critical Care Medicine20091,613
32Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) IV: Hospital mortality assessment for today’s critically ill patients*Critical Care Medicine20061,611
33Delirium as a predictor of long-term cognitive impairment in survivors of critical illnessCritical Care Medicine20101,604
34The effect of age on the development and outcome of adult sepsis*Critical Care Medicine20061,545
35Multiparameter Intelligent Monitoring in Intensive Care II: A public-access intensive care unit database*Critical Care Medicine20111,529
36Nosocomial infections in medical intensive care units in the United StatesCritical Care Medicine19991,489
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 Medicine20081,459
38Simplified Therapeutic Intervention Scoring SystemCritical Care Medicine19961,455
39The Critical Care Safety Study: The incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors in intensive care*Critical Care Medicine20051,422
40The LRINEC (Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis) score: A tool for distinguishing necrotizing fasciitis from other soft tissue infections*Critical Care Medicine20041,374
41Fluid resuscitation in septic shock: A positive fluid balance and elevated central venous pressure are associated with increased mortality*Critical Care Medicine20111,355
42Empiric Antibiotic Treatment Reduces Mortality in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock From the First HourCritical Care Medicine20141,346
43Refinement, scoring, and validation of the Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit (FS-ICU) survey*Critical Care Medicine20071,325
44Effect of enteral feeding with eicosapentaenoic acid, gamma-linolenic acid, and antioxidants in patients with acute respiratory distress syndromeCritical Care Medicine19991,325
45Findings of the First Consensus Conference on Medical Emergency Teams*Critical Care Medicine20061,323
46A prospective, randomized, study comparing early percutaneous dilational tracheotomy to prolonged translaryngeal intubation (delayed tracheotomy) in critically ill medical patients*Critical Care Medicine20041,321
47Clinical practice guidelines for support of the family in the patient-centered intensive care unit: American College of Critical Care Medicine Task Force 2004–2005Critical Care Medicine20071,301
48Memory, delusions, and the development of acute posttraumatic stress disorder-related symptoms after intensive careCritical Care Medicine20011,293
49Passive leg raising predicts fluid responsiveness in the critically ill*Critical Care Medicine20061,290
50Apoptotic cell death in patients with sepsis, shock, and multiple organ dysfunctionCritical Care Medicine19991,282