| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Association between driving pressure and development of postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation for general anaesthesia: a meta-analysis of individual patient data | Lancet Respiratory Medicine,the | 2016 | 404 |
| 2 | Mechanical power of ventilation is associated with mortality in critically ill patients: an analysis of patients in two observational cohorts | Intensive Care Medicine | 2018 | 323 |
| 3 | Intraoperative Protective Mechanical Ventilation for Prevention of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications | Anesthesiology | 2015 | 319 |
| 4 | Effect of Intraoperative High Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) With Recruitment Maneuvers vs Low PEEP on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Obese Patients | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2019 | 216 |
| 5 | Incidence of mortality and morbidity related to postoperative lung injury in patients who have undergone abdominal or thoracic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet Respiratory Medicine,the | 2014 | 203 |
| 6 | Effects of Volatile Anesthetics on Mortality and Postoperative Pulmonary and Other Complications in Patients Undergoing Surgery | Anesthesiology | 2016 | 156 |
| 7 | Perioperative lung protective ventilation in obese patients | BMC Anesthesiology | 2015 | 86 |
| 8 | Fluid resuscitation with hydroxyethyl starches in patients with sepsis is associated with an increased incidence of acute kidney injury and use of renal replacement therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature | Journal of Critical Care | 2014 | 83 |
| 9 | Intraoperative ventilation settings and their associations with postoperative pulmonary complications in obese patients | British Journal of Anaesthesia | 2018 | 78 |
| 10 | Telerehabilitation improves physical function and reduces dyspnoea in people with COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 conditions: a systematic review | Journal of Physiotherapy | 2022 | 61 |
| 11 | Obesity and survival in critically ill patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a paradox within the paradox | Critical Care | 2017 | 59 |
| 12 | Is mechanical power the final word on ventilator-induced lung injury?—no | Annals of Translational Medicine | 2018 | 54 |
| 13 | Ventilation with lower tidal volumes for critically ill patients without the acute respiratory distress syndrome | Current Opinion in Critical Care | 2014 | 50 |
| 14 | Coagulation profile of COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU: An exploratory study | PLoS ONE | 2020 | 44 |
| 15 | Acute Kidney Injury and Renal Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: Risk Factors and Outcomes: A Single-Center Experience in Brazil | Blood Purification | 2021 | 43 |
| 16 | Effect of a Lower vs Higher Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Strategy on Ventilator-Free Days in ICU Patients Without ARDS | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2020 | 41 |
| 17 | Protective intraoperative ventilation with higher versus lower levels of positive end-expiratory pressure in obese patients (PROBESE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial | Trials | 2017 | 40 |
| 18 | International Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines 2016: the perspective from low-income and middle-income countries | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2017 | 36 |
| 19 | Nebulized heparin for patients under mechanical ventilation: an individual patient data meta-analysis | Annals of Intensive Care | 2016 | 35 |
| 20 | Associations between positive end-expiratory pressure and outcome of patients without ARDS at onset of ventilation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials | Annals of Intensive Care | 2016 | 33 |
| 21 | The use of computed tomography images as a prognostic marker in critically ill cancer patients | Clinical Nutrition ESPEN | 2018 | 33 |
| 22 | Comparison of three transfusion protocols prior to central venous catheterization in patients with cirrhosis: A randomized controlled trial | Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis | 2020 | 30 |
| 23 | Temporal Changes in Ventilator Settings in Patients With Uninjured Lungs: A Systematic Review | Anesthesia and Analgesia | 2019 | 25 |
| 24 | Association between viscoelastic tests-guided therapy with synthetic factor concentrates and allogenic blood transfusion in liver transplantation: a before-after study | BMC Anesthesiology | 2018 | 24 |
| 25 | Effect of On-Demand vs Routine Nebulization of Acetylcysteine With Salbutamol on Ventilator-Free Days in Intensive Care Unit Patients Receiving Invasive Ventilation | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2018 | 22 |
| 26 | Mobilization practices in the ICU: A nationwide 1-day point- prevalence study in Brazil | PLoS ONE | 2020 | 22 |
| 27 | Association between Net Ultrafiltration Rate and Renal Recovery among Critically Ill Adults with Acute Kidney Injury Receiving Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: An Observational Cohort Study | Blood Purification | 2022 | 20 |
| 28 | The Association of Intraoperative driving pressure with postoperative pulmonary complications in open versus closed abdominal surgery patients – a posthoc propensity score–weighted cohort analysis of the LAS VEGAS study | BMC Anesthesiology | 2021 | 19 |
| 29 | Epidemiological Characteristics, Ventilator Management, and Clinical Outcome in Patients Receiving Invasive Ventilation in Intensive Care Units from 10 Asian Middle-Income Countries (PRoVENT-iMiC): An International, Multicenter, Prospective Study | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2021 | 18 |
| 30 | Effects of peep on lung injury, pulmonary function, systemic circulation and mortality in animals with uninjured lungs—a systematic review | Annals of Translational Medicine | 2018 | 18 |
| 31 | Interaction between peri-operative blood transfusion, tidal volume, airway pressure and postoperative ARDS: an individual patient data meta-analysis | Annals of Translational Medicine | 2018 | 17 |
| 32 | Feasibility of transitioning from APACHE II to SAPS III as prognostic model in a Brazilian general intensive care unit. A retrospective study | Sao Paulo Medical Journal | 2015 | 16 |
| 33 | ICU beds: less is more? Yes | Intensive Care Medicine | 2020 | 15 |
| 34 | Impact of sex on use of low tidal volume ventilation in invasively ventilated ICU patients—A mediation analysis using two observational cohorts | PLoS ONE | 2021 | 14 |
| 35 | Lung Ultrasound for Detection of Pulmonary Complications in Critically Ill Obstetric Patients in a Resource-Limited Setting | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2021 | 12 |
| 36 | Sedation in mechanically ventilated patients—time to stay awake? | Annals of Translational Medicine | 2016 | 11 |
| 37 | What’s new in mechanical ventilation in patients without ARDS: lessons from the ARDS literature | Intensive Care Medicine | 2016 | 10 |
| 38 | COVID-19 complicated by pulmonary embolism treated with catheter directed thrombectomy | Vasa - European Journal of Vascular Medicine | 2020 | 10 |
| 39 | Organizational factors associated with adherence to low tidal volume ventilation: a secondary analysis of the CHECKLIST-ICU database | Annals of Intensive Care | 2020 | 10 |
| 40 | Point-of-care ultrasonography in Brazilian intensive care units: a national survey | Annals of Intensive Care | 2018 | 8 |
| 41 | Antiseizure Medication Treatment and Outcomes in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Undergoing Continuous EEG Monitoring | Neurocritical Care | 2022 | 8 |
| 42 | Normalization of mechanical power to anthropometric indices: impact on its association with mortality in critically ill patients | Intensive Care Medicine | 2019 | 7 |
| 43 | Telemedicine in the intensive care unit: A vehicle to improve quality of care? | Journal of Critical Care | 2021 | 7 |
| 44 | The Perme Mobility Index: A new concept to assess mobility level in patients with coronavirus (COVID-19) infection | PLoS ONE | 2021 | 7 |
| 45 | Intraoperative open lung condition and postoperative pulmonary complications. A secondary analysis of iPROVE and iPROVE‐O2 trials | Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica | 2022 | 7 |
| 46 | ‘Lung-protective’ ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome: still a challenge? | Journal of Thoracic Disease | 2017 | 6 |
| 47 | Would you like to be admitted to the ICU? The preferences of intensivists and general public according to different outcomes | Journal of Critical Care | 2019 | 5 |
| 48 | Temporal changes in the epidemiology, management, and outcome from acute respiratory distress syndrome in European intensive care units: a comparison of two large cohorts | Critical Care | 2021 | 5 |
| 49 | Association of Time–Varying Intensity of Ventilation With Mortality in Patients With COVID−19 ARDS: Secondary Analysis of the PRoVENT–COVID Study | Frontiers in Medicine | 2021 | 5 |
| 50 | PROGINS Polymorphism of the Progesterone Receptor Gene and the Susceptibility to Uterine Leiomyomas: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers | 2018 | 4 |
