| Ethyl pyruvate prevents lethality in mice with established lethal sepsis and systemic inflammation | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2002 | 519 |
| Hospitalized community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly: age- and sex-related patterns of care and outcome in the United States | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 2002 | 441 |
| Adrenal insufficiency in the critically ill: a new look at an old problem | Chest | 2002 | 329 |
| Renal failure in the ICU: comparison of the impact of acute renal failure and end-stage renal disease on ICU outcomes | Kidney International | 2002 | 243 |
| Intranuclear localization of apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) and large scale DNA fragmentation after traumatic brain injury in rats and in neuronal cultures exposed to peroxynitrite | Journal of Neurochemistry | 2002 | 223 |
| Fluid resuscitation and hyperchloremic acidosis in experimental sepsis: improved short-term survival and acid-base balance with Hextend compared with saline | Critical Care Medicine | 2002 | 185 |
| Carbon monoxide: innovative anti-inflammatory properties of an age-old gas molecule | Antioxidants and Redox Signaling | 2002 | 119 |
| Management of head trauma | Chest | 2002 | 117 |
| Cerebral resuscitation potentials for cardiac arrest | Critical Care Medicine | 2002 | 105 |
| Effect of positive pressure on venous return in volume-loaded cardiac surgical patients | Journal of Applied Physiology | 2002 | 103 |
| Resuscitation with Ringer's ethyl pyruvate solution prolongs survival and modulates plasma cytokine and nitrite/nitrate concentrations in a rat model of lipopolysaccharide-induced shock | Shock | 2002 | 90 |
| Antioxidant Tempol enhances hypothermic cerebral preservation during prolonged cardiac arrest in dogs | Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism | 2002 | 61 |
| Carbon monoxide-dependent signaling | Critical Care Medicine | 2002 | 48 |
| Administration of adenosine receptor agonists or antagonists after controlled cortical impact in mice: effects on function and histopathology | Brain Research | 2002 | 35 |
| Veno-venous extracorporeal blood shunt cooling to induce mild hypothermia in dog experiments and review of cooling methods | Resuscitation | 2002 | 31 |
| Critical care and emergency medicine | Current Opinion in Critical Care | 2002 | 31 |
| Early decay of pain-related cerebral activation in functional magnetic resonance imaging: comparison with visual and motor tasks | Anesthesiology | 2002 | 30 |
| Translating research evidence into clinical practice: new challenges for critical care | Critical Care | 2002 | 28 |
| Critical mechanisms of secondary damage after inflicted head injury in infants and children | Neurosurgery Clinics of North America | 2002 | 25 |
| Early antioxidant therapy with Tempol during hemorrhagic shock increases survival in rats | Journal of Trauma | 2002 | 23 |
| The saga of leucine zippers continues: in response to oxidative stress | American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology | 2002 | 17 |
| A new conceptual framework for ICU performance appraisal and improvement | Journal of Critical Care | 2002 | 16 |
| Inertial deposition effects: a study of aerosol mechanics in the trachea using laser Doppler velocimetry and fluorescent dye | Journal of Biomechanical Engineering | 2002 | 16 |
| Carbon monoxide-dependent signaling | Critical Care Medicine | 2002 | 16 |
| Location, location, location: regionalization and outcome in pediatric critical care | Current Opinion in Critical Care | 2002 | 14 |
