Stratification of morbidity and mortality outcome by preoperative risk factors in coronary artery bypass patients: a clinical severity score TL Higgins, FG Estafanous, FD Loop, GJ Beck, JM Blum, L Paranandi Jama 267 (17), 2344-2348, 1992 | 1200 | 1992 |
Assessing contemporary intensive care unit outcome: an updated Mortality Probability Admission Model (MPM0-III) TL Higgins, D Teres, WS Copes, BH Nathanson, M Stark, AA Kramer Critical care medicine 35 (3), 827-835, 2007 | 408 | 2007 |
Early indicators of prolonged intensive care unit stay: Impact of illness severity, physician staffing, and pre–intensive care unit length of stay TL Higgins, WT McGee, JS Steingrub, J Rapoport, S Lemeshow, D Teres Critical care medicine 31 (1), 45-51, 2003 | 317 | 2003 |
Intensive care unit readmissions in US hospitals: patient characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes AA Kramer, TL Higgins, JE Zimmerman Critical care medicine 40 (1), 3-10, 2012 | 240 | 2012 |
Sepsis mortality prediction based on predisposition, infection and response RP Moreno, B Metnitz, L Adler, A Hoechtl, P Bauer, PGH Metnitz, ... Intensive care medicine 34, 496-504, 2008 | 217 | 2008 |
The association between ICU readmission rate and patient outcomes AA Kramer, TL Higgins, JE Zimmerman Critical care medicine 41 (1), 24-33, 2013 | 208 | 2013 |
ICU admission score for predicting morbidity and mortality risk after coronary artery bypass grafting TL Higgins, FG Estafanous, FD Loop, JC Lee, NJ Starr, WA Knaus, ... The Annals of thoracic surgery 64 (4), 1050-1058, 1997 | 201 | 1997 |
Myocardial protection during cardiac operations: decreased morbidity and lower cost with blood cardioplegia and coronary sinus perfusion FD Loop, TL Higgins, R Panda, G Pearce, FG Estafanous The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 104 (3), 608-618, 1992 | 195 | 1992 |
Pro: early endotracheal extubation is preferable to late extubation in patients following coronary artery surgery. TL Higgins Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 6 (4), 488-493, 1992 | 185 | 1992 |
Patient characteristics and ICU organizational factors that influence frequency of pulmonary artery catheterization J Rapoport, D Teres, J Steingrub, T Higgins, W McGee, S Lemeshow Jama 283 (19), 2559-2567, 2000 | 156 | 2000 |
The use of APACHE III to evaluate ICU length of stay, resource use, and mortality after coronary artery by-pass surgery. RB Becker, JE Zimmerman, WA Knaus, DP Wagner, MG Seneff, ... The Journal of cardiovascular surgery 36 (1), 1-11, 1995 | 153 | 1995 |
Epidemiology of mechanical ventilation: analysis of the SAPS 3 database PGH Metnitz, B Metnitz, RP Moreno, P Bauer, LD Sorbo, C Hoermann, ... Intensive care medicine 35, 816-825, 2009 | 149 | 2009 |
Increased risk and decreased morbidity of coronary artery bypass grafting between 1986 and 1994 FG Estafanous, FD Loop, TL Higgins, BW Lytle, DM Cosgrove III, NJ Starr The Annals of thoracic surgery 65 (2), 383-389, 1998 | 134 | 1998 |
Propofol versus midazolam for intensive care unit sedation after coronary artery bypass grafting TL Higgins, JP Yared, FG Estafanous, JP Coyle, HK Ko, DB Goodale Critical care medicine 22 (9), 1415-1423, 1994 | 122 | 1994 |
Quantifying risk and assessing outcome in cardiac surgery TL Higgins Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 12 (3), 330-340, 1998 | 110 | 1998 |
Comparative effectiveness of noninvasive and invasive ventilation in critically ill patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease MS Stefan, BH Nathanson, TL Higgins, JS Steingrub, T Lagu, ... Critical care medicine 43 (7), 1386-1394, 2015 | 107 | 2015 |
New-generation pulse oximetry in the care of critically ill patients KK Giuliano, TL Higgins American Journal of Critical Care 14 (1), 26-37, 2005 | 100 | 2005 |
The latitude dependence of the variance of zonally averaged quantities R GERALD, J MOENG, L THOMAS, F ROBERT Monthly Weather Review, 1982 | 100 | 1982 |
Quantifying risk and benchmarking performance in the adult intensive care unit TL Higgins Journal of intensive care medicine 22 (3), 141-156, 2007 | 95 | 2007 |
Hemodynamic consequences of heart-lung interactions JS Steingrub, M Tidswell, TL Higgins Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 18 (2), 92-99, 2003 | 85 | 2003 |