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July 2008
1. WILLIAMS TA , Martin S, Leslie G, Thomas L, et al
   Duration of Mechanical Ventilation in an Adult Intensive Care Unit After Introduction of Sedation and Pain Scales.
   Am J Crit Care. 2008;17:349-356.
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2. TWEED C , Tweed M
   Intensive care nurses' knowledge of pressure ulcers: development of an assessment tool and effect of an educational program.
   Am J Crit Care. 2008;17:338-46.
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3. ELLIOTT R , McKinley S, Fox V
   Quality Improvement Program to Reduce the Prevalence of Pressure Ulcers in an Intensive Care Unit.
   Am J Crit Care. 2008;17:328-334.
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   May 2008
4. CHABOYER W , Thalib L, Foster M, Ball C, et al
   Predictors of Adverse Events in Patients After Discharge From the Intensive Care Unit.
   Am J Crit Care. 2008;17:255-263.
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   March 2008
5. HOLZINGER U , Feldbacher M, Bachlechner A, Kitzberger R, et al
   Improvement of glucose control in the intensive care unit: an interdisciplinary collaboration study.
   Am J Crit Care. 2008;17:150-6.
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6. KIRCHHOFF KT , Palzkill J, Kowalkowski J, Mork A, et al
   Preparing Families of Intensive Care Patients for Withdrawal of Life Support: A Pilot Study.
   Am J Crit Care. 2008;17:113-121.
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   January 2008
7. CURRY K , Cobb S, Kutash M, Diggs C, et al
   Characteristics Associated With Unplanned Extubations in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit.
   Am J Crit Care. 2008;17:45-51.
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8. LABEAU S , Vereecke A, Vandijck DM, Claes B, et al
   Critical care nurses' knowledge of evidence-based guidelines for preventing infections associated with central venous catheters: an evaluation questionnaire.
   Am J Crit Care. 2008;17:65-71.
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9. O'MEARA D , Mireles-Cabodevila E, Frame F, Hummell AC, et al
   Evaluation of delivery of enteral nutrition in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation.
   Am J Crit Care. 2008;17:53-61.
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   November 2007
10. MALESKER MA , Foral PA, McPhillips AC, Christensen KJ, et al
    An Efficiency Evaluation of Protocols for Tight Glycemic Control in Intensive Care Units.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:589-598.
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11. BERRY AM , Davidson PM, Masters J, Rolls K, et al
    Systematic Literature Review of Oral Hygiene Practices for Intensive Care Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:552-562.
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12. BADER MK , Rovzar M, Baumgartner L, Winokur R, et al
    Keeping cool: a case for hypothermia after cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:636.
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13. DAY L
    Courage as a virtue necessary to good nursing practice.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:613-6.
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14. BATSON G
    The importance of perspective in end-of-life care decisions.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:531.
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15. MANN EA , Pidcoke HF, Salinas J, Wade CE, et al
    Accuracy of glucometers should not be assumed.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:531-2.
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    September 2007
16. LAWSON L , Bridges EJ, Ballou I, Eraker R, et al
    Accuracy and Precision of Noninvasive Temperature Measurement in Adult Intensive Care Patients.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:485-496.
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17. SCHMALENBERG C , Kramer M
    Types of intensive care units with the healthiest, most productive work environments.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:458-68.
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18. ROSE L , Nelson S, Johnston L, Presneill JJ, et al
    Decisions Made By Critical Care Nurses During Mechanical Ventilation and Weaning in an Australian Intensive Care Unit.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:434-443.
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19. PATEL NP , Pugh ME, Goldberg S, Eiger G, et al
    Hyperinsulinemic euglycemia therapy for verapamil poisoning: case report.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:520.
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20. PATEL NP , Pugh ME, Goldberg S, Eiger G, et al
    Hyperinsulinemic euglycemia therapy for verapamil poisoning: a review.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:498-503.
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21. DOUGLASS KF
    Nurse residency programs are a necessary investment.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:428.
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    July 2007
22. KHO ME , McDonald E, Stratford PW, Cook DJ, et al
    Interrater Reliability of APACHE II Scores for Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Patients: A Prospective Blinded Study.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:378-383.
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23. PADMANABHAN A , Stern M, Wishin J, Mangino M, et al
    Clinical evaluation of a flexible fecal incontinence management system.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:384-93.
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24. MOSER DK
    "The rust of life": impact of anxiety on cardiac patients.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:361-9.
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25. BELL L
    AJCC Patient Care Page. Atrial electrograms after cardiac surgery.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:360.
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26. MILLER JN , Drew BJ
    Atrial electrograms after cardiac surgery: survey of clinical practice.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:350-6.
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27. CHONG VH
    Post-PEG radiography not practical in every case.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:331.
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28. DRACUP K , Morris PE
    Nurse residency programs: preparing for the next shift.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:328-30.
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    May 2007
29. DAY L
    Lessons from the classics: conflict and tragedy in critical care at the end of life.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:290-3.
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30. COX B
    AJCC Patient Care Page. Family presence during CPR and invasive procedures.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:283.
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31. SINGH NK
    Beware of transfusion-related confounders in studies on packed red blood cells.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:206.
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32. DREW BJ
    Critical care nurses in industry: deserters or leaders?
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:204-5.
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33. MORRIS PE
    Critical care professionalism in the age of pay-for-performance: from ICUs to outpatient critical care clinics.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:200-3.
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    March 2007
34. PLOST G , Nelson DP
    Empowering critical care nurses to improve Compliance with protocols in the intensive care unit.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:153-6.
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35. MILANCHI S , Allins A
    Early pneumoperitoneum after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in intensive care patients: sign of possible bowel injury.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:132-6.
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36. BREWER BB , Wojner-Alexandrov AW, Triola N, Pacini C, et al
    AACN Synergy Model's characteristics of patients: psychometric analyses in a tertiary care health system.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:158-67.
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37. CHESTER LR
    Many critical care nurses are unaware of evidence-based practice.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:106.
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38. DRACUP K
    Changing partners.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:104-5.
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    January 2007
39. GOULD S , Cimino MJ, Gerber DR
    Packed red blood cell transfusion in the intensive care unit: limitations and consequences.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:39-48.
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40. DAY L
    Healing environments and the limits of empirical evidence.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:86-9.
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41. GOLDHILL DR , Imhoff M, McLean B, Waldmann C, et al
    Rotational bed therapy to prevent and treat respiratory complications: a review and meta-analysis.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:50-61.
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42. CASON CL , Tyner T, Saunders S, Broome L, et al
    Nurses' implementation of guidelines for ventilator-associated pneumonia from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:28-36.
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43. TOLENTINO-DELOSREYES AF , Ruppert SD, Shiao SY
    Evidence-based practice: use of the ventilator bundle to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:20-7.
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44. KUNIS K
    Confirmation of nasogastric tube placement.
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:19.
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45. BRYAN-BROWN CW
    My first 50 years of critical care (1956-2006).
    Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:12-6.
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    November 2006
46. FRAZIER SK , Stone KS, Moser D, Schlanger R, et al
    Hemodynamic changes during discontinuation of mechanical ventilation in medical intensive care unit patients.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:580-93.
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47. DOWNEY L , Engelberg RA, Shannon SE, Curtis JR, et al
    Measuring Intensive Care Nurses' Perspectives on Family-Centered End-of-Life Care: Evaluation of 3 Questionnaires.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:568-79.
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48. MCCAULEY K , Irwin RS
    Changing the work environment in intensive care units to achieve patient-focused care: the time has come.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:541-8.
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49. DRACUP K , Bryan-Brown CW
    Creating a new tipping point in intensive care.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:537-9.
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    September 2006
50. GRUENBERG DA , Shelton W, Rose SL, Rutter AE, et al
    Factors influencing length of stay in the intensive care unit.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:502-9.
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51. KLEIBER C , Davenport T, Freyenberger B
    Open bedside rounds for families with children in pediatric intensive care units.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:492-6.
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52. ROBICHAUX CM , Clark AP
    Practice of expert critical care nurses in situations of prognostic conflict at the end of life.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:480-9.
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53. BRYAN-BROWN CW , Dracup K
    The whole truth.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:448-50.
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    July 2006
54. DAY L
    Advocacy, agency, and collaboration.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:428-30.
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55. GELINAS C , Fillion L, Puntillo KA, Viens C, et al
    Validation of the critical-care pain observation tool in adult patients.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:420-7.
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56. LIMPUS A , Chaboyer W, McDonald E, Thalib L, et al
    Mechanical thromboprophylaxis in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:402-10.
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57. ARAGON D
    Evaluation of nursing work effort and perceptions about blood glucose testing in tight glycemic control.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:370-7.
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    May 2006
58. COOK D , Rocker G, Marshall J, Griffith L, et al
    Levels of care in the intensive care unit: a research program.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:269-79.
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59. MCLEAN SE , Jensen LA, Schroeder DG, Gibney NR, et al
    Improving adherence to a mechanical ventilation weaning protocol for critically ill adults: outcomes after an implementation program.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:299-309.
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60. SHIREY MR
    Authentic leaders creating healthy work environments for nursing practice.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:256-67.
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61. TORRENCE E
    Letter to the editors.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:248.
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62. BRYAN-BROWN CW , Dracup K
    Who's speaking?
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:244-6.
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    March 2006
63. DAY L
    Family involvement in critical care: shortcomings of a utilitarian justification.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:223-5.
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64. BURNS SM , Carpenter R, Blevins C, Bragg S, et al
    Detection of inadvertent airway intubation during gastric tube insertion: Capnography versus a colorimetric carbon dioxide detector.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:188-95.
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65. BECKER D , Kaplow R, Muenzen PM, Hartigan C, et al
    Activities performed by acute and critical care advanced practice nurses: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Study of Practice.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:130-48.
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66. BENNETT G
    Re: Moral distress of staff nurses in a medical intensive care unit.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:127.
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    January 2006
67. DAY L
    Distributive justice and personal responsibility for choices about health.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:96-8.
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68. BECKSTRAND RL , Callister LC, Kirchhoff KT
    Providing a "good death": critical care nurses' suggestions for improving end-of-life care.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:38-45.
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69. SCOTT LD , Rogers AE, Hwang WT, Zhang Y, et al
    Effects of critical care nurses' work hours on vigilance and patients' safety.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:30-7.
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70. KIRCHHOFF KT , Dahl N
    American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' national survey of facilities and units providing critical care.
    Am J Crit Care. 2006;15:13-27.
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