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APACHE II

1985 • 12,347 citations

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1987 • 4,294 citations

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1985 • 2,125 citations

Therapeutic intervention scoring system

1974 • 1,203 citations

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1986 • 938 citations

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1987 • 877 citations

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1990 • 831 citations

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1981 • 829 citations

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1984 • 520 citations

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1988 • 469 citations

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1991 • 406 citations

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1989 • 362 citations

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1990 • 330 citations

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1992 • 307 citations

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1990 • 294 citations

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1992 • 293 citations

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1991 • 242 citations

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1990 • 236 citations

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1979 • 235 citations

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1986 • 199 citations

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1989 • 195 citations

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1975 • 189 citations

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1976 • 187 citations

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1987 • 181 citations

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1979 • 171 citations

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1989 • 162 citations

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1989 • 161 citations

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1980 • 155 citations

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1981 • 154 citations

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1987 • 134 citations

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1980 • 129 citations

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1988 • 127 citations

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1982 • 119 citations

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1985 • 110 citations

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1982 • 95 citations

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1983 • 95 citations

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1990 • 88 citations

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1986 • 80 citations

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1988 • 78 citations

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1987 • 77 citations

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1987 • 77 citations

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1980 • 75 citations

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1979 • 74 citations

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1979 • 72 citations

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1979 • 55 citations

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1982 • 54 citations

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1983 • 45 citations

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1978 • 39 citations

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1986 • 37 citations

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1986 • 36 citations

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1990 • 35 citations

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1988 • 33 citations

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