OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Anesthesiology is 47. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Intubation and Ventilation amid the COVID-19 Outbreak	407
2022 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway	377
Perioperative Use of Gabapentinoids for the Management of Postoperative Acute Pain	264
Sugammadex versus Neostigmine for Reversal of Neuromuscular Blockade and Postoperative Pulmonary Complications (STRONGER)	176
Perioperative Management of Patients Infected with the Novel Coronavirus	149
COVID-19 Infection	132
Balanced Opioid-free Anesthesia with DexmedetomidineversusBalanced Anesthesia with Remifentanil for Major or Intermediate Noncardiac Surgery	130
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Remimazolam (CNS 7056) after Continuous Infusion in Healthy Male Volunteers	130
Perioperative Opioid Administration	123
The Evolution, Current Value, and Future of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification System	102
Sepsis-induced Coagulopathy and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation	97
Burnout Rate and Risk Factors among Anesthesiologists in the United States	90
Precautions for Intubating Patients with COVID-19	88
Quantitative Lung Ultrasound: Technical Aspects and Clinical Applications	87
Hypotension Prediction Index for Prevention of Hypotension during Moderate- to High-risk Noncardiac Surgery	82
Perineural Liposomal Bupivacaine Is Not Superior to Nonliposomal Bupivacaine for Peripheral Nerve Block Analgesia	81
Brief Preoperative Screening for Frailty and Cognitive Impairment Predicts Delirium after Spine Surgery	78
Tau Contributes to Sevoflurane-induced Neurocognitive Impairment in Neonatal Mice	77
Persistent Postoperative Opioid Use	73
Carbon Footprint of General, Regional, and Combined Anesthesia for Total Knee Replacements	73
2023 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Monitoring and Antagonism of Neuromuscular Blockade: A Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Neuromuscula	72
Spectral and Entropic Features Are Altered by Age in the Electroencephalogram in Patients under Sevoflurane Anesthesia	70
Pharmacotherapy for the Prevention of Chronic Pain after Surgery in Adults: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	70
Cannabis Use Disorder and Perioperative Outcomes in Major Elective Surgeries	68
Usefulness of Parasternal Intercostal Muscle Ultrasound during Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation	66

Perioperative Blood Pressure Management	66
Multimodal Analgesic Regimen for Spine Surgery	66
Patient and Procedural Determinants of Postoperative Pain Trajectories	63
Volatile versus Total Intravenous Anesthesia for Cancer Prognosis in Patients Having Digestive Cancer Surgery	62
COVID-19, Personal Protective Equipment, and Human Performance	61
Clinical Effectiveness of Liposomal Bupivacaine Administered by Infiltration or Peripheral Nerve Block to Treat Postoperative Pain	56
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Remimazolam (CNS 7056) after Continuous Infusion in Healthy Male Volunteers	56
Delirium in Older Patients after Combined Epidural–General Anesthesia or General Anesthesia for Major Surgery: A Randomized Trial	54
A Pilot Trial of Platelets Stored Cold versus at Room Temperature for Complex Cardiothoracic Surgery	54
Electroencephalogram Burst-suppression during Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Elderly Patients Mediates Postoperative Delirium	54
Postoperative Hypotension after Noncardiac Surgery and the Association with Myocardial Injury	54
Cryoneurolysis and Percutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation to Treat Acute Pain	52
Response of Chinese Anesthesiologists to the COVID-19 Outbreak	52
Volatile Anesthetics versus Propofol for Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass	52
Lung Ultrasound in Emergency and Critically Ill Patients	51
Mild Acute Kidney Injury after Noncardiac Surgery Is Associated with Long-term Renal Dysfunction	49
Establishing and Managing a Temporary Coronavirus Disease 2019 Specialty Hospital in Wuhan, China	49
Early Childhood General Anesthesia and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children Birth Cohort	49
Preventing Infection of Patients and Healthcare Workers Should Be the New Normal in the Era of Novel Coronavirus Epidemics	49
Balancing Supply and Demand for Blood during the COVID-19 Pandemic	48
Perioperative Temperature Monitoring	48
Postoperative Pulmonary Complications’ Association with Sugammadex versus Neostigmine: A Retrospective Registry Analysis	48
Computer-assisted Individualized Hemodynamic Management Reduces Intraoperative Hypotension in Intermediate- and High-risk Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial	47
Intravenous versus Volatile Anesthetic Effects on Postoperative Cognition in Elderly Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Abdominal Surgery	47
Pulse Wave Analysis to Estimate Cardiac Output	47
Epidural Anesthesia–Analgesia and Recurrence-free Survival after Lung Cancer Surgery: A Randomized Trial	47