OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Saudi Medicine is 4. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Clinical profile of functional constipation in Saudi children	29
Management of twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence: one center's experience	20
Association between human herpesviruses and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a molecular perspective	16
Comorbidity of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in young adults who had major depressive disorder	14
Improved long-term survival rate in the responders to bortezomib, cyclophosphamide, dexamethasone induction therapy in a transplant-eligible cohort of predominantly middle-age multiple myeloma patient	13
Diabetic ketoacidosis in Saudi Arabia: factors precipitating initial admission and readmission	13
Predicting COVID-19 outcomes with the Edmonton Obesity Staging System	12
Hearing loss among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study	10
Comparison of nutritional risk status assessment tools in predicting 30-day survival in critically ill COVID-19 pneumonia patients	10
Abdominal access in laparoscopic surgery of obese patients: a novel abdominal access technique	9
Effect of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 on the fetus in pregnant women who recovered from infection	8
Risk factors for postoperative hypocalcemia following total thyroidectomy: a retrospective study	8
Characteristics and outcomes of mechanically ventilated elderly patients in the absence of an end-of-life care policy: a retrospective study from Bahrain	8
Prevalence of nocturnal enuresis among children and adults in Saudi Arabia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Warm distension fluid reduces pain severity in office hysteroscopy: a randomized controlled trial	8
Clinical profile, course and outcomes of adults with inflammatory bowel disease over a decade: a single center experience	8
Predictors of medication regimen complexity and its impact on hemoglobin a1c in type 2 diabetes patients: a retrospective analysis in ambulatory care in Makkah City	7
Kuwait National Mammography Screening Program: outcomes of 5 years of screening in Kuwaiti women	7
Comment on: Optic nerve sheath diameter measurement by ultrasound and age group	7
Evaluation of critically ill obstetric patients treated in an intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Adolescent pregnancies in Turkey: a single center experience	7
Factors associated with 30-day mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing emergency colorectal surgery	7
Demographic, clinical and genetic factors associated with COVID-19 disease susceptibility and mortality in a Kurdish population	7
Intradermal mesotherapy versus intravenous dexketoprofen for the treatment of migraine headache without aura: a randomized controlled trial	6
Comment on: Association between serum vitamin D levels and age in patients with epilepsy: A retrospective study from an epilepsy center in Saudi Arabia	6

Comment on “The effect of preoperative chest physiotherapy on oxygenation and lung function in cardiac surgery patients: a randomized controlled study”	6
Transformation of dental services from a governmental model to a revenue-generation model of operation in a tertiary care hospital: a health economics assessment	6
Role of body mass index in anastomotic leakage after curative treatment for rectal cancer	6
Endometrial thickness as a predictive value of ectopic pregnancy in in-vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles: a case-control study	6
Optimized serum ferritin prediction of iron overload in transfusion-dependent thalassemia: likelihood ratio and age-adjustment approach	6
Dependence of clinical outcomes on time of hospital admission in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction	6
The therapeutic effect of leucogen in treating alcoholic liver cirrhosis with thrombocytopenia or leukopenia	6
Acute infrarenal abdominal aortic occlusion in a patient with COVID-19	5
The outcome of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in pediatric patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome in an intensive care unit	5
Does red blood cell transfusion affect clinical outcomes in critically ill patients? A report from a large teaching hospital in south Iran	5
Prescribing errors among adult patients in a large tertiary care system in Saudi Arabia	5
Cryptosporidium spp. during chemotherapy: a cross-sectional study of 94 patients with malignant solid tumor	5
Prognosis of patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia in a tertiary hospital in Turkey	5
Prevalence and association of hyperuricemia with liver function in Saudi Arabia: a large cross-sectional study	5
Outcomes of autologous stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma in Saudi Arabia	5
Efficacy and safety of semaglutide: real-world tertiary care experience from Saudi Arabia	5
Argon plasma coagulation: an effective treatment for solitary rectal ulcer syndrome	5
Prevalence of bacterial bloodstream infections and association between neutropenia and 30-day mortality among oncology inpatients at a university hospital in Saudi Arabia	5
Efficacy and safety of empagliflozin: a “real-world” experience from Saudi Arabia	5
Association between serum vitamin D levels and age in patients with epilepsy: a retrospective study from an epilepsy center in Saudi Arabia	4
Sex-based outcomes of obesity in critically ill patients: a retrospective cohort study	4
Mesenchymal stem cells and platelet rich plasma therapy for knee osteoarthritis: an umbrella review of systematic reviews with meta-analysis	4
Errata	4
Pediatric trauma at a single center in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia	4
The prevalence of strabismus and visual outcomes in children with hydrocephalus and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: medical record review	4
Clinical outcomes of corticosteroid administration for acute respiratory distress syndrome in adults based on meta-analyses and trial sequential analysis	4
The combined impact of hyponatremia and hematocrit on the risk for 90-day readmission and death in patients with heart failure: dilutional hyponatremia versus depletional hyponatremia	4
Hepatic fibrosis changes in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection who respond to direct-acting antivirals	4
The relationship between degree of coronary artery stenosis detected by coronary computed tomography angiography and ACEF risk score in patients with chronic coronary syndrome	4
Intracoronary epinephrine versus adenosine in the management of refractory no-reflow phenomenon: a single-center retrospective cohort study	4