OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care is 2. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Reply to comment on: Massive transfusion experience, current practice and decision support: A survey of Australian and New Zealand Anaesthetists	22
An anaesthetist who missed a golden opportunity	20
What airway management information do anaesthetic charts prompt for? An audit of charts from 132 hospitals across Australia and New Zealand	18
Supply of opioids and information provided to patients after surgery in an Australian hospital: A cross-sectional study	12
Anaesthesia’s Hobson’s choice: The brave new world of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs)	11
Observational study of the effect of ketamine infusions on sedation depth, inflammation, and clinical outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients with SARS-CoV-2	9
Returning to work following parental leave: the experiences of Australian anaesthetists	8
Uterine atony prophylaxis with carbetocin versus oxytocin and the risk of major haemorrhage during caesarean section: A retrospective cohort study	8
Experiences of Australian anaesthetists and anaesthetic trainees of working whilst pregnant: Results of a national survey	8
Incidence of postoperative delirium in surgical patients: An observational retrospective cohort study	8
Intraoperative cardiac arrest in the lateral position: Is rapid repositioning always necessary?	7
Perioperative pain management in thoracic surgery: A survey of practices in Australia and New Zealand	7
Cannula cricothyroidotomy in the impalpable neck: An observational study of simulated ‘can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate’ scenarios by teams following a cannula-first algorithm in live anaesthetised pig	7
Culprit allergen prevalence in polyreactive individuals reflects prescription trends: A tool for estimating comparative anaphylaxis risk using the example of neuromuscular blocking agents	6
A cross-sectional study of the relationship between iron deficiency anaemia and chronic pain	6
Preoperative cefazolin push injection in awake or sedated patients: a direct observational study in two hospitals	6
Lung auscultation versus point-of-care ultrasound for assessment of basal lung excursion at maximal inspiration: An exploratory study	6
The physiologists who ‘oxygenised’ sport	6
Beta errors in anaesthesia randomised controlled trials in which no statistical significance is found: Is there an elephant in the room?	6
Response to “What is a case-control study? Comment on ‘Oral midodrine does not expedite liberation from protracted vasopressor infusions: A case-control study’”	6
Awards for papers in anaesthesia and intensive care, 2021	6
Simulated impact of lift car sizes on transport of critical care patients: Informing the design of the New Dunedin Hospital	6
Anaesthesia healthcare workers’ interactions with COVID-19-positive and -suspect patients: A multi-site observational study from Queensland, Australia	6
2025 ADS/ANZCA/GESA/NACOS clinical practice recommendations on the peri-procedural use of GLP-1/GIP receptor agonists	6
Comparative strategies for overcoming pseudohypoxaemia: Guided by a case of leukocyte larceny in COVID-19 severe acute respiratory distress syndrome with chronic myelogenous leukaemia	6

Factors associated with poor intraoperative perfusion and postoperative complications in otolaryngological autologous tissue transfers: A single-centre retrospective observational study	6
A four-year retrospective study of palliative care involvement with Australian intensive care patients	6
Blue laser as a safe option in laser airway surgery	6
Response to comment on: Evaluation of opioid prescribing for surgical patients discharged from three metropolitan hospitals between 2012 and 2020	6
Incidents relating to paediatric regional anaesthesia in the first 8000 cases reported to webAIRS	5
A prelude to Ether Day 1846: Charles F Heywood’s letter to William TG Morton	5
Neurocognitive symptoms with functional decline following severe anaphylaxis to rocuronium at anaesthesia induction: Kounis-like syndrome	5
Early expiratory flow flattening: an alternative sign of delayed cycling in non-invasive ventilation	5
Abstracts of the Aotearoa New Zealand Anaesthesia Annual Scientific Meeting, 27–30 October 2021, Christchurch, New Zealand.	5
Joseph-Auguste Fontaine: A martyr of compressed air therapy	5
Development, implementation and evaluation of a bronchoscopy simulation training program for intensive care Fellows and intensivists in the Netherlands	5
The Bullying in Anaesthesia Registrars Survey (BARS): Does a validated questionnaire improve our understanding of bullying in Australian and New Zealand anaesthesia trainees?	5
Skin injury: Associations with variables related to perfusion and pressure	5
Triggers for medical emergency team activation after non-cardiac surgery	5
‘On the inhalation of the vapour of Æther, with cases’: The first paper on anaesthesia read before a medical society in Australia	4
The what-if approach to perioperative planning	4
Opioids in acute pain: Towards getting the right balance	4
Evaluation of propofol wastage and disposal in routine anesthesia care	4
Serum lidocaine (lignocaine) concentrations during prolonged perioperative infusion in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery: A secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial	4
Influence of laminectomy on the lumbosacral cerebrospinal fluid volume: A retrospective magnetic resonance imaging study	4
Two episodes of delayed emergence in a healthy young man	4
Documentation of informed consent for anaesthesia: A single-site retrospective audit at a rural Australian hospital	4
Methadone and buprenorphine: The search for a non-addictive opioid	4
Clinical implications of opioid-induced ventilatory impairment	4
The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children heart–lung machine 1959. The story behind a photograph.	3
Effects of polymyxin B haemoperfusion on septic shock caused by Gram-positive bacteria	3
Paving a pathway for successful implementation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation	3
Variations of nitrous oxide procurement per public hospital bed between Australian states and territories: A cross-sectional analysis	3
Preliminary pharmacokinetics and patient experience of jet-injected dexmedetomidine in healthy adults	3
Fibreoptic intubation in children and young people in resource-limited settings: A case series during a humanitarian aid operation in Guinea	3
The validity of self-reported smoking status on day of surgery in a mixed elective surgery population	3
Operation clean up: A model for eco-leadership and sustainability implementation	3
A survey of nitrous oxide usage and knowledge of its environmental effects across healthcare worker groups	3
Effects of sevoflurane versus propofol on cerebral autoregulation during anaesthesia for robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy	3
The association between unanticipated prolonged post-anaesthesia care unit length of stay and early postoperative deterioration: A retrospective cohort study	3
Unrecognised drug error and subsequent airway management utilising ultrasound-guided cricothyroidotomy and Rapid-O2® oxygen insufflation	3
Dr Gilbert Reynolds Troup: A founder of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists	2
Inexpensive home-assembled human skull model for training and learning the peribulbar block technique	2
‘Opioid’, opioids, pain, language and communication	2
David Borshoff, Paul Sadleir and Stephen Same, The Perfusion Crisis Manual	2
Perioperative management of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A narrative review	2
Thanks to Reviewers	2
Report: The 10th International Symposium on the History of Anesthesia, Kobe City, Japan: 16–18 June 2022	2
Incidence and determinants of malpositioning tracheostomy tubes in critically ill adult patients	2
A weighing method for measuring nitrous oxide leakage from hospital manifold-pipeline networks	2
Treatment of and outcomes from hypotension in the post-anaesthesia care unit: A single-centre retrospective cohort study	2
Two sides to every story: Reappraising the early history of liver transplantation at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge	2
JG Farrell and The Lung: An early description of intensive care delirium in literature	2
Comment on: Iatrogenic uvular injury related to airway instrumentation	2
Preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing improves risk assessment of morbidity and length of stay following cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy	2

Perioperative anaphylaxis in Malaysia: A nine-year retrospective study	2
Risk factors for mortality in severe COVID-19: Exploring the interplay of immunomodulatory therapy and coinfection	2
Metabolic crisis in maple syrup urine disease: an unusual complication of a rare disease: a case report	2
Non-academic challenges during anaesthesia training in a teaching hospital of a lower–middle income country: A qualitative analysis of resident interviews	2
Impact of the location of the initial admitting intensive care unit on the delivery of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in Australia and New Zealand	2
Oesophageal intubations in anaesthetic practice across Australia and New Zealand: A webAIRS analysis of 109 incidents	2
Hypercarbia and high-flow nasal oxygen use during anaesthesia – risking a failure to thrive?	2
Reference value models for predicting preoperative six-minute walk test in patients scheduled for abdominal and pelvic cancer surgery	2
New pharmacological perspectives and therapeutic options for opioids: Differences matter	2
Postoperative temporomandibular joint dislocation reduced by the syringe technique	2
A comparison of a modified ultrasound-guided minimally invasive scalpel cricothyroidotomy technique with non–ultrasound-guided cannula cricothyroidotomy using phantom difficult neck model simulations	2