OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Intensive Care Medicine is 55. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Obituary and tribute to Professor J. Randall Curtis (Randy)	2927
Variation in intensive care unit beds capacity in China from 2007 to 2021	508
Effect of proning and recruitment on physio-anatomical variables in COVID-19 pneumonia	331
Time course of physiological variables during inter-hospital helicopter transport of ventilated COVID-19 patients	191
Basic ultrasound skill for intensivists: future scope for expansion of the recommendations of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine	182
Full enteral nutrition should be avoided among patients with high vasopressor dose and low flow state	161
Close collaboration between pathologists and intensivists to understand (not just) coronavirus disease	159
The certainty of parental love vs. the uncertainty of a “best” decision	157
Optimal oxygen and mean arterial blood pressure targets after cardiac arrest	150
Pitfalls in the use of microcirculation as a resuscitation goal	138
Correction: Achievement of therapeutic antibiotic exposures using Bayesian dosing software in critically unwell children and adults with sepsis	133
Weaning strategy in patients at low-to-medium risk of extubation failure	132
Workplace equity for clinicians with a disability: why it matters for all	131
Severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: time to reassess our practices	130
Major adverse kidney events as an endpoint in acute kidney injury trials: is it time for a RE-MAKE?	121
Personalized oxygen targets are needed for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	117
Preventing stress ulcer bleeding	115
No ventilation, no ARDS: insights from four-dimensional computed tomography as dynamic imaging	107
Quantifying benefit and harm of extracorporeal life support in cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction	101
Anesthetic drugs for rapid sequence intubation: ketamine, but what dose?	94
Correction to: Noninvasive respiratory support in intensive care medicine	94
Greenery and outdoor facilities to improve the wellbeing of critically ill patients, their families and caregivers: things to consider	93
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography differentiates between pneumonia and atelectasis in a mechanically ventilated patient	91
A double plea for dyspnea as the next great cause of all ICU professions and for caution about the dyspnea-breathlessness equivalence	87
Correction: Expanding the role of PoCUS in tailoring diuretic strategies for congestion management in critical care	87

Frailty in intensive care medicine must be measured, interpreted and taken into account!	86
Using the helmet	83
Mental health sequelae in survivors of cardiogenic shock complicating myocardial infarction. A population-based cohort study	82
Persistent signs of poisoning after massive drug ingestion: move the ultrasound probe to the stomach	82
Long-term mortality and health-related quality of life of lower versus higher oxygenation targets in ICU patients with severe hypoxaemia	81
Norepinephrine dose and concentration reporting: a closer look at the fine print	79
Sequencing interventions in ARDS: the critical role of timing and order in standardized management	77
Status epilepticus in the ICU	76
Measuring patient’s effort on the ventilator	75
Staircase strategy, tier-three therapies, and effects on outcome in traumatic brain injured patients: the Triple-T TBI study	74
Dose of norepinephrine: the devil is in the details	73
Comparing intravascular and surface cooling methods: a critical look at outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients—author's reply	73
Hemodynamic and neurological presentations of invasive meningococcal disease in adults: a nationwide study across 100+ French ICUs	71
Delivering optimal renal replacement therapy to critically ill patients with acute kidney injury	71
Beyond inflammation: the role of metabolic dysregulation in sepsis diagnosis and treatment	71
Lung-protective sedation: moving toward a new paradigm of precision sedation	69
Nicotine patches in patients on mechanical ventilation for severe COVID-19: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial	67
Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is prevalent but not associated with mortality in patients with septic shock	66
The 5-year pre- and post-hospitalization treated prevalence of mental disorders and psychotropic medication use in critically ill patients: a Canadian population-based study	66
The effects of pantoprazole vs. placebo on 1-year outcomes, resource use and employment status in ICU patients at risk for gastrointestinal bleeding: a secondary analysis of the SUP-ICU trial	65
SHAP model explainability in ECMO–PAL mortality prediction: a critical analysis	64
Effect of therapeutic drug monitoring-based dose optimization of piperacillin/tazobactam on sepsis-related organ dysfunction in patients with sepsis: a randomized controlled trial	64
Age and associated outcomes among patients receiving venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory failure: analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry	62
Frailty, Outcomes, Recovery and Care Steps of Critically Ill Patients (FORECAST): a prospective, multi-centre, cohort study	61
Exposure to ambient air pollutants and acute respiratory distress syndrome risk in sepsis	61
Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal for acute respiratory failure: a review of potential indications, clinical practice and open research questions	61
Ten myths about Albumin: don’t forget the endothelium. Author’s reply	59
Effects of small volume resuscitation with hypertonic saline on body water distribution in ICU patients after cardiac surgery	59
Role of PEEP on the prognostic performance of the ROX index in hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19: any further gain in outcome prediction?	57
Relationship of multidrug-resistant bacterial colonization and immune status of patients in the ICU	57