OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Intensive Care Medicine is 57. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Obituary and tribute to Professor J. Randall Curtis (Randy)	2833
Variation in intensive care unit beds capacity in China from 2007 to 2021	480
Effect of proning and recruitment on physio-anatomical variables in COVID-19 pneumonia	320
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	250
Time course of physiological variables during inter-hospital helicopter transport of ventilated COVID-19 patients	184
Basic ultrasound skill for intensivists: future scope for expansion of the recommendations of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine	172
Full enteral nutrition should be avoided among patients with high vasopressor dose and low flow state	150
Close collaboration between pathologists and intensivists to understand (not just) coronavirus disease	149
The certainty of parental love vs. the uncertainty of a “best” decision	148
Optimal oxygen and mean arterial blood pressure targets after cardiac arrest	145
Pitfalls in the use of microcirculation as a resuscitation goal	131
Influenza and prophylactic antifungal therapy for aspergillosis: addressing some questions first	130
Weaning strategy in patients at low-to-medium risk of extubation failure	128
Correction: Achievement of therapeutic antibiotic exposures using Bayesian dosing software in critically unwell children and adults with sepsis	128
Workplace equity for clinicians with a disability: why it matters for all	125
Severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: time to reassess our practices	113
Major adverse kidney events as an endpoint in acute kidney injury trials: is it time for a RE-MAKE?	113
Personalized oxygen targets are needed for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	111
Preventing stress ulcer bleeding	107
No ventilation, no ARDS: insights from four-dimensional computed tomography as dynamic imaging	97
Quantifying benefit and harm of extracorporeal life support in cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction	93
Correction to: Noninvasive respiratory support in intensive care medicine	92
Nicotine patches in patients on mechanical ventilation for severe COVID-19: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial	90
Lung-protective sedation: moving toward a new paradigm of precision sedation	87
Measuring patient’s effort on the ventilator	85

Comparing intravascular and surface cooling methods: a critical look at outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients—author's reply	85
A double plea for dyspnea as the next great cause of all ICU professions and for caution about the dyspnea-breathlessness equivalence	84
Frailty in intensive care medicine must be measured, interpreted and taken into account!	83
Beyond inflammation: the role of metabolic dysregulation in sepsis diagnosis and treatment	81
Staircase strategy, tier-three therapies, and effects on outcome in traumatic brain injured patients: the Triple-T TBI study	80
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	79
Greenery and outdoor facilities to improve the wellbeing of critically ill patients, their families and caregivers: things to consider	77
Correction: Expanding the role of PoCUS in tailoring diuretic strategies for congestion management in critical care	77
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography differentiates between pneumonia and atelectasis in a mechanically ventilated patient	75
Anesthetic drugs for rapid sequence intubation: ketamine, but what dose?	75
Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is prevalent but not associated with mortality in patients with septic shock	75
SHAP model explainability in ECMO–PAL mortality prediction: a critical analysis	74
Persistent signs of poisoning after massive drug ingestion: move the ultrasound probe to the stomach	74
Using the helmet	73
Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal for acute respiratory failure: a review of potential indications, clinical practice and open research questions	73
Mental health sequelae in survivors of cardiogenic shock complicating myocardial infarction. A population-based cohort study	72
Effect of therapeutic drug monitoring-based dose optimization of piperacillin/tazobactam on sepsis-related organ dysfunction in patients with sepsis: a randomized controlled trial	70
Norepinephrine dose and concentration reporting: a closer look at the fine print	70
Sequencing interventions in ARDS: the critical role of timing and order in standardized management	68
Dose of norepinephrine: the devil is in the details	67
Long-term mortality and health-related quality of life of lower versus higher oxygenation targets in ICU patients with severe hypoxaemia	65
Exposure to ambient air pollutants and acute respiratory distress syndrome risk in sepsis	63
Age and associated outcomes among patients receiving venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory failure: analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry	63
Delivering optimal renal replacement therapy to critically ill patients with acute kidney injury	62
Targeted temperature management following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of temperature targets	62
Effects of small volume resuscitation with hypertonic saline on body water distribution in ICU patients after cardiac surgery	61
Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to prevent delirium in critically ill patients: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	61
Status epilepticus in the ICU	61
Frailty, Outcomes, Recovery and Care Steps of Critically Ill Patients (FORECAST): a prospective, multi-centre, cohort study	61
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?	59
Ten myths about Albumin: don’t forget the endothelium. Author’s reply	59
Relationship of multidrug-resistant bacterial colonization and immune status of patients in the ICU	57
Dichotomy between ventilator associated-pneumonia/tracheobronchitis: did you ask the lung its opinion? Author's reply	57