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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Obituary and tribute to Professor J. Randall Curtis (Randy)	830
Weaning strategy in patients at low-to-medium risk of extubation failure	267
Workplace equity for clinicians with a disability: why it matters for all	260
Personalized oxygen targets are needed for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	224
Quantifying benefit and harm of extracorporeal life support in cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction	200
Close collaboration between pathologists and intensivists to understand (not just) coronavirus disease	184
Pitfalls in the use of microcirculation as a resuscitation goal	165
The certainty of parental love vs. the uncertainty of a “best” decision	165
Persistent signs of poisoning after massive drug ingestion: move the ultrasound probe to the stomach	150
Comparing intravascular and surface cooling methods: a critical look at outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients—author's reply	146
A double plea for dyspnea as the next great cause of all ICU professions and for caution about the dyspnea-breathlessness equivalence	145
Sequencing interventions in ARDS: the critical role of timing and order in standardized management	139
ICU venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: revisiting external validity, vulnerable subgroups, and diagnostic standards, with future directions. Authors' reply	120
Norepinephrine dose and concentration reporting: a closer look at the fine print	117
Serum sickness: a mimic of septic shock	111
Hemodynamic and neurological presentations of invasive meningococcal disease in adults: a nationwide study across 100+ French ICUs	110
Family-administered delirium screening improves satisfaction among ICU caregivers: a prospective cohort study	109
Reassessing open lung ventilation in ARDS: an updated meta-analysis of the 2023 ESICM guidelines highlights risks of routine use and supports individualized strategies	106
No ventilation, no ARDS: insights from four-dimensional computed tomography as dynamic imaging	104
Optimal oxygen and mean arterial blood pressure targets after cardiac arrest	103
Correction: Achievement of therapeutic antibiotic exposures using Bayesian dosing software in critically unwell children and adults with sepsis	97
Correction: Expanding the role of PoCUS in tailoring diuretic strategies for congestion management in critical care	96
Correction to: Noninvasive respiratory support in intensive care medicine	94
Weaning of neuromuscular patients: the reality is probably somewhere in between. Author’s reply	94
Measuring patient’s effort on the ventilator	93

Severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: time to reassess our practices	90
Perioperative ARDS: beyond definitions toward etiology-driven care	88
Greenery and outdoor facilities to improve the wellbeing of critically ill patients, their families and caregivers: things to consider	87
Author Correction: Cyclosporine versus placebo pretreatment of brain-dead donors and kidney graft function (Cis-A-Rein trial): a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial	84
The UNDERSCORE for RRT weaning prediction: promising but not yet ready to unplug. Author's reply	82
The ultrasound of silence	81
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography differentiates between pneumonia and atelectasis in a mechanically ventilated patient	77
Correspondence on “Mechanical ventilation for ICU patient with obesity: current best practices and future directions” Author’s reply	76
Vitamin C appears harmful in patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treated in the intensive care unit	73
Beyond inflammation: the role of metabolic dysregulation in sepsis diagnosis and treatment	73
Major adverse kidney events as an endpoint in acute kidney injury trials: is it time for a RE-MAKE?	73
Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is prevalent but not associated with mortality in patients with septic shock	73
ICU communication: ‘state of the art’	73
Staircase strategy, tier-three therapies, and effects on outcome in traumatic brain injured patients: the Triple-T TBI study	70
Preventing stress ulcer bleeding	69
SHAP model explainability in ECMO–PAL mortality prediction: a critical analysis	68
Frailty, Outcomes, Recovery and Care Steps of Critically Ill Patients (FORECAST): a prospective, multi-centre, cohort study	67
Effects of PEEP on ICP in ABI patients and its relationship with etiology	66
Frailty in intensive care medicine must be measured, interpreted and taken into account!	65
Exposure to ambient air pollutants and acute respiratory distress syndrome risk in sepsis	63
Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal for acute respiratory failure: a review of potential indications, clinical practice and open research questions	62
Beyond consensus: operationalizing gender equity and equality in intensive care medicine	62
Delivering optimal renal replacement therapy to critically ill patients with acute kidney injury	62
Age and associated outcomes among patients receiving venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory failure: analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry	62
Lung-protective sedation: moving toward a new paradigm of precision sedation	61
Using the helmet	61
Mental health sequelae in survivors of cardiogenic shock complicating myocardial infarction. A population-based cohort study	61
Status epilepticus in the ICU	61
Variation in intensive care unit beds capacity in China from 2007 to 2021	60
Plasminogen supplementation reverses fibrinolytic insufficiency in sepsis-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation: a pilot study	60
Rapid temperature increases under isoflurane sedation	59
Dichotomy between ventilator associated-pneumonia/tracheobronchitis: did you ask the lung its opinion? Author's reply	59
Central venous pressure not appropriate to guide volume administration in patients with high-risk pulmonary embolism	57