Intensive Care Medicine

Article	Citations
Obituary and tribute to Professor J. Randall Curtis (Randy)	2535
Variation in intensive care unit beds capacity in China from 2007 to 2021	403
Effect of proning and recruitment on physio-anatomical variables in COVID-19 pneumonia	283
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	275
Time course of physiological variables during inter-hospital helicopter transport of ventilated COVID-19 patients	209
Full enteral nutrition should be avoided among patients with high vasopressor dose and low flow state	174
Basic ultrasound skill for intensivists: future scope for expansion of the recommendations of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine	174
Greenery and outdoor facilities to improve the wellbeing of critically ill patients, their families and caregivers: things to consider	159
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	141
Optimal oxygen and mean arterial blood pressure targets after cardiac arrest	133
Pitfalls in the use of microcirculation as a resuscitation goal	132
Influenza and prophylactic antifungal therapy for aspergillosis: addressing some questions first	127
Correction: Achievement of therapeutic antibiotic exposures using Bayesian dosing software in critically unwell children and adults with sepsis	124
Weaning strategy in patients at low-to-medium risk of extubation failure	124
Norepinephrine dose and concentration reporting: a closer look at the fine print	120
Sequencing interventions in ARDS: the critical role of timing and order in standardized management	120
Workplace equity for clinicians with a disability: why it matters for all	116
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography differentiates between pneumonia and atelectasis in a mechanically ventilated patient	110
A double plea for dyspnea as the next great cause of all ICU professions and for caution about the dyspnea-breathlessness equivalence	107
Severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: time to reassess our practices	103
Major adverse kidney events as an endpoint in acute kidney injury trials: is it time for a RE-MAKE?	102
Personalized oxygen targets are needed for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	90
Preventing stress ulcer bleeding	85
No ventilation, no ARDS: insights from four-dimensional computed tomography as dynamic imaging	81

Quantifying benefit and harm of extracorporeal life support in cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction	79
Mental health sequelae in survivors of cardiogenic shock complicating myocardial infarction. A population-based cohort study	78
Correction to: Noninvasive respiratory support in intensive care medicine	78
Measuring patient’s effort on the ventilator	76
Age and associated outcomes among patients receiving venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory failure: analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry	76
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	75
Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is prevalent but not associated with mortality in patients with septic shock	75
Dose of norepinephrine: the devil is in the details	74
Using the helmet	73
Lung-protective sedation: moving toward a new paradigm of precision sedation	72
Staircase strategy, tier-three therapies, and effects on outcome in traumatic brain injured patients: the Triple-T TBI study	71
Exposure to ambient air pollutants and acute respiratory distress syndrome risk in sepsis	69
Anesthetic drugs for rapid sequence intubation: ketamine, but what dose?	69
Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to prevent delirium in critically ill patients: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	69
Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal for acute respiratory failure: a review of potential indications, clinical practice and open research questions	69
Correction: Expanding the role of PoCUS in tailoring diuretic strategies for congestion management in critical care	68
Frailty in intensive care medicine must be measured, interpreted and taken into account!	68
Delivering optimal renal replacement therapy to critically ill patients with acute kidney injury	66
SHAP model explainability in ECMO–PAL mortality prediction: a critical analysis	66
Frailty, Outcomes, Recovery and Care Steps of Critically Ill Patients (FORECAST): a prospective, multi-centre, cohort study	65
Status epilepticus in the ICU	65
Nicotine patches in patients on mechanical ventilation for severe COVID-19: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial	63
Long-term mortality and health-related quality of life of lower versus higher oxygenation targets in ICU patients with severe hypoxaemia	63
Targeted temperature management following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of temperature targets	63
Effect of therapeutic drug monitoring-based dose optimization of piperacillin/tazobactam on sepsis-related organ dysfunction in patients with sepsis: a randomized controlled trial	60
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?	58
Dichotomy between ventilator associated-pneumonia/tracheobronchitis: did you ask the lung its opinion? Author's reply	57
Relationship of multidrug-resistant bacterial colonization and immune status of patients in the ICU	57
Central venous pressure not appropriate to guide volume administration in patients with high-risk pulmonary embolism	55
Rapid temperature increases under isoflurane sedation	55
Securing the airway in critical care scenarios: questioning the fundamentals	54
Correction: Determinants of fluid use and the association between volume of fluid used and effect of balanced solutions on mortality in critically ill patients: a secondary analysis of the BaSICS tria	54
Monocyte distribution width as a biomarker of resistance to corticosteroids in patients with sepsis: the MOCORSEP observational study	54
The role of pleural pressure and airway closure during mechanical ventilation. Author's reply	53
NeuroWatch in acute respiratory distress syndrome: time to tune strategies	53
Towards evidence-based staffing: the promise and pitfalls of patient-to-intensivist ratios	52
Exploring family members’ and health care professionals’ perceptions on ICU diaries: a systematic review and qualitative data synthesis	52
The challenge of pharmacological thromboprophylaxis in ICU patients: anti-FXa activity does not constitute a simple solution	52
Humanizing Delirium Care	51
Should we move beyond the concept of fluid responsiveness?	51
“Fake” or real hypoxia?: A brainy dilemma	50
A call to measure family presence in the adult intensive care unit	50
Paradoxical carbon dioxide embolism during laparoscopic nephrectomy	48
Introduction to an intensive care recycling program	48
A common longitudinal intensive care unit data format (CLIF) for critical illness research	48
Position paper on the physiology and nomenclature of dual circulation during venoarterial ECMO in adults	48
Frailty is crucial in FORECASTing outcomes in critical care	48
Bone marrow necrosis induced by massive Staphylococcus aureus infiltration	47

Moderate hypocapnia for intracranial pressure control after traumatic brain injury: a common practice requiring further investigations	47
What’s new in intensive care: disease tolerance	47
Fly me to the moon	46
Retraction Note: Influence of nimodipine and nifedipine on intrapulmonary shunting – a comparison to other vasoactive drugs	46
Sepsis subphenotypes, theragnostics and personalized sepsis care	44
B-ICONIC vs. Reality: The Feasibility Gap in Neuro-Ultrasound Recommendations and Achievability. Authors’ reply	44
Management of diabetic ketoacidosis	43
How can assessing hemodynamics help to assess volume status?	42
Double sequential external defibrillation for refractory ventricular fibrillation	41
Can the terms “low resource setting” and “low-income country” be used interchangeably in the context of intensive care medicine?	41
Visco-elastic testing in traumatic bleeding	41
Ten myths about albumin	41
Selective digestive decontamination- Not sure	41
Tracheal intubation in critically ill adults with a physiologically difficult airway. An international Delphi study	40
Head-to-toe bedside ultrasound for adult patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	40
Noninvasive ventilation on reintubation in patients with obesity and hypoxemic respiratory failure following abdominal surgery: a post hoc analysis of a randomized clinical trial	40
Correction: Association of hospital and intensive care unit occupancy and non-admission to the intensive care unit decisions: a retrospective cohort study	39
Metabolic septic shock sub-phenotypes, stability over time and association with clinical outcome	39
ECMO PAL: using deep neural networks for survival prediction in venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	38
The role of pleural pressure on fluid dynamics and responsiveness	38
Long-term survival comparison of patients admitted to the intensive care unit following in-hospital cardiac arrest in perioperative and ward settings. A multicentre retrospective cohort study	37
Awareness of dying: adjustments in family relationships at the end of life	37
Bronchoscopy for diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia	37
Consumptive coagulopathy: how low-dose unfractionated heparin can prevent bleeding complications during extracorporeal life support	37
Ten reasons for the presence of pharmacy professionals in the intensive care unit	37
Long-term outcomes of intensive care unit delirium	36
Targeting inflammation in traumatic injury: entering a new era	35
Correction to: Falsifiability in medicine: what clinicians can learn from Karl Popper	35
Drugs for advanced life support	34
Anesthetic drugs for rapid sequence intubation: ketamine, but what dose? Author’s reply	34
Defining basic (lung) ultrasound skills; not so basic after all? Author’s reply	34
Severity of hypoxemia may explain indeterminate results in pediatric trials of inhaled nitric oxide	33
The weighing	32
Intensive Care admission aiming at organ donation as a duty of the intensivist: every organ, every time	32
What really matters with thrombocytopenia: absolute value, timing, etiology or management? Author's reply	32
Sweeping TTM conclusion may deprive many post-arrest patients of effective therapy. Author’s reply	32
Matters of time	32
Renal replacement therapy initiation strategies in comatose patients with severe acute kidney injury: a secondary analysis of a multicenter randomized controlled trial	32
Undocumented migrants in French intensive care units in 2011–2018: retrospective nationwide study	31
Ten tips on sepsis-induced thrombocytopenia	31
Caring for the dying patient in ICU	31
Correction to: Palliative care interventions in intensive care unit patients	31
Effect of albumin bolus therapy on vasopressor requirement after cardiac surgery	30
Building a better machine learning model of extubation for neurocritical care patients. Author’s reply	30
Optimising aerosolized therapies in critically ill patients	30
Microcirculation information in clinical decision making: Rome wasn't built in a day	30
Multiple intracardiac thrombi in a patient with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	30
Maximizing first pass success when intubating the critically ill patient: use a stylet!	29
Acute kidney injury in the critically ill: an updated review on pathophysiology and management	29
Ecological effects of selective oral decontamination on multidrug-resistance bacteria acquired in the intensive care unit: a case–control study over 5 years	29
Correction: ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of severe community-acquired pneumonia	29
Achievement of therapeutic antibiotic exposures using Bayesian dosing software in critically unwell children and adults with sepsis	29
ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of severe community-acquired pneumonia	29
Treatment of positive catheter tip culture without bloodstream infections in critically ill patients. A case-cohort study from the OUTCOMEREA network	29
Lung and diaphragm protective ventilation guided by the esophageal pressure	29
Terlipressin use in HRS-AKI and respiratory failure	28
Critical insights into venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation outcomes in immunocompromised patients: addressing uncertainties in cause of death and treatment strategies. Author’s reply	28
Bronchoscopic examination of an invasive aspergillosis in acute myeloid leukemia	28
Integrating multidisciplinary expertise in postoperative noninvasive ventilation management. Authors’ reply	27
Plasma exchange in septic shock: are we ready for prime time? PRO	27
Unlocking consciousness through right median nerve stimulation. Has a potential cure arrived at our doorstep?	27
De-adoption of chlorhexidine oral care and ICU mortality. Authors’ reply	27
On acid-base bilingualism	27
Effect of albumin bolus therapy on vasopressor requirement after cardiac surgery? Author’s reply	27
Would my “Eriksen” wake up again?	26
Bridging the gap: implementing ESICM end-of-life care guidelines in resource-limited settings	26
Reusable versus single-use ICU equipment: what’s the environmental footprint?	26
Hemoadsorption in septic shock – PRO	26
Caring for frail patients in the ICU: a multidimensional approach	26
Subphenotypes in critical illness: a priori biological rationale is key. Author’s reply	26
Managing blood glucose control in the intensive care unit	26
Prognostic value of global deep white matter DTI metrics for 1-year outcome prediction in ICU traumatic brain injury patients: an MRI-COMA and CENTER-TBI combined study	26
High and intermediate risk pulmonary embolism in the ICU	25
Understanding buffering of metabolic acidosis in critical illness	25
What intensivists need to know about cytomegalovirus infection in immunocompromised ICU patients	25
Machines that help machines to help patients: optimising antimicrobial dosing in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and renal replacement therapy using dosing software	25
AI in neurocritical care: what to expect	25
Posaconazole for prevention of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in critically ill influenza patients (POSA-FLU): a randomised, open-label, proof-of-concept trial	24
Clinical governance in intensive care medicine	24
Accuracy of continuous glucose monitoring systems in intensive care unit patients: a scoping review	24

Acute kidney injury	24
Equity in patient care in the intensive care unit	24
Invasive Fungal Diseases in Adult Patients in Intensive Care Unit (FUNDICU): 2024 consensus definitions from ESGCIP, EFISG, ESICM, ECMM, MSGERC, ISAC, and ISHAM	24
Retraction Note: Phosphodiesterase-inhibitors enoximone and piroximone in cardiac surgery: influence on platelet count and function	24
Ceremonial purification: which rite is right in liver failure?	23
Early ICU mobilisation predicting functional impairment at hospital discharge. Author's reply	23
My advice to the NEXT generation	23
Analgesia as part of the orotracheal intubation induction sequence. Author's reply	23
Correction to: Survival benefit of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in severe COVID-19: a multi-centre-matched cohort study	23
Absence of candidemia in critically ill patients with COVID-19 receiving selective digestive decontamination	23
Confusion regarding the use of Natural Language Processing in ICU delirium assessment. Author’s reply	23
Hyperoxia and traumatic brain injury: time to stop cooking the books?	22
Massive gaseous embolism during cardiopulmonary resuscitation for massive hemoptysis in a COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis	22
Prevention of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in critical illness	22
Neuromonitoring for prognostication under ECMO	22
How to optimize extubation?	22
COVID-19 and the intensive care unit: vaccines to the rescue	22
Why we should sedate unresponsive patients after resuscitation	21
Sex representation within intensive care trials in Australia and New Zealand	21
Coronavirus disease 2019	21
Characteristics of co-infection and secondary infection amongst critically ill COVID-19 patients in the first two waves of the pandemic	21
Obituary and tribute to Professor Tobias Welte	21
Come hell or high water: climate change through the lens of neurocritical care	21
We are proud of you Jamie	21
Human albumin solution for on-pump cardiac surgery: benefit or burden? Author’s reply	20
Effect of oral chlorhexidine de-adoption and implementation of an oral care bundle on mortality for mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit (CHORAL): a multi-center stepped wedge c	20
Monitoring cardiac output	20
Time-limited trial of intensive care is more than merely life sustaining	20
Incidence and risk factors of mental illness among the spouses of patients with sepsis: a population-based cohort study	20
Challenges for a broad international implementation of the current severe community-acquired pneumonia guidelines	20
Contemporary management of major haemorrhage in critical care	20
Ketamine for emergency endotracheal intubation: insights into post-induction hemodynamic instability	20
“Do no further harm” – Why shall we sedate unresponsive patients?	20
C-reactive protein rise in response to macronutrient deficit early in critical illness: sign of inflammation or mediator of infection prevention and recovery	19
Using ultrasound in ICU	19
Effect of aggressive vs conservative screening and confirmatory test on time to extubation among patients at low or intermediate risk: a randomized clinical trial	19
Central venous pressure (CVP)	19
Comparison of 8 versus 15 days of antibiotic therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults: a randomized, controlled, open-label trial	19
War, from the inside	19
Conceptual simplicity in pursuit of precision	19
Heterogeneity in a meta-analysis: randomized controlled trials versus observational studies	19
Validation of the “invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients with acute respiratory failure score” (IPA-GRRR-OH score)	19
During the storm	19
Correction: Thrombocytopenia and platelet transfusions in ICU patients: an international inception cohort study (PLOT-ICU)	19
Initiation of continuous renal replacement therapy versus intermittent hemodialysis in critically ill patients with severe acute kidney injury: a secondary analysis of STARRT-AKI trial	19
The next big epidemic? Device shutdowns	18
The relationship of malnutrition, frailty, and sarcopenia in critical care	18
Shorter might not always be better: the case for longer antibiotic therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia	18
Correction: Effect modification in a clinical trial should be assessed through interaction terms, not prognostic modelling	18
Correction: Variation in intensive care unit beds capacity in China from 2007 to 2021	18
The role of inferior vena cava in predicting fluid responsiveness	18
Human albumin solution for on-pump cardiac surgery: benefit or burden?	18
Increased risk of central line-associated bloodstream infection in COVID-19 patients associated with dexamethasone but not with interleukin antagonists	18
Pressure control plus spontaneous ventilation versus volume assist-control ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome. A randomised clinical trial	18
Brave enough	18
Recommendations for clinical trial design in acute kidney injury from the 31st acute disease quality initiative consensus conference. A consensus statement	18
The paradox of post-intensive care unit physical therapy	18
Onco-nephrology: what the intensivist needs to know	18
To mobilise or not to mobilise: is that the right question?	17
Correction: Direct assessment of microcirculation in shock: a randomized-controlled multicenter study	17
Air pollutant exposure and mortality risk of critically ill patients	17
Correction: Influence of socio-economic status on functional recovery after ARDS caused by SARS-CoV-2: the multicentre, observational RECOVIDS study	17
Driving pressure: pitfalls of methods that do not use esophageal pressure measurement	17
Unraveling the enigma of genetics and phenotypes in ARDS	17
Retraction Note: The new phosphodiesterase inhibitor enoximone in patients following cardiac surgery – pharmacokinetics and influence on parameters of coagulation	17
Association between driving pressure and mortality may depend on timing since onset of acute respiratory distress syndrome	17
Gymnopédie: music in the ICU	17
Respective roles of hypercapnia and acidosis in acute distress respiratory syndrome	17
Retraction Note: Right ventricular function and cardiac surgery	17
Shortening antibiotic therapy duration for hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in critically ill patients: a causal inference model from the international EUROBACT-2 database	16
Persistent severe AKI is bad—where to go now?	16
The forgotten relevance of central venous pressure monitoring	16
COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis: regional variation in incidence and diagnostic challenges	16
Sex and gender differences in intensive care medicine	16
Intensive care management of acute-on-chronic liver failure	16
Optimizing ICU antifungal therapy: overcoming pharmacokinetic limitations with combination strategies—author's reply	16
Towards model-informed precision dosing of piperacillin: multicenter systematic external evaluation of pharmacokinetic models in critically ill adults with a focus on Bayesian forecasting	16
Using diuretic therapy in the critically ill patient	16
The prediction of fluid responsiveness	16
Clustering analysis of geriatric and acute characteristics in a cohort of very old patients on admission to ICU	16
Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia, a very rare and severe complication of digoxin poisoning	16
Epidemiology, clinical presentation, and outcomes of 620 patients with eosinophilia in the intensive care unit	15
Prognostication model for traumatic brain injury based on age and white matter diffusion metrics in MRI brain. Author’s reply	15
Retraction Note: The effects of pentoxifylline on circulating adhesion molecules in critically ill patients with acute renal failure treated by continuous veno-venous hemofiltration	15
Rethinking energy and protein provision for critically ill patients	15
Introducing an external team for ICU family communication during the pandemic: not without risks	15
What language conveys distress and reassurance?	15
Early prognostic value of non-invasive intracranial pressure methods in brain-injured patients	15
Another trial for the TARGET trial. Author’s reply	15
Cardiac manifestations in critically ill patients with COVID-19: do we really know what hit us?	15
Ventilator induced lung injury: a case for a larger umbrella?	15
What’s new in intensive care: environmental sustainability	15
The TARGET trial as a plea for model-informed precision dosing of piperacillin/tazobactam in patients with sepsis	15
Development and validation of early prediction models for new-onset functional impairment at hospital discharge of ICU admission	15
Basic ultrasound skill for intensivists: future scope for expansion of the recommendations of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Author's reply	15