OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Anesthesiology is 5. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Epidemiology of sepsis and septic shock	92
Pathophysiology of sepsis	72
Role of regional anesthesia in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols	60
Septic shock: a microcirculation disease	53
Professionalism: microaggression in the healthcare setting	46
Preoperative anxiety	44
Postoperative delirium – treatment and prevention	42
Minimizing postoperative pulmonary complications in thoracic surgery patients	40
The physiologically difficult airway: an emerging concept	26
Anesthesia and intraoperative neurophysiological spinal cord monitoring	25
Management of postoperative nausea and vomiting in adults: current controversies	23
Pediatric airway management	22
Use of regional analgesia to prevent the conversion from acute to chronic pain	19
Virtual reality for pediatric periprocedural care	17
Anaesthesia and environment: impact of a green anaesthesia on economics	17
Sepsis and the microcirculation: the impact on outcomes	16
Update on cannabis and cannabinoids for cancer pain	16
Anesthetic technique and cancer surgery outcomes	14
A narrative review and future considerations of spinal cord stimulation, dorsal root ganglion stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation	13
Hemodynamic support in septic shock	12
Cerebral metabolic derangements following traumatic brain injury	12
Do racial and ethnic disparities lead to the undertreatment of pain? Are there solutions?	12
Obstetric and perinatal racial and ethnic disparities	11
Adequacy of workforce – are there enough critical care doctors in the US-post COVID?	11
Postoperative nausea and vomiting: risk factors, prediction tools, and algorithms	11

Mechanical ventilation in septic shock	11
Sedation/analgesia techniques for nonoperating room anesthesia: new drugs and devices	11
Graduate medical education in anaesthesiology and COVID-19: lessons learned from a global pandemic	11
Blood transfusion and alternatives in Jehovah's Witness patients	10
Optimization of procedural sedation and analgesia during atrial fibrillation ablation	10
Diversity of anesthesia workforce – why does it matter?	10
Same day discharge for craniotomy	10
Regional anaesthesia in the elderly patient a current perspective	10
Current concepts in the evaluation and management of preoperative anemia	10
Drugs in anesthesia: preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting	10
Fibrinogen in traumatic haemorrhage	10
Perioperative risk assessment – focus on functional capacity	10
Inhalational anaesthetics, ozone depletion, and greenhouse warming: the basics and status of our efforts in environmental mitigation	10
Perioperative frailty: lessons learned and future directions	9
Healthcare disparities in trauma: why they exist and what we can do	9
Lung ultrasound monitoring: impact on economics and outcomes	9
To tube or not to tube: a skeptic's guide to nonintubated thoracic surgery	9
After nectarine: how should we provide anesthesia for neonates?	9
COVID in obstetrics: labor analgesia and cesarean section	9
Perioperative considerations for adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea	9
Anesthetic management during transsphenoidal pituitary surgery	9
Long-term cognitive and behavioral outcomes following early exposure to general anesthetics	9
Elderly hip fracture patients: surgical timing and factors to consider	9
Challenges and outcomes in airway management outside the operating room	9
Hemadsorption	9
Donation after circulatory death: opportunities on the horizon	8
Updates and controversies in anesthesia for advanced interventional pulmonology procedures	8
Perinatal depression	8
Recent advances in understanding cognitive and behavioural alterations after early-in-life anaesthesia exposure and new mitigation/alternative strategies in preclinical studies	8
Putting patients first: ambulatory surgery facilitates patient-centered care	8
Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery – an update	8
Novel anesthetics in pediatric practice: is it time?	8
Advances in hemorrhage control resuscitation	8
A modern roadmap for the use of simulation in regional anesthesiology training	8
Predicting mortality in elderly trauma patients: a review of the current literature	8
Cell salvage in trauma	8
Preoperative frailty screening, assessment and management	8
Immunomodulators in anesthesia	8
Total intravenous anesthesia versus inhalation anesthesia: how do outcomes compare?	8
Regional analgesia for cardiac surgery	7
A decade later, there are still major issues to be addressed in paediatric anaesthesia	7
National trends in nonoperating room anesthesia: procedures, facilities, and patient characteristics	7
The future of postoperative vital sign monitoring in general wards: improving patient safety through continuous artificial intelligence-enabled alert formation and reduction	7
Human factors affecting intraoperative patient safety	7
Discharging select patients without an escort after ambulatory anesthesia: identifying return to baseline function	7
Cardiac arrest in older adult patients	7
Current concepts in preoperative anemia management in obstetrics	7
Pediatric trauma center vs. adult trauma center: which is better?	7
When is it safe to resume anticoagulation in traumatic brain injury?	7
Patient safety education in anesthesia: current state and future directions	7

Ultrasound-guided fascial plane blocks for spine surgery	7
Monitoring of analgesia level during general anesthesia in children	7
COVID-19: should we consider it as a septic shock? (The treatment of COVID-19 patients in the ICU)	7
Anesthesia for digestive tract endoscopy	7
Preoperative laboratory testing in elderly patients	7
Peripartum considerations for women with cardiac disease	7
Anesthesia for deep brain stimulation: an update	6
Ketamine in depression and electroconvulsive therapy	6
Airway management in the adult patient with an unstable cervical spine	6
High turnover for ambulatory orthopedic surgery	6
Emergencies in freestanding ambulatory surgery centre	6
The disruptive physician and impact on the culture of safety	6
Apneic oxygenation in pediatric anesthesia	6
Selective periarticular blocks for postoperative pain after hip and knee arthroplasty	6
Traumatic brain injury and RSI is rocuronium or succinylcholine preferred?	6
Management of maternal COVID-19: considerations for anesthesiologists	6
Noble gases and neuroprotection: summary of current evidence	6
Telemedicine for preanesthesia evaluation: review of current literature and recommendations for future implementation	6
Postoperative/postdischarge nausea and vomiting: evidence-based prevention and treatment	6
Quality indicators for anesthesia and perioperative medicine	6
Scrambler therapy for noncancer neuropathic pain: a focused review	6
Continuous peripheral nerve blocks for analgesia following painful ambulatory surgery: a review with focus on recent developments in infusion technology	6
Healthcare-associated central nervous system infections	6
Endocrine emergencies in anesthesia	6
Regional versus general anesthesia for ambulatory total hip and knee arthroplasty	6
Checklists and cognitive aids: underutilized and under-researched tools to promote patient safety and optimize clinician performance	5
Coronavirus disease 2019 and cardiovascular diseases: collateral damage?	5
Learning from errors and resilience	5
Anesthesia for interventional pulmonology	5
Modern preoperative evaluation in ambulatory surgery – who, where and how?	5
Regional anesthesia as part of enhanced recovery strategies in pediatric cardiac surgery	5
Workforce solutions to address health disparities	5
Modulating anesthetic emergence with pathway-selective dopamine signaling	5
The impact of coronavirus 2019 on trauma	5
Critically appraising the 2018 United Network for Organ Sharing donor allocation policy: adding life boats or rearranging the deck chairs?	5
Limited English proficiency in the labor and delivery unit	5
Professionalism: COVID-19 made me do it!	5
Causes of health inequities	5
Preoperative exercise and prehabilitation	5
Delirium in trauma ICUs: a review of incidence, risk factors, outcomes, and management	5
The nuts and bolts of multimodal anaesthesia in the 21st century: a primer for clinicians	5
Whole blood use in trauma resuscitation: targeting prehospital transfusion	5
Paediatric pain management: from regional to virtual	5
Extubation of the potentially difficult airway in the intensive care unit	5
Local anaesthetic adjuncts for peripheral nerve blockade	5
Anesthesia care in the interventional neuroradiology suite: an update	5
Regional anesthesia in the emergency department outside the operating theatre	5
Motor-sparing peripheral nerve blocks for hip and knee surgery	5
Pediatric obesity and perioperative medicine	5
Acute pain management and long term outcomes	5
Quality and safe anaesthesia for all children	5
Critical event debriefing: a checklist for the aftermath	5