OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of American Journal of Critical Care is 3. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Lactate Level and Clearance as Predictors of Neurologic Outcome After Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation	53
Clinical Pearls	34
Meaningful Recognition From Bench to Bedside	31
Mental Health Symptoms in Parents of Infants 3 Months After Discharge Following Neonatal Cardiac Surgery	24
Response	23
Identifying the Alarm Fatigue Status of Nurses Working In Cardiac Intensive Care Units: A Mixed-Design Study	23
A Delphi Study to Explore the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Level of Evidence Resource	22
Response	22
Narrative Reflection in Critical Care	21
Patients’ Priorities and Goals of Care During Intensive Care Unit Recovery: A Multicenter Cohort Study	18
Prevention of Endotracheal Tube–Related Pressure Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	16
Liberty, Justice, and Intensive Care Unit Recovery	15
The Get to Know Me Board in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Mixed-Methods Study	14
Discussion Guide for the Bazan Article	14
Intensive Care Unit Sedation, Patient Memories, and Post–Intensive Care Psychological Distress	12
Improving Pressure Injury Prevention by Using Wearable Sensors to Cue Critical Care Patient Repositioning	12
From the Iron Lung to Artificial Intelligence: Integrating New Technology Into Critical Care	11
Associations Between Core Temperature Disorders and Outcomes of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patients	10
Climate Change and the Intensive Care Unit	10
Words Matter: Describing Major Medical Treatments	10
Utility of a “Lavender Lounge” to Reduce Stress Among Critical Care Registered Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study	10
Nursing Care at End of Life in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation	9
Reducing Delirium in Intensive Care Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: An Innovative Approach	9
“Being There”: An Empirical Logic Model for Family Presence During Resuscitation and Invasive Procedures	9
Simulation Training to Increase Holding of Fragile Infants in Cardiac Intensive Care Units	9

Delirium Among Critically Ill Patients With Stroke: Prevalence, Severity, and Outcomes	9
Calling Attention to the Practice of Acute and Critical Care Nursing	9
Individualized Numeric Rating Scale to Assess Pain in Critically Ill Children With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities	9
Clinical Pearls	8
Discussion Guide for the Laures Article	8
The “8 D’s” of High-Flow Nasal Cannula Risk: A Scoping Review	8
Nurses’ Lived Experience, Part 2: Lessons From Nurses for Guiding Future Emergent Situations	8
AACN’s Healthy Work Environment Standards: Why They Matter	7
Describing Anisocoria in Neurocritically Ill Patients	7
Skin Pigmentation and Accuracy of Pulse Oximetry Values	7
Hyperoxemia Induced by Oxygen Therapy in Nonsurgical Critically Ill Patients	7
Fluid Resuscitation and Sepsis Management in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease or End-Stage Renal Disease: Scoping Review	7
Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Early Prediction of Pressure Injury Risk	7
Clinical Pearls	6
Clinical Pearls	6
Discussion Guide for the Lawson Article	6
Discussion Guide for the Greenberg Article	6
Electrocardiographic Waveform Abnormalities in Patients With Structural Heart Disease	6
Perceived Unexpectedness of Death and PTSD Among Family Members of Intensive Care Patients With COVID-19 or Not	6
“It Haunts Me”: Impact of COVID-19 Deaths on Frontline Clinicians In Acute Care Settings—A Qualitative Study	6
Nurses as Essential Clinical Leaders in Sepsis Care	6
2024 National Teaching Institute Research Abstracts	6
From Ancient Enemas to Tube Feeding, II: Clinical Outcomes and Future Directions Surrounding Commercial Versus Food-Based Formulas in Critical Illness	6
How Algorithms for Heart Rate Detection Are Designed in Hospital-Based Electrocardiographic Monitors	6
Human Suffering and Armed Conflict	5
Courage to Soar in Clinical Research	5
ABCDEF Bundle	5
Discussion Guide for the Krupp Article	5
Intra-Arterial Versus Noninvasive Blood Pressure Monitoring: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	5
Impact of a Quality Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Coach on Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Resuscitation Teams	5
Thromboelastography in Children Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation	5
Pulmonary-Focused Verticalization Therapy in Patients Experiencing Respiratory Failure	5
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in Women vs Men: Analysis of 1496 Cases at a Single Site	5
Perceptions of Interprofessional Practitioners Regarding Pediatric Palliative Transports	5
Discussion Guide for the Rathbun Article	5
Prognostic Conversations Between Parents and Physicians in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit	5
Heart-Brain Connection: Role of the Central Nervous System	4
The Lived Experiences of Telemedicine Intensive Care Unit Nurses	4
Toleration of a Speaking Valve Placed In-Line With the Ventilator Circuit in Critically Ill Tracheostomized Patients	4
Residual Psychomotor Skills of Orderlies After a Novel Chest Compression Training Intervention	4
Impact of “The Pause” on the Code Blue Team and Exploration of Witnessing Death	4
COVID-19 Pandemic Sequelae: Mental Health of Cardiothoracic Critical Care Nurses	4
Cardiac Arrhythmias After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery	4
Time to Talk Money? Intensive Care Unit Clinicians’ Perspectives on Addressing Patients’ Financial Hardship	4
The Sky’s the Limit: Expanding Nursing’s Contribution to Acute Stroke Science	4
Clinical Pearls	4
Intrapulmonary Feeding Tube Placements While Using an Electromagnetic Placement Device: A Review (2019–2021)	4
Limb Necrosis in the Setting of Vasopressor Use	4
Anxiety Sensitivity in the Intensive Care Unit	4
Association of Lack of Fear of Dying With New Organ Failure: Results of a Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study	4

Integrating Perspectives on Family Caregiving After Critical Illness: A Qualitative Content Analysis	4
Discussion Guide for the Wool Article	4
Brief Narrative Writing Program Implemented in a Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit During the COVID-19 Pandemic	4
Future Nurses	3
Circadian Rhythmicity of Vital Signs at Intensive Care Unit Discharge and Outcome of Traumatic Brain Injury	3
Managing Coagulation Using the Sonoclot Analyzer in Patients With Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation	3
Alarm Fatigue	3
Declarations on Patient and Family Engagement	3
Assessing Discomfort in American Adult Intensive Care Patients	3
Use of Machine Learning Models to Predict Microaspiration Measured by Tracheal Pepsin A	3
Recognizing 12-Lead Electrocardiographic Patterns in Patients at Risk for Lethal Arrhythmias	3
The Sky’s the Limit: Expanding Nursing’s Contribution to Acute Stroke Science	3
Caring for Rural Patients at End of Life: Perceptions of Critical Access Hospital Nurses	3
Unraveling the Stubborn Problem of Alarm Fatigue in the Intensive Care Unit	3
Transforming Moral Suffering by Cultivating Moral Resilience and Ethical Practice	3
Impact of Virtual Reality Simulation on New Nurses’ Assessment of Pediatric Respiratory Distress	3
Patient- and Family-Centered Outcomes After Intensive Care Unit Admission	3