OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Critical Care is 20. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
What are the clinical and research lessons learned from immunomodulators and other therapies during the COVID-19 pandemic?	68
Current fistula management	58
Challenges with medical tourism	52
Enteral nutrition in septic shock: a call for a paradigm shift	47
Editorial introductions	41
Temperature control after cardiac arrest: friend or foe	33
Helmet noninvasive ventilation in acute hypoxic respiratory failure	32
Airway pressure release ventilation for lung protection in acute respiratory distress syndrome: an alternative way to recruit the lungs	31
Microaxial flow-pump support in patients with cardiogenic shock: a review of the literature	31
Poor physical recovery after critical illness: incidence, features, risk factors, pathophysiology, and evidence-based therapies	31
Protected cardiac surgery: strategic mechanical circulatory support to improve postcardiotomy mortality	30
Peep setting: let us come back to physiology	28
Wearable wireless continuous vital signs monitoring on the general ward	28
Advancements in nutritional support for critically ill patients	28
The future of artificial intelligence in cardiovascular monitoring	27
Which cardiovascular monitoring on veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	27
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – current status	27
Antibiotic dose optimisation in the critically ill: targets, evidence and future strategies	26
Quality, safety, and implementation science in acute kidney care	25
Cardiac output monitoring – invasive and noninvasive	22
Sex as a biological variable in acute kidney injury	20