Current Opinion in Critical Care

Papers
(The median citation count of Current Opinion in Critical Care is 2. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Airway pressure release ventilation for lung protection in acute respiratory distress syndrome: an alternative way to recruit the lungs89
Helmet noninvasive ventilation in acute hypoxic respiratory failure67
Editorial introductions63
Temperature control after cardiac arrest: friend or foe56
Peep setting: let us come back to physiology48
Challenges with medical tourism46
Enteral nutrition in septic shock: a call for a paradigm shift45
Current fistula management37
Protected cardiac surgery: strategic mechanical circulatory support to improve postcardiotomy mortality37
What are the clinical and research lessons learned from immunomodulators and other therapies during the COVID-19 pandemic?33
Wearable wireless continuous vital signs monitoring on the general ward33
Poor physical recovery after critical illness: incidence, features, risk factors, pathophysiology, and evidence-based therapies33
Sex as a biological variable in acute kidney injury31
Severe community-acquired pneumonia in the post COVID-19 era31
Antimicrobial stewardship28
Cardiac output monitoring – invasive and noninvasive27
Head-up cardiopulmonary resuscitation26
Editorial introductions25
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – current status24
Quality, safety, and implementation science in acute kidney care24
Editorial: Critical care outcomes in the context of a pandemic24
The future of artificial intelligence in cardiovascular monitoring23
Managing the first 120 min of cardiogenic shock: from resuscitation to diagnosis22
Antibiotic dose optimisation in the critically ill: targets, evidence and future strategies22
Advancements in nutritional support for critically ill patients21
Artificial intelligence to advance acute and intensive care medicine21
Intermittent feeding and circadian rhythm in critical illness20
Point-of-care, goal-directed management of bleeding in trauma patients20
Editorial introductions20
New peripheral nerve blocks and local anesthetics19
Nosocomial infections during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation19
Critical illness-based chronic disease: a new framework for intensive metabolic support17
Neurotrauma17
Utility of bedside ultrasound derived hepatic and renal parenchymal flow patterns to guide management of acute kidney injury17
Editorial introductions17
Editorial introductions16
Identifying the high-risk surgical patient16
Editorial: Monitoring patients in the ICU in 202216
Lung transplantation in patients with lung disease secondary to coronavirus disease 2019 infection16
Hemodynamic management of acute kidney injury16
Editorial: Managing the cardiogenic shock patient in the ICU16
Inotrope and vasopressor use in cardiogenic shock: what, when and why?15
Surviving cardiac arrest - what do we know about recovery & survivorship?15
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - who, when, and where?15
Coronary angiography after cardiac arrest15
Monitoring during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation14
Brain imaging after cardiac arrest14
Editorial: Severe infections in the ICU: new perspectives and challenges14
In-hospital cardiac arrest14
Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair in patients with mitral regurgitation and cardiogenic shock: a new therapeutic target14
Endocarditis in the intensive care unit: an update14
The power of the gut in critical care13
Treatment of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bloodstream infections in critically ill patients: an update13
Which haemodynamic monitoring should we chose for critically ill patients with acute circulatory failure?13
Secondary pneumonias in critically ill patients with COVID-19: risk factors and outcomes13
Editorial: The neurologist's guide to the ICU galaxy13
What can a learning healthcare system teach us about improving outcomes?13
Time-burden insults of neuromonitoring signals: practical implications for the management of acute brain injury13
Cancer and sepsis: future challenges for long-term outcome13
Sepsis and acute respiratory failure in patients with cancer: how can we improve care and outcomes even further?13
Home oxygen monitoring and therapy: learning from the pandemic12
Providing respiratory and ventilation care in the face of shifting evidence: current opinion in critical care12
Selection criteria and triage in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during coronavirus disease 201912
Critical care for patients with substance use disorders12
The changing face of cardiogenic shock: definitions, epidemiology, and severity assessment12
Status epilepticus: what's new for the intensivist12
Fluid management in the septic peri-operative patient12
COVID-19-associated AKI11
Surging ICU during COVID-19 pandemic: an overview11
Ventilatory targets following brain injury11
Editorial: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation 2021: the new guidelines on cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the BIG FIVE et al. will help to save hundreds of thousands of lives annually in the world11
Measuring the human immune response to surgery: multiomics for the prediction of postoperative outcomes11
The future of resuscitation education11
Haematological challenges in cardiogenic shock11
COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis: an underdiagnosed or overtreated infection?10
Editorial introductions10
Editorial: COVID-19: A New Severe Infection10
Light, sleep and circadian rhythm in critical illness10
Individualized cerebral perfusion pressure in acute neurological injury: are we ready for clinical use?10
The transition phase between controlled mechanical ventilation and weaning is our next great cause10
The critical importance of time in the management of acute neurological injuries10
Anticipating ICU discharge and long-term follow-up10
Subphenotypes of acute kidney injury in adults10
Protein metabolism in critical illness10
Noninvasive respiratory support for acute respiratory failure due to COVID-1910
Severe meningoencephalitis: epidemiology and outcomes10
Phenotyping in acute respiratory distress syndrome: state of the art and clinical implications10
Neuromonitoring in the ICU – what, how and why?9
How to assess survival prognosis in patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia in 2024?9
Postresuscitation management9
Chest imaging in patients with acute respiratory failure because of coronavirus disease 20199
Telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first responder systems, cardiac arrest centers, and global campaigns to save lives9
Long-term recovery after critical illness in older adults9
Metabolic support for patients on extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation9
Proportional modes to hasten weaning9
Central line associated and primary bloodstream infections8
Mediators, consequences and therapeutic considerations in patients with acute kidney injury8
Critical illness-associated limb and diaphragmatic weakness8
Editorial: Effective treatments for acute neurological injury: are we moving forward?8
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on sedation in critical care: volatile anesthetics in the ICU8
Fluid management of acute kidney injury8
Critical care management of meningitis and encephalitis: an update8
Advances in artificial intelligence and deep learning systems in ICU-related acute kidney injury8
Sepsis phenotypes, subphenotypes, and endotypes: are they ready for bedside care?8
Understanding the complexity of cardiogenic shock management: the added value of advanced computational modeling8
Epidemiology and causes of cardiogenic shock7
How technology can save lives in cardiac arrest7
Setting positive end-expiratory pressure by using electrical impedance tomography7
Healthcare delivery and recovery after critical illness7
New ultrasound techniques for acute kidney injury diagnostics7
Basic life support and systems saving lives7
Editorial: All together now: improving critical care outcomes through multidisciplinary and interprofessional teamwork7
Novel methods to identify and measure catabolism7
Editorial introductions7
Vitamin C in critical illness: end of the story or still a place?7
Cerebral monitoring in surgical ICU patients7
Adults are just big kids: pediatric considerations for adult critical care nephrology7
Cardiac arrest and microcirculatory dysfunction: a narrative review7
Impact of ICU strain on outcomes7
Digital health utilities in acute kidney injury management7
Bioelectric impedance analysis for body composition measurement and other potential clinical applications in critical illness7
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in the ICU: tale of a broadening risk profile6
Severe infections caused by difficult-to-treat Gram-negative bacteria6
Current knowledge and availability of machine learning across the spectrum of trauma science6
Renal dysfunction in surgical patients6
Multimodality imaging in cardiogenic shock: state-of-the art6
Electrical impedance tomography in the adult intensive care unit: clinical applications and future directions6
Future for cardiogenic shock research6
Editorial: cardiopulmonary resuscitation6
The uncertainty principle: a novel approach to optimizing trials in critical care6
Update on vitamin C administration in critical illness6
Editorial: Personalized nutrition therapy in critical illness and convalescence: moving beyond one-size-fits-all to phenotyping and endotyping6
Subphenotypes of acute kidney injury in children6
Does patient-ventilator asynchrony really matter?6
Monitoring effort and respiratory drive in patients with acute respiratory failure6
Advantages and limitations of noninvasive devices for cardiac output monitoring: a literature review5
Airway management during cardiac arrest5
Editorial introduction5
Effective approaches to address noncompressible torso hemorrhage5
Role of ketones, ketogenic diets and intermittent fasting in ICU5
Management of the patient with the open abdomen5
How to manage traumatic brain injury without invasive monitoring?5
Beyond intracranial pressure: monitoring cerebral perfusion and autoregulation in severe traumatic brain injury5
Setting positive end-expiratory pressure: using the pressure-volume curve5
Editorial introductions5
Timing of neuroprognostication in the ICU5
How to assess tissue oxygenation?5
The pulmonary artery catheter5
Traumatic spinal cord injury: acute phase treatment in critical care5
Protective ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome related to COVID-19: always, sometimes or never?5
Disaster management – preparation and planning for acute care facilities5
Cardiac arrest and coronavirus disease 20195
Perspectives on peripheral perfusion assessment5
Transfusion management in the trauma patient5
Monitoring CO2 kinetics as a marker of cardiopulmonary efficiency5
Nutritional strategies during gastrointestinal dysfunction4
Assessing gastrointestinal system dysfunction in intensive care4
Management of sedation during weaning from mechanical ventilation4
Novel nutritional strategies to prevent muscle wasting4
Algorithmic prognostication in critical care: a promising but unproven technology for supporting difficult decisions4
Health system perspectives in acute kidney injury: commitment to kidney health and planning implementation interventions4
Editorial introductions4
How to prevent postextubation respiratory failure4
Editorial introductions4
Hemodynamic effects of positive end-expiratory pressure4
How to prevent and how to treat dyspnea in critically ill patients undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation4
Setting positive end-expiratory pressure: does the ‘best compliance’ concept really work?4
Spontaneous breathing trials: how and for how long?4
Artificial intelligence and clinical deterioration4
Objective assessment of metabolism and guidance of ICU rehabilitation with cardiopulmonary exercise testing3
The enteroendocrine axis and its effect on gastrointestinal function, nutrition, and inflammation3
Pragmatic platform trials to improve the outcome of patients with acute kidney injury3
Tracheostomy: update on why, when and how3
Beyond one-size-fits-all in cardiogenic shock: impella, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or tailored use of mechanical circulatory support?3
Postoperative blood pressure management in patients treated in the ICU after noncardiac surgery3
Health system approaches to providing posthospital care for survivors of sepsis and critical illness3
Boarding in the emergency department: challenges and mitigation strategies3
Gastrointestinal dysmotility in the ICU3
Measurement and estimation of energy in the critically ill3
Update on Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia3
Hemodynamic monitoring in cardiogenic shock3
Timing of neurosurgical interventions for intracranial hypertension: the intensivists’ and neurosurgeons’ view3
ICU management of cardiogenic shock before mechanical support3
Intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome3
Personalized acute kidney injury treatment3
Acute encephalopathy in the ICU: a practical approach3
Opportunities in digital health and electronic health records for acute kidney injury care3
Antibiotics: it is all about timing, isn’t it?3
The liver-gut-axis: initiator and responder to sepsis3
Post-ICU nutrition: the neglected side of metabolic support3
Cardiogenic shock trajectories: is the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions definition the right one?3
Protective hemodynamics: a novel strategy to manage blood pressure3
Perioperative risk assessment for emergency general surgery in those with multimorbidity or frailty3
Time is spine: critical updates for the intensivist3
Subgroup analyses and heterogeneity of treatment effects in randomized trials: a primer for the clinician3
What intensive care registries can teach us about outcomes3
Telemedicine for emergency patient rescue3
Current insights in ICU nutrition: tailored nutrition3
Coronavirus disease 2019 in immunocompromised patients: a comprehensive review of coronavirus disease 2019 in hematopoietic stem cell recipients3
Monitoring muscle mass using ultrasound: a key role in critical care3
New drugs on the horizon for acute kidney injury2
Postoperative delirium and neurocognitive disorders2
Leveraging the microbiome in the treatment of sepsis: potential pitfalls and new perspectives2
Setting positive end-expiratory pressure: lung and diaphragm ultrasound2
Update on glucose control during and after critical illness2
Editorial: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation 2023: saving 300 000 additional lives worldwide every year2
Code-ICH: time is brain2
Treatment of invasive candidiasis in the era of Candida resistance2
Pathophysiology of coronavirus-19 disease acute lung injury2
Ventilator-associated pneumonia among SARS-CoV-2 acute respiratory distress syndrome patients2
Prone positioning of nonintubated patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure2
Editorial introductions2
Functional outcomes following critical illness: epidemiology, current management strategies and the future priorities2
Postresuscitation care and prognostication2
Patients with severe infections: how to improve their clinical management?2
Controversies in paediatric acute kidney injury and continuous renal replacement therapy: can paediatric care lead the way to precision acute kidney injury medicine?2
Emergency airway management in the post anesthesia care unit2
Disparities among patients with respiratory failure2
Setting positive end-expiratory pressure in the severely obstructive patient2
Definitions of acute renal dysfunction: an evolving clinical and biomarker paradigm2
Management of gastrointestinal failure in the adult critical care setting2
Pulse wave analysis: basic concepts and clinical application in intensive care medicine2
Diarrhea in the critically ill: definitions, epidemiology, risk factors and outcomes2
Renal function in very old critically ill patients2
Is there a role for immune-enhancing therapies for acutely ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019?2
Acute kidney injury subphenotyping and personalized medicine2
Cardiac arrest centres: what, who, when, and where?2
Coronavirus disease 2019 respiratory failure: what is the best supportive care for patients who require ICU admission?2
Optimal positive-end expiratory pressure weaning in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients2
Cerebral oximetry in high-risk surgical patients: where are we?2
Advances in critical care nephrology through artificial intelligence2
Mechanical circulatory support in the treatment of cardiogenic shock2
Editorial introductions2
Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery: facts, fallacies and how to approach clinically2
Protective mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients after surgery2
Optimizing oxygen delivery to the injured brain2
Is there a role for ketones as alternative fuel in critical illness?2
COVID-19 vs. non-COVID-19 related nosocomial pneumonias: any differences in etiology, prevalence, and mortality?2
Changing resuscitation strategies during a pandemic: lessons from the consecutive surges in New York and global challenges2
Liver trauma in the intensive care unit2
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