OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Critical Care is 8. 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.)

Article	Citations
Airway pressure release ventilation for lung protection in acute respiratory distress syndrome: an alternative way to recruit the lungs	89
Helmet noninvasive ventilation in acute hypoxic respiratory failure	67
Editorial introductions	63
Temperature control after cardiac arrest: friend or foe	56
Peep setting: let us come back to physiology	48
Challenges with medical tourism	46
Enteral nutrition in septic shock: a call for a paradigm shift	45
Current fistula management	37
Protected cardiac surgery: strategic mechanical circulatory support to improve postcardiotomy mortality	37
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 ward	33
Poor physical recovery after critical illness: incidence, features, risk factors, pathophysiology, and evidence-based therapies	33
Sex as a biological variable in acute kidney injury	31
Severe community-acquired pneumonia in the post COVID-19 era	31
Antimicrobial stewardship	28
Cardiac output monitoring – invasive and noninvasive	27
Head-up cardiopulmonary resuscitation	26
Editorial introductions	25
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – current status	24
Quality, safety, and implementation science in acute kidney care	24
Editorial: Critical care outcomes in the context of a pandemic	24
The future of artificial intelligence in cardiovascular monitoring	23
Managing the first 120 min of cardiogenic shock: from resuscitation to diagnosis	22
Antibiotic dose optimisation in the critically ill: targets, evidence and future strategies	22
Advancements in nutritional support for critically ill patients	21

Artificial intelligence to advance acute and intensive care medicine	21
Intermittent feeding and circadian rhythm in critical illness	20
Point-of-care, goal-directed management of bleeding in trauma patients	20
Editorial introductions	20
New peripheral nerve blocks and local anesthetics	19
Nosocomial infections during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	19
Editorial introductions	17
Critical illness-based chronic disease: a new framework for intensive metabolic support	17
Neurotrauma	17
Utility of bedside ultrasound derived hepatic and renal parenchymal flow patterns to guide management of acute kidney injury	17
Editorial: Managing the cardiogenic shock patient in the ICU	16
Editorial introductions	16
Identifying the high-risk surgical patient	16
Editorial: Monitoring patients in the ICU in 2022	16
Lung transplantation in patients with lung disease secondary to coronavirus disease 2019 infection	16
Hemodynamic management of acute kidney injury	16
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 arrest	15
Monitoring during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	14
Brain imaging after cardiac arrest	14
Editorial: Severe infections in the ICU: new perspectives and challenges	14
In-hospital cardiac arrest	14
Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair in patients with mitral regurgitation and cardiogenic shock: a new therapeutic target	14
Endocarditis in the intensive care unit: an update	14
The power of the gut in critical care	13
Treatment of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bloodstream infections in critically ill patients: an update	13
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 outcomes	13
Editorial: The neurologist's guide to the ICU galaxy	13
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 injury	13
Cancer and sepsis: future challenges for long-term outcome	13
Sepsis and acute respiratory failure in patients with cancer: how can we improve care and outcomes even further?	13
Fluid management in the septic peri-operative patient	12
Home oxygen monitoring and therapy: learning from the pandemic	12
Providing respiratory and ventilation care in the face of shifting evidence: current opinion in critical care	12
Selection criteria and triage in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during coronavirus disease 2019	12
Critical care for patients with substance use disorders	12
The changing face of cardiogenic shock: definitions, epidemiology, and severity assessment	12
Status epilepticus: what's new for the intensivist	12
Haematological challenges in cardiogenic shock	11
COVID-19-associated AKI	11
Surging ICU during COVID-19 pandemic: an overview	11
Ventilatory targets following brain injury	11
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 world	11
Measuring the human immune response to surgery: multiomics for the prediction of postoperative outcomes	11
The future of resuscitation education	11
COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis: an underdiagnosed or overtreated infection?	10

Editorial introductions	10
Editorial: COVID-19: A New Severe Infection	10
Light, sleep and circadian rhythm in critical illness	10
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 cause	10
The critical importance of time in the management of acute neurological injuries	10
Anticipating ICU discharge and long-term follow-up	10
Subphenotypes of acute kidney injury in adults	10
Protein metabolism in critical illness	10
Noninvasive respiratory support for acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19	10
Severe meningoencephalitis: epidemiology and outcomes	10
Phenotyping in acute respiratory distress syndrome: state of the art and clinical implications	10
Telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first responder systems, cardiac arrest centers, and global campaigns to save lives	9
Long-term recovery after critical illness in older adults	9
Metabolic support for patients on extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation	9
Proportional modes to hasten weaning	9
Neuromonitoring in the ICU – what, how and why?	9
Chest imaging in patients with acute respiratory failure because of coronavirus disease 2019	9
How to assess survival prognosis in patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia in 2024?	9
Postresuscitation management	9
Advances in artificial intelligence and deep learning systems in ICU-related acute kidney injury	8
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 modeling	8
Central line associated and primary bloodstream infections	8
Mediators, consequences and therapeutic considerations in patients with acute kidney injury	8
Critical illness-associated limb and diaphragmatic weakness	8
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 ICU	8
Fluid management of acute kidney injury	8
Critical care management of meningitis and encephalitis: an update	8