OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Critical Care is 7. 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
Bioelectric impedance analysis for body composition measurement and other potential clinical applications in critical illness	64
Pathophysiology of coronavirus-19 disease acute lung injury	56
How to diagnose delayed cerebral ischaemia and symptomatic vasospasm and prevent cerebral infarction in patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage	54
Epidemiology and causes of cardiogenic shock	47
Ventilator-associated pneumonia among SARS-CoV-2 acute respiratory distress syndrome patients	47
Blood lactate levels in sepsis: in 8 questions	41
Postoperative delirium and neurocognitive disorders	36
Nutrients and micronutrients at risk during renal replacement therapy: a scoping review	35
The impact of resource limitations on care delivery and outcomes: routine variation, the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, and persistent shortage	33
Acute liver failure	30
Noninvasive respiratory support for acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19	29
Prone position in COVID 19-associated acute respiratory failure	26
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiac arrest systems of care	25
Intracranial pressure management: moving beyond guidelines	23
How much oxygen for the injured brain – can invasive parenchymal catheters help?	23
Surging ICU during COVID-19 pandemic: an overview	22
Hemodynamic clinical phenotyping in septic shock	22
Phenotyping in acute respiratory distress syndrome: state of the art and clinical implications	22
Sepsis in patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019: how often and how severe?	21
Indirect calorimetry in critical illness: a new standard of care?	21
Biomarkers in acute respiratory distress syndrome	21
Optimizing oxygen delivery to the injured brain	21
A clinical approach to acute mesenteric ischemia	20
Poor physical recovery after critical illness: incidence, features, risk factors, pathophysiology, and evidence-based therapies	20
Measuring the human immune response to surgery: multiomics for the prediction of postoperative outcomes	20

Antimicrobial stewardship	19
Neurological complications of sepsis	17
Pathophysiology of cardiogenic shock	17
COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis: an underdiagnosed or overtreated infection?	17
Secondary pneumonias in critically ill patients with COVID-19: risk factors and outcomes	17
Update on the management of acute pancreatitis	17
Epidemiology and risk factors of sudden cardiac arrest	17
The microbiome and the immune system in critical illness	17
COVID-19-associated AKI	16
Airway management in the critically ill	16
Janus Kinase inhibitors for the treatment of hospitalized patients with COVID-19	16
The medical treatment of cardiogenic shock: cardiovascular drugs	16
What is the role of remdesivir in patients with COVID-19?	16
Update on Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia	15
Advances in acute pancreatitis	15
Weaning the patient: between protocols and physiology	15
Hemodynamic monitoring in cardiogenic shock	15
The weaning from mechanical ventilation: a comprehensive ultrasound approach	15
How to manage traumatic brain injury without invasive monitoring?	14
The liver-gut-axis: initiator and responder to sepsis	14
Overcoming challenges to enteral nutrition delivery in critical care	14
COVID-19: dealing with ventilator shortage	14
The intensive care management of acute ischaemic stroke	14
Health inequities in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	14
New antimicrobial treatment options for severe Gram-negative infections	14
Weaning patients with obesity from ventilatory support	14
Acute traumatic brain injury in frail patients: the next pandemic	13
Monitoring muscle mass using ultrasound: a key role in critical care	13
Cardiac output monitoring – invasive and noninvasive	13
Coronavirus disease 2019 aftermath: psychological trauma in ICU healthcare workers	13
Definitions of acute renal dysfunction: an evolving clinical and biomarker paradigm	13
Driving pressure monitoring during acute respiratory failure in 2020	13
Coronavirus disease 2019 in immunocompromised patients: a comprehensive review of coronavirus disease 2019 in hematopoietic stem cell recipients	13
Utility of bedside ultrasound derived hepatic and renal parenchymal flow patterns to guide management of acute kidney injury	13
How technology can save lives in cardiac arrest	12
Ventilation of coronavirus disease 2019 patients	12
Transportation during and after cardiac arrest: who, when, how and where?	12
Role of ketones, ketogenic diets and intermittent fasting in ICU	12
KIDS SAVE LIVES: a narrative review of associated scientific production	12
Managing the first 120 min of cardiogenic shock: from resuscitation to diagnosis	12
The mechanical support of cardiogenic shock	12
Gut dysfunction in the ICU: diagnosis and management	11
Intermittent feeding and circadian rhythm in critical illness	11
Individualized cerebral perfusion pressure in acute neurological injury: are we ready for clinical use?	11
Blood purification in sepsis and systemic inflammation	11
Long-term recovery after critical illness in older adults	11
Ventilatory targets following brain injury	11
Mechanical circulatory support in the treatment of cardiogenic shock	11
Gut–lung crosstalk during critical illness	11
How do we identify the crashing traumatic brain injury patient – the intensivist's view	10

The World Restart a Heart Initiative: how to save hundreds of thousands of lives worldwide	10
Advances in artificial intelligence and deep learning systems in ICU-related acute kidney injury	10
Social determinants of recovery	10
Nutrition and autophagy deficiency in critical illness	9
Intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome: a current review	9
Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair in patients with mitral regurgitation and cardiogenic shock: a new therapeutic target	9
Activation of citizen responders to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	9
Advanced respiratory monitoring in mechanically ventilated patients with coronavirus disease 2019-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome	9
Electrical impedance tomography in the adult intensive care unit: clinical applications and future directions	9
Mechanical ventilation in cardiogenic shock	9
Inotrope and vasopressor use in cardiogenic shock: what, when and why?	9
Immunosuppressive drugs and associated complications in abdominal organ transplantation	9
The features of the typical traumatic brain injury patient in the ICU are changing: what will this mean for the intensivist?	9
Public access defibrillation: challenges and new solutions	9
Postoperative blood pressure management in patients treated in the ICU after noncardiac surgery	8
Severe infections caused by difficult-to-treat Gram-negative bacteria	8
Nosocomial infections during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	8
What can a learning healthcare system teach us about improving outcomes?	8
Nutrition before, during and after critical illness	8
Lung-protective ventilation and adjunctive strategies to manage respiratory failure: are they safe in the neurological patient?	8
Monitoring the patient for a safe-assisted ventilation	8
Emerging cellular and pharmacologic therapies for acute respiratory distress syndrome	8
Subphenotypes of acute kidney injury in adults	8
Pulse wave analysis: basic concepts and clinical application in intensive care medicine	7
Perspectives on peripheral perfusion assessment	7
Optimizing defibrillation during cardiac arrest	7
What intensive care registries can teach us about outcomes	7
In-hospital cardiac arrest	7
Impact of ICU strain on outcomes	7
Inhaled gases as novel neuroprotective therapies in the postcardiac arrest period	7
Artificial intelligence and clinical deterioration	7
Transfusion management in the trauma patient	7
Protein metabolism in critical illness	7
Beyond intracranial pressure: monitoring cerebral perfusion and autoregulation in severe traumatic brain injury	7
Timing of renal-replacement therapy in intensive care unit-related acute kidney injury	7
Novel methods to identify and measure catabolism	7
Point-of-care, goal-directed management of bleeding in trauma patients	7
Postresuscitation care and prognostication	7
Cardiac arrest in special circumstances	7
Neurological complications of critically ill COVID-19 patients	7
Protective ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome related to COVID-19: always, sometimes or never?	7
An update on essential micronutrients in critical illness	7
Clinical use of peripheral perfusion parameters in septic shock	7
Brain imaging after cardiac arrest	7