OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Best Practice & Research-Clinical Anaesthesiology is 1. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Advances in pediatric neuroanesthesia practices	44
Regional anaesthesia for ambulatory surgery	39
Procedural sedation outside the operating room: Challenges, guidelines, and future directions	35
Editorial Board	35
Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography	35
Postpartum hemorrhage assessment and targeted treatment	27
Post-dural puncture headache diagnosis and management	25
Managing a perioperative medicine program	24
Optimising recovery after caesarean delivery	23
Challenges of (postoperative) cancer patients in the ICU	22
Spinal hypotension in obstetrics: Context-sensitive prevention and management	22
Spinal sonography and central neuraxial blocks	21
Local anaesthetics and regional anaesthesia and outcome in cancer patients – What is the clinical evidence?	19
Total joint replacement in ambulatory surgery	19
Environmentally responsible mask induction	18
Editorial Board	18
Advances in procedural sedation: From traditional agents to novel pharmacologic approaches	18
Neuraxial analgesia in labour and the foetus	17
The patient with congenital heart disease in ambulatory surgery	16
Spinal anaesthesia in children: A narrative review	15
Optimizing patients with substance use disorder for cardiac surgery	14
Navigating coagulopathy in obstetric hemorrhage: The role of point-of-care testing	14
Anesthesia for ambulatory surgery	14
Cardiac prehabilitation: Is there a role in cardiac surgery	13
Women at risk: An interdisciplinary perspective on optimizing postpartum hemorrhage systems	12

“Thoracic anesthesia in patients with airborne disease”	11
Preoperative fasting in children. The evolution of recommendations and guidelines, and the underlying evidence	11
Volatile anaesthetics and PFAS forever chemicals: A critical gap in environmental impact assessments	11
Beyond the epidural: Alternatives to neuraxial labor analgesia	11
Procedural sedation and analgesia in clinical practice: From historical development to modern care	11
The diabetes patient for ambulatory surgery	11
Controversies in anesthesia-induced developmental neurotoxicity	10
Post-cesarean section analgesia	10
Managing bottlenecks in the perioperative setting: Optimizing patient care and reducing costs	10
Adjuvants for balanced anesthesia in ambulatory surgery	10
What's new in pediatric critical care?	10
Neuraxial labor analgesia: Initiation techniques	9
ESAs in perioperative anemia management: Who, what, how and why?	9
Intrathecal opioids for the management of post-operative pain	9
Volatile capture technology in the operating room: How does it work, what are the technical limitations and what does it mean for clinical practice?	9
Advantages and disadvantages of desflurane versus sevoflurane	8
Greening anesthesia – From basic science to practical guidelines	8
Non-neuraxial labour analgesia	8
Procedural sedation in high-risk patients	7
PeRLS for procedural sedation: A specialized resuscitation framework enhanced by EASy-ALS ultrasound integration	7
Nitrous oxide waste and why we should abandon reticulated delivery systems	7
Editorial Board	7
Blood transfusion and patient blood management in cancer patients	6
Maternal sepsis	6
POCUS for Pediatrics	6
Current indications for spinal anesthesia-a narrative review	6
Cesarean delivery: Clinical updates	6
Environmental impact of propofol: A critical review of ecotoxicity and greenhouse effects	6
Preface	6
Patient Blood Management programs for post-partum hemorrhage	5
Initiation and maintenance of neuraxial labour analgesia: A narrative review	5
Magic in a bottle? A Focused review of factor concentrates for the intraoperative treatment of acquired coagulopathy – Fibrinogen concentrate, prothrombin complex concentrate, and recombinant activate	5
Role of risk prediction scores in preoperative assessment of cardiac surgical patients	5
Challenges in acute postoperative pain management in thoracic surgery	5
Editorial Board	5
Practical and societal implications of the potential anesthesia-induced neurotoxicity: The safetots perspective	5
An overview of procedural sedation guidelines and their differences	5
Spinal technique – Still going strong after 125 years!	4
"Point-of-care gastric ultrasound for assessing fasting status prior to procedural sedation: A narrative"	4
Advances in foetal anaesthesia	4
Postdural puncture headache: Revisited	4
Procedural sedation in older adults: A narrative review of pharmacological challenges, cognitive risks, and patient-centred approaches	4
Day-surgery adult patients with obesity and obstructive sleep apnea: Current controversies and concerns	4
Climate science for anaesthetists: PK/PD of volatile anaesthetics in the atmosphere	3
Preoperative investigations and imaging for cardiac surgical patients	3
Thoracic anesthesia, ventilation, and oxygen delivery: ‘A review of the recent advancements’	3
Operational and strategic decision making in the perioperative setting: Meeting budgetary challenges and quality of care goals	3
Editorial Board	3
Non-pharmacological sedation techniques: The role of hypnosis, virtual reality, and other strategies	3
Anesthetic considerations for perioperative ECMO in lung transplantation	3

Updates in lung isolation techniques	3
Return to intended oncologic treatment: Definitions, perioperative prognostic factors, and interventions	3
New frontiers in obstetric anesthesiology: Advocacy through innovation	3
Neuraxial labor analgesia: is there a place for neuraxial adjuvants beyond opioids	3
Epidemiology, trends, and disparities in maternal mortality: A framework for obstetric anesthesiologists	3
PoCUS in the pregnant patient	3
Morbid obesity: Optimizing neuraxial analgesia and cesarean delivery outcomes	3
Perioperative leadership in the non-operating room and ambulatory setting	3
From shadows to clarity: The rise of point-of-care ultrasound in perioperative medicine	3
Local anesthetics, regional anesthesia and cancer biology	2
From probe to practice: Implementing point-of-care ultrasound in anesthesiology	2
How low can you go: Restrictive transfusion strategies in major surgery and physiological triggers	2
The role of tranexamic acid in the management of postpartum haemorrhage	2
Editorial Board	2
Risk assessment tools to predict postpartum hemorrhage	2
Editorial Board	2
Point-of-care coagulation testing for postpartum haemorrhage	2
Editorial Board	1
Optimal uterotonic management	1
Benchmarking outcomes for day surgery	1
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and pregnancy	1
Brain health measures and prehabilitation in cardiac surgery	1
Editorial Board	1
Editorial Board	1
Best practice & research clinical anaesthesiology; Preface evidence-based approach to paediatric anaesthesia	1
Venous excess ultrasound score (VExUS)	1
Spinal anesthesia in ambulatory surgery	1
Prehabilitation and enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery	1
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in thoracic surgery: A game changer!	1
Pediatric regional anesthesia and acute pain management: State of the art	1