OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Best Practice & Research-Clinical Anaesthesiology 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Regional anaesthesia for ambulatory surgery	506
Advances in pediatric neuroanesthesia practices	84
Spinal hypotension in obstetrics: Context-sensitive prevention and management	43
Editorial Board	43
Optimising recovery after caesarean delivery	42
Managing a perioperative medicine program	40
Post-dural puncture headache diagnosis and management	35
Postpartum hemorrhage assessment and targeted treatment	34
Challenges of (postoperative) cancer patients in the ICU	30
Prehabilitation before surgery: Is it for all patients?	29
Spinal sonography and central neuraxial blocks	28
Total joint replacement in ambulatory surgery	22
Recommendations for developing clinical care protocols during pandemics: From theory and practice	21
Impact of COVID-19 infection on the cardiovascular system: An evidence-based analysis of risk factors and outcomes	21
Local anaesthetics and regional anaesthesia and outcome in cancer patients – What is the clinical evidence?	21
Spinal anaesthesia in children: A narrative review	19
Anesthesia for ambulatory surgery	19
Enhanced recovery after surgery: Current status and future progress	19
Women at risk: An interdisciplinary perspective on optimizing postpartum hemorrhage systems	18
The patient with congenital heart disease in ambulatory surgery	18
Navigating coagulopathy in obstetric hemorrhage: The role of point-of-care testing	18
Environmentally responsible mask induction	18
Neuraxial analgesia in labour and the foetus	18
Beyond the epidural: Alternatives to neuraxial labor analgesia	17
The diabetes patient for ambulatory surgery	16

“Thoracic anesthesia in patients with airborne disease”	16
Volatile anaesthetics and PFAS forever chemicals: A critical gap in environmental impact assessments	16
Principles for minimizing oxygen debt: can they translate to clinical application and improve outcomes?	16
Preoperative fasting in children. The evolution of recommendations and guidelines, and the underlying evidence	16
ESAs in perioperative anemia management: Who, what, how and why?	15
Post-cesarean section analgesia	15
What's new in pediatric critical care?	14
Volatile capture technology in the operating room: How does it work, what are the technical limitations and what does it mean for clinical practice?	13
Controversies in anesthesia-induced developmental neurotoxicity	12
Managing bottlenecks in the perioperative setting: Optimizing patient care and reducing costs	12
Intrathecal opioids for the management of post-operative pain	11
Non-neuraxial labour analgesia	10
Telemedicine and current clinical practice trends in the COVID-19 pandemic	10
Neuraxial labor analgesia: Initiation techniques	10
Adjuvants for balanced anesthesia in ambulatory surgery	10
Risk assessment and risk stratification for perioperative complications and mitigation: Where should the focus be? How are we doing?	10
Biology of COVID-19 and related viruses: Epidemiology, signs, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment	9
Nitrous oxide waste and why we should abandon reticulated delivery systems	8
Environmental impact of propofol: A critical review of ecotoxicity and greenhouse effects	8
Advantages and disadvantages of desflurane versus sevoflurane	8
Greening anesthesia – From basic science to practical guidelines	8
Preface	7
Cesarean delivery: Clinical updates	7
Current indications for spinal anesthesia-a narrative review	7
COVID-19 impact on the renal system: Pathophysiology and clinical outcomes	7
Blood transfusion and patient blood management in cancer patients	7
Practical and societal implications of the potential anesthesia-induced neurotoxicity: The safetots perspective	6
Patient Blood Management programs for post-partum hemorrhage	6
Erratum regarding previously published articles	6
Initiation and maintenance of neuraxial labour analgesia: A narrative review	6
Day-surgery adult patients with obesity and obstructive sleep apnea: Current controversies and concerns	6
Maternal sepsis	6
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	6
Editorial Board	6
Failure to rescue: A quality indicator for postoperative care	6
Leadership in a time of crisis: Lessons learned from a pandemic	6
Challenges in acute postoperative pain management in thoracic surgery	6
Postdural puncture headache: Revisited	5
Anesthetic care influences long-term outcomes: What is the evidence?	5
Advances in foetal anaesthesia	5
Climate science for anaesthetists: PK/PD of volatile anaesthetics in the atmosphere	5
Spinal technique – Still going strong after 125 years!	5
Updates in lung isolation techniques	4
Morbid obesity: Optimizing neuraxial analgesia and cesarean delivery outcomes	4
Erratum regarding previously published articles	4
Epidemiology, trends, and disparities in maternal mortality: A framework for obstetric anesthesiologists	4
Preface: Controversies in perioperative care medicine	4
General anesthetic techniques for enhanced recovery after surgery: Current controversies	4
Anesthetic considerations for perioperative ECMO in lung transplantation	4
Return to intended oncologic treatment: Definitions, perioperative prognostic factors, and interventions	3

Editorial Board	3
Perioperative leadership in the non-operating room and ambulatory setting	3
New frontiers in obstetric anesthesiology: Advocacy through innovation	3
Thoracic anesthesia, ventilation, and oxygen delivery: ‘A review of the recent advancements’	3
The role of tranexamic acid in the management of postpartum haemorrhage	3
Neuraxial labor analgesia: is there a place for neuraxial adjuvants beyond opioids	3
Operational and strategic decision making in the perioperative setting: Meeting budgetary challenges and quality of care goals	3
Point-of-care coagulation testing for postpartum haemorrhage	3
Adaptation and restructuring of an academic anesthesiology department during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City: Challenges and lessons learned	3
Best practice & research clinical anaesthesiology; Preface evidence-based approach to paediatric anaesthesia	2
Risk assessment tools to predict postpartum hemorrhage	2
Editorial Board	2
Leading in the time of crisis: Considerations for providing safe perioperative and intensive care	2
Editorial Board	2
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in thoracic surgery: A game changer!	2
Principles of supply chain management in the time of crisis	2
Local anesthetics, regional anesthesia and cancer biology	2
Benchmarking outcomes for day surgery	2
Spinal anesthesia in ambulatory surgery	2
Editorial Board	2
Patient blood management	2
Editorial Board	2
Editorial Board	2
How low can you go: Restrictive transfusion strategies in major surgery and physiological triggers	2
Optimal uterotonic management	2
Pediatric regional anesthesia and acute pain management: State of the art	2