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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Advances in pediatric neuroanesthesia practices	510
Regional anaesthesia for ambulatory surgery	85
Procedural sedation outside the operating room: Challenges, guidelines, and future directions	44
Optimising recovery after caesarean delivery	43
Editorial Board	43
Managing a perioperative medicine program	41
Spinal hypotension in obstetrics: Context-sensitive prevention and management	38
Postpartum hemorrhage assessment and targeted treatment	34
Post-dural puncture headache diagnosis and management	32
Prehabilitation before surgery: Is it for all patients?	31
Challenges of (postoperative) cancer patients in the ICU	30
Impact of COVID-19 infection on the cardiovascular system: An evidence-based analysis of risk factors and outcomes	22
Recommendations for developing clinical care protocols during pandemics: From theory and practice	22
Spinal sonography and central neuraxial blocks	22
Spinal anaesthesia in children: A narrative review	21
Local anaesthetics and regional anaesthesia and outcome in cancer patients – What is the clinical evidence?	21
Anesthesia for ambulatory surgery	21
Total joint replacement in ambulatory surgery	21
Neuraxial analgesia in labour and the foetus	19
Navigating coagulopathy in obstetric hemorrhage: The role of point-of-care testing	19
Environmentally responsible mask induction	19
The patient with congenital heart disease in 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
Volatile anaesthetics and PFAS forever chemicals: A critical gap in environmental impact assessments	18

Beyond the epidural: Alternatives to neuraxial labor analgesia	17
CARDIAC PREHABILITATION: IS THERE A ROLE IN CARDIAC SURGERY	17
“Thoracic anesthesia in patients with airborne disease”	16
Post-cesarean section analgesia	16
The diabetes patient for ambulatory surgery	16
Principles for minimizing oxygen debt: can they translate to clinical application and improve outcomes?	15
Preoperative fasting in children. The evolution of recommendations and guidelines, and the underlying evidence	14
ESAs in perioperative anemia management: Who, what, how and why?	13
Adjuvants for balanced anesthesia in ambulatory surgery	13
What's new in pediatric critical care?	13
Volatile capture technology in the operating room: How does it work, what are the technical limitations and what does it mean for clinical practice?	12
Non-neuraxial labour analgesia	10
Intrathecal opioids for the management of post-operative pain	10
Controversies in anesthesia-induced developmental neurotoxicity	10
Neuraxial labor analgesia: Initiation techniques	10
Telemedicine and current clinical practice trends in the COVID-19 pandemic	10
Managing bottlenecks in the perioperative setting: Optimizing patient care and reducing costs	10
Biology of COVID-19 and related viruses: Epidemiology, signs, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment	9
Advantages and disadvantages of desflurane versus sevoflurane	9
Risk assessment and risk stratification for perioperative complications and mitigation: Where should the focus be? How are we doing?	9
Greening anesthesia – From basic science to practical guidelines	9
Preface	8
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
Current indications for spinal anesthesia-a narrative review	7
COVID-19 impact on the renal system: Pathophysiology and clinical outcomes	7
Cesarean delivery: Clinical updates	7
Maternal sepsis	7
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
Blood transfusion and patient blood management in cancer patients	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
Practical and societal implications of the potential anesthesia-induced neurotoxicity: The safetots perspective	6
Procedural Sedation in Older Adults: A Narrative Review of Pharmacological Challenges, Cognitive Risks, and Patient-Centred Approaches	6
Leadership in a time of crisis: Lessons learned from a pandemic	6
Challenges in acute postoperative pain management in thoracic surgery	6
Editorial Board	6
Patient Blood Management programs for post-partum hemorrhage	6
Role of risk prediction scores in preoperative assessment of cardiac surgical patients	5
Postdural puncture headache: Revisited	5
Anesthetic care influences long-term outcomes: What is the evidence?	5
Advances in foetal anaesthesia	5
Failure to rescue: A quality indicator for postoperative care	5
Spinal technique – Still going strong after 125 years!	5
General anesthetic techniques for enhanced recovery after surgery: Current controversies	4
Epidemiology, trends, and disparities in maternal mortality: A framework for obstetric anesthesiologists	4
Erratum regarding previously published articles	4
Morbid obesity: Optimizing neuraxial analgesia and cesarean delivery outcomes	4
"Point-of-Care Gastric Ultrasound for Assessing Fasting Status Prior to Procedural Sedation: A Narrative"	4

Climate science for anaesthetists: PK/PD of volatile anaesthetics in the atmosphere	4
Updates in lung isolation techniques	4
Anesthetic considerations for perioperative ECMO in lung transplantation	3
Thoracic anesthesia, ventilation, and oxygen delivery: ‘A review of the recent advancements’	3
New frontiers in obstetric anesthesiology: Advocacy through innovation	3
Neuraxial labor analgesia: is there a place for neuraxial adjuvants beyond opioids	3
Preface: Controversies in perioperative care medicine	3
Operational and strategic decision making in the perioperative setting: Meeting budgetary challenges and quality of care goals	3
Perioperative leadership in the non-operating room and ambulatory setting	3
The role of tranexamic acid in the management of postpartum haemorrhage	3
Return to intended oncologic treatment: Definitions, perioperative prognostic factors, and interventions	3
Editorial Board	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	2
Editorial Board	2
Local anesthetics, regional anesthesia and cancer biology	2
Optimal uterotonic management	2
Pediatric regional anesthesia and acute pain management: State of the art	2
Principles of supply chain management in the time of crisis	2
Editorial Board	2
Editorial Board	2
Spinal anesthesia in ambulatory surgery	2
Prehabilitation and enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery	2
Benchmarking outcomes for day surgery	2
Risk assessment tools to predict postpartum hemorrhage	2
How low can you go: Restrictive transfusion strategies in major surgery and physiological triggers	2
Leading in the time of crisis: Considerations for providing safe perioperative and intensive care	2
Editorial Board	2