OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Best Practice & Research-Clinical Anaesthesiology 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 2022-03-01 to 2026-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography	46
Advances in pediatric neuroanesthesia practices	41
Procedural sedation outside the operating room: Challenges, guidelines, and future directions	39
Regional anaesthesia for ambulatory surgery	39
Editorial Board	36
Postpartum hemorrhage assessment and targeted treatment	28
Managing a perioperative medicine program	27
Post-dural puncture headache diagnosis and management	25
Spinal hypotension in obstetrics: Context-sensitive prevention and management	25
Optimising recovery after caesarean delivery	24
Challenges of (postoperative) cancer patients in the ICU	24
Spinal sonography and central neuraxial blocks	23
Editorial Board	22
Advances in procedural sedation: From traditional agents to novel pharmacologic approaches	21
Local anaesthetics and regional anaesthesia and outcome in cancer patients – What is the clinical evidence?	20
Total joint replacement in ambulatory surgery	19
The patient with congenital heart disease in ambulatory surgery	19
Spinal anaesthesia in children: A narrative review	18
Neuraxial analgesia in labour and the foetus	17
Anesthesia for ambulatory surgery	16
Navigating coagulopathy in obstetric hemorrhage: The role of point-of-care testing	15
Cardiac prehabilitation: Is there a role in cardiac surgery	15
Environmentally responsible mask induction	15
Optimizing patients with substance use disorder for cardiac surgery	15
Women at risk: An interdisciplinary perspective on optimizing postpartum hemorrhage systems	14

Volatile anaesthetics and PFAS forever chemicals: A critical gap in environmental impact assessments	12
Procedural sedation and analgesia in clinical practice: From historical development to modern care	12
Beyond the epidural: Alternatives to neuraxial labor analgesia	12
Adjuvants for balanced anesthesia in ambulatory surgery	11
The diabetes patient for ambulatory surgery	11
What's new in pediatric critical care?	11
Post-cesarean section analgesia	11
Preoperative fasting in children. The evolution of recommendations and guidelines, and the underlying evidence	11
“Thoracic anesthesia in patients with airborne disease”	11
Neuraxial labor analgesia: Initiation techniques	10
Managing bottlenecks in the perioperative setting: Optimizing patient care and reducing costs	10
Volatile capture technology in the operating room: How does it work, what are the technical limitations and what does it mean for clinical practice?	10
Controversies in anesthesia-induced developmental neurotoxicity	10
Greening anesthesia – From basic science to practical guidelines	9
ESAs in perioperative anemia management: Who, what, how and why?	9
Non-neuraxial labour analgesia	9
Intrathecal opioids for the management of post-operative pain	9
Nitrous oxide waste and why we should abandon reticulated delivery systems	8
POCUS for Pediatrics	8
Advantages and disadvantages of desflurane versus sevoflurane	8
Editorial Board	7
PeRLS for procedural sedation: A specialized resuscitation framework enhanced by EASy-ALS ultrasound integration	7
Procedural sedation in high-risk patients	7
Current indications for spinal anesthesia-a narrative review	7
Environmental impact of propofol: A critical review of ecotoxicity and greenhouse effects	7
Maternal sepsis	7