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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Advances in pediatric neuroanesthesia practices	45
Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography	42
Regional anaesthesia for ambulatory surgery	35
Procedural sedation outside the operating room: Challenges, guidelines, and future directions	35
Editorial Board	34
Postpartum hemorrhage assessment and targeted treatment	34
Post-dural puncture headache diagnosis and management	32
Optimising recovery after caesarean delivery	26
Managing a perioperative medicine program	25
Spinal hypotension in obstetrics: Context-sensitive prevention and management	24
Challenges of (postoperative) cancer patients in the ICU	23
Prehabilitation before surgery: Is it for all patients?	22
Spinal sonography and central neuraxial blocks	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?	21
Total joint replacement in ambulatory surgery	21
Spinal anaesthesia in children: A narrative review	19
Environmentally responsible mask induction	19
Neuraxial analgesia in labour and the foetus	18
The patient with congenital heart disease in ambulatory surgery	18
Enhanced recovery after surgery: Current status and future progress	18
Anesthesia for ambulatory surgery	18
Navigating coagulopathy in obstetric hemorrhage: The role of point-of-care testing	17
Cardiac prehabilitation: Is there a role in cardiac surgery	14
Optimizing patients with substance use disorder for cardiac surgery	14

Women at risk: An interdisciplinary perspective on optimizing postpartum hemorrhage systems	14
Beyond the epidural: Alternatives to neuraxial labor analgesia	13
Procedural sedation and analgesia in clinical practice: From historical development to modern care	13
“Thoracic anesthesia in patients with airborne disease”	12
Volatile anaesthetics and PFAS forever chemicals: A critical gap in environmental impact assessments	12
Preoperative fasting in children. The evolution of recommendations and guidelines, and the underlying evidence	11
Post-cesarean section analgesia	11
The diabetes patient for ambulatory surgery	11
What's new in pediatric critical care?	11
Principles for minimizing oxygen debt: can they translate to clinical application and improve outcomes?	11
ESAs in perioperative anemia management: Who, what, how and why?	10
Adjuvants for balanced anesthesia in ambulatory surgery	10
Controversies in anesthesia-induced developmental neurotoxicity	10
Neuraxial labor analgesia: Initiation techniques	10
Intrathecal opioids for the management of post-operative pain	10
Managing bottlenecks in the perioperative setting: Optimizing patient care and reducing costs	10
Non-neuraxial labour analgesia	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
Environmental impact of propofol: A critical review of ecotoxicity and greenhouse effects	8
Advantages and disadvantages of desflurane versus sevoflurane	8
Editorial Board	8
Greening anesthesia – From basic science to practical guidelines	8
Risk assessment and risk stratification for perioperative complications and mitigation: Where should the focus be? How are we doing?	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
POCUS for Pediatrics	7