OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Paediatric Respiratory Reviews 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Regional oxygenation, perfusion and body and/or head position: Are preterm infants adversely impacted? A systematic review	26
Phenotyping bronchopulmonary dysplasia using magnetic resonance imaging	19
Comparison of video laryngoscopy and direct laryngoscopy for urgent intubation in newborn infants: A meta-analysis	19
Beyond the score: advancing quantitative lung ultrasound in the early postnatal period	14
The effect of musculoskeletal abnormalities on lung function in children born with congenital diaphragmatic hernia	13
Post viral bronchiolitis obliterans in children: A rare and potentially devastating disease	13
Socioeconomic determinants of outcomes in childhood asthma	13
Complicated intrathoracic tuberculosis: Role of therapeutic interventional bronchoscopy	12
Addition of long‐acting beta‐agonists to inhaled corticosteroids for asthma in preschool children: A systematic review	12
Narrative review of clinical prediction models for paediatric community acquired pneumonia	12
Characterising the lifelong consequences of bronchopulmonary dysplasia	11
Editorial: Difficult to treat asthma in vulnerable populations	10
The management of upper airway obstruction in Pierre Robin Sequence	10
Year in review: “Best” papers in pediatric pulmonary and sleep medicine in 2025	10
Learning from cystic fibrosis: How can we start to personalise treatment of Children’s Interstitial Lung Disease (chILD)?	10
Cough medicines for children- time for a reality check	10
Approaches to the management of haemoptysis in young people with cystic fibrosis	10
Respiratory oscillometry in infants: present challenges and future opportunities	9
A Review Of Host-Specific Diagnostic And Surrogate Biomarkers In Children With Pulmonary Tuberculosis	9
Moving the goalposts from symptom control to preventing airway remodeling in preschool asthma	9
Post-tuberculosis lung disease in children and adolescents: A scoping review of definitions, measuring tools, and research gaps	8
Update on paediatric lung transplantation: an overview of a challenging therapeutic	8
Editorial Board	8
Lung trajectories into adulthood of preterm born survivors and the influence of sex	8
Microbiology and management of respiratory infections in children with tracheostomy	8

Exercise capacity and the psychosocial effect in preterm born infants – Should we do more?	8
Artificial intelligence in paediatric respiratory medicine	7
Unintended impacts of COVID-19 on the epidemiology and burden of paediatric respiratory infections	7
Travelling with a child on ventilatory support: How to plan and avoid potential pitfalls	7
Respiratory infections in low and middle-income countries	7
Towards standardized and clinically relevant definitions of hypoxemia and hyperoxemia in preterm infants: A systematic review	7
Insulin-like growth factor-1 replacement therapy after extremely premature birth: An opportunity to optimize lifelong lung health by preserving the natural sequence of lung development	6
Cystic Fibrosis-Related Diabetes: Clinical approach and knowledge gaps	6
A review of imaging in the diagnosis and management of complicated paediatric pneumonia	6
How to monitor response to biologics in children with severe asthma	5
Severe childhood asthma in low and middle-income countries	5
Editorial Board	5
Cheyne-stokes respiration in children with heart failure	5
Cystic Fibrosis screen positive, inconclusive diagnosis (CFSPID) to Cystic Fibrosis: Detecting disease with serial assessments	5
Health disparities in pediatric sleep-disordered breathing	5
Face masks and protection against COVID-19 and other viral respiratory infections: Assessment of benefits and harms in children	5
The potential effects of climate change on non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in children	5
Necrotizing Pneumonia In Children: A Review	5
International society of pediatric respiratory diseases (INSPiRED) call to action: A global ban on electronic cigarette sales to protect our childreńs future	5
Non-invasive respiratory support in preterm infants	5
Racial and skin color mediated disparities in pulse oximetry in infants and young children	5
Exercise testing for young athletes	5
Thoracic insufficiency syndrome: Approaches to assessment and management	4
Race, bias, disparities, and pulmonary medicine	4
Physical activity and exercise training in cystic fibrosis	4
Non-invasive ventilation in pediatrics: a narrative review. Part 1: conventional non-invasive ventilation	4
Climate change and children’s respiratory health	4
A review of post COVID syndrome pathophysiology, clinical presentation and management in children and young people	4
Safety and extrapulmonary effects of elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor in people with cystic fibrosis following lung transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Variable and evolving degrees of CFTR dysfunction: Implications for diagnosis and clinical management	4
Should an inhaled corticosteroid accompany each dose of fast-acting beta2-agonist for relief of asthma symptoms?	4
Immunologic evaluation by a pediatric pulmonologist	4
Diagnostic and interventional paediatric bronchoscopy in low and middle-income countries	4
Bronchiolitis therapies and misadventures	3
Viral respiratory infections in children and metabolomics: a review of literature	3
New modes of surfactant delivery	3
The potential of bacteriophage therapy in the treatment of paediatric respiratory infections	3
Imaging in neonatal respiratory disease	3
Editorial: Thinking community acquired pneumonia (CAP) and its impact on lung health	3
Use of impulse oscillometry to assess lung function in prematurely born children and young people: Comparisons with spirometry	3
A comparison of peak cough flow and peak expiratory flow in children with neuromuscular disorders	3
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to transplant in neonates with fatal pulmonary conditions: A review	3
Early childhood asthma and adenotonsillectomy: From upper airway microbiota to type 2 biomarkers and clinical outcomes	3
Fetal growth restriction and neonatal-pediatric lung diseases: Vascular mechanistic links and therapeutic directions	3
Editorial Board	3
Measles is misery: A brief update for paediatricians	3
Long-acting muscarinic antagonists as add-on treatment for asthma in children under age 12: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Editorial Board	3
Exploring the complexity of cystic fibrosis (CF) and psychosocial wellbeing in the 2020s: Current and future challenges	3
Management of acute rhinosinusitis in children	3

Positive end-expiratory pressure in the pediatric intensive care unit	2
Editorial Board	2
Cystic fibrosis to CFSPID: Burden of care vs need and rational approach to weaning therapies	2
Cystic fibrosis related diabetes (CFRD) in the era of modulators: A scoping review	2
Psychosocial needs and interventions for young children with cystic fibrosis and their families	2
Impact of highly effective modulator therapy on gastrointestinal symptoms and features in people with cystic fibrosis	2
Evaluation of the therapeutic efficacy and tolerability of current drug treatments on the clinical outcomes of paediatric spinal muscular atrophy type 1: A systematic review	2
Long-term non-invasive ventilation in children: Transition from hospital to home	2
Neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) – A retrospective cohort study	2
Genetics of childhood tuberculosis: A scoping review	2
The need to restudy SABA regimens on discharge of children with an acute asthma exacerbation: A scoping review	2
Immunomodulation in paediatric inflammatory interstitial lung diseases: towards mechanism-based targeted therapies, a focus on the anti-cytokines	2
The wicked problem of otitis media: summary of recent systematic reviews on otitis media with effusion	2
A scoping review of mHealth monitoring of pediatric bronchial asthma before and during COVID-19 pandemic	2
Simulation based education in paediatric resuscitation	2
Outcomes of paediatric community acquired pneumonia	2
Pulse oximetry in patients with pigmented skin: What I should know	2
Addressing high flow overuse in bronchiolitis − Successes and future directions	2
Editorial Board	2
Evaluation and management of exercise-induced dyspnea in otherwise healthy adolescents and young adults: A critical review	2
Could Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor antagonists be used to treat obstructive sleep apnoea in children and adolescents with obesity?	2
Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis after initiation of CFTR modulators: a systematic review	2
Pre-operative respiratory assessment for children with spinal deformity	2
Bronchoscopy findings in children with congenital lung and lower airway abnormalities	2
The lower airway microbiome in paediatric health and chronic disease	2
Zoonotic parasitic lung infections	2
Reframing and clarifying melatonin use in paediatric sleep care	2
Risk factors for obstructive sleep apnoea in obese children: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Bubble CPAP in neonatal care: mechanisms, evidence, and pathways to optimization	2
Hand in glove: New imaging techniques and airway endoscopy	2
Longer term psychological trauma following the COVID-19 pandemic for children and families	2
Adherence in paediatric respiratory medicine: A review of the literature	1
Phylogenomics of nontuberculous mycobacteria respiratory infections in people with cystic fibrosis	1
Biochemical and genetic tools to predict the progression to Cystic Fibrosis in CRMS/CFSPID subjects: A systematic review	1
The follow up of complex infants in an aerodigestive clinic	1
OSA type-III and neurocognitive function	1
High flow, low results: The limits of high flow nasal cannula in the treatment of bronchiolitis	1
Glue ear: an ongoing global program – closing the audiology gap among First Nations children	1
How to detect young athletes at risk of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction?	1
Severe asthma in adolescents: Clinical implications and beyond	1
Caregiver’s sense of coherence and adherence to paediatric asthma treatment	1
Precision medicine to diagnose asthma in preschool children: comparison of clinical scores, lung function, biomarkers, and genetic tests	1
Introduction of a video-based heterogeneity index for quantitative lung ultrasound assessment in neonates with respiratory distress – a proof-of-concept study	1
Oral health status in adult and paediatric patients with cystic fibrosis (CF): A systematic review and meta-analysis	1
The future of paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea assessment: Integrating artificial intelligence, biomarkers, and more	1
Asthma in children and young people with sickle cell disease: a diagnostic dilemma	1
What was that you said?	1
Treatable traits in children with bronchiectasis	1
Editorial: Optimism grows after 10 years of modulator therapies in Cystic Fibrosis	1
Pulmonary manifestations of Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1b: A systematic review of the literature	1
“Antibiotic hypersensitivity reactions in Cystic Fibrosis: A thorough inspection on a stumbling block in patient care”	1
Post COVID-19 pandemic consequences for children	1
Prematurity and obstructive sleep apnea in children: The perfect storm	1
Exercise induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) in children and young people: Approaches to assessment and management	1
Virtues of PEEP in the PICU and beyond	1
The impact of maternal asthma on the fetal lung: Outcomes, mechanisms and interventions	1
Cardiovascular complications in children with Down syndrome and sleep disordered breathing	1
Association of respiratory virus types with clinical features in bronchiolitis: Implications for virus testing strategies. A systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Choosing biologic therapy in children with severe asthma	1