Journal of Intensive Care

Article	Citations
Lymphopenia in severe coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): systematic review and meta-analysis	421
D-dimer as a biomarker for disease severity and mortality in COVID-19 patients: a case control study	373
The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020)	90
Thromboembolic disease in COVID-19 patients: A brief narrative review	61
Factors influencing liberation from mechanical ventilation in coronavirus disease 2019: multicenter observational study in fifteen Italian ICUs	54
Monocyte distribution width enhances early sepsis detection in the emergency department beyond SIRS and qSOFA	48
Community-acquired and hospital-acquired respiratory tract infection and bloodstream infection in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia	47
Early prediction of high flow nasal cannula therapy outcomes using a modified ROX index incorporating heart rate	47
Energy expenditure and indirect calorimetry in critical illness and convalescence: current evidence and practical considerations	44
Functional status of mechanically ventilated COVID-19 survivors at ICU and hospital discharge	43
Left and right ventricular longitudinal strains are associated with poor outcome in COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis	42
Efficacy of probiotics in the prevention of VAP in critically ill ICU patients: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control trials	41
Management of life-threatening hemoptysis	40
Neuromuscular blockade management in the critically Ill patient	38
The higher the better? Defining the optimal beta-lactam target for critically ill patients to reach infection resolution and improve outcome	36
Development of a nomogram to predict 30-day mortality of patients with sepsis-associated encephalopathy: a retrospective cohort study	36
Predictors of failure with high-flow nasal oxygen therapy in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory failure: a multicenter observational study	32
Linkage of alterations in systemic iron homeostasis to patients’ outcome in sepsis: a prospective study	31
Psychological effects of remote-only communication among reference persons of ICU patients during COVID-19 pandemic	30
Creation of an artificial intelligence model for intubation difficulty classification by deep learning (convolutional neural network) using face images: an observational study	30
Prediction of patients requiring intensive care for COVID-19: development and validation of an integer-based score using data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of South Korea	27
Prevalence and prognostic value of elevated troponins in patients hospitalised for coronavirus disease 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis	27
Epidemiology of sepsis and septic shock in intensive care units between sepsis-2 and sepsis-3 populations: sepsis prognostication in intensive care unit and emergency room (SPICE-ICU)	27
Prolonged versus intermittent β-lactam antibiotics intravenous infusion strategy in sepsis or septic shock patients: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomized	27
ARDS Clinical Practice Guideline 2021	26

Upper limb muscle atrophy associated with in-hospital mortality and physical function impairments in mechanically ventilated critically ill adults: a two-center prospective observational study	26
Efficacy and safety of tranexamic acid administration in traumatic brain injury patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	26
Association between visitation restriction during the COVID-19 pandemic and delirium incidence among emergency admission patients: a single-center retrospective observational cohort study in Japan	24
Use of glucocorticoids in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis	24
Noninvasive respiratory support for COVID-19 patients: when, for whom, and how?	24
Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS): recent updates	23
Low-chloride- versus high-chloride-containing hypertonic solution for the treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage–related complications: The ACETatE (A low ChloriE hyperTonic solution for brain Edema) ra	23
Advanced echocardiographic phenotyping of critically ill patients with coronavirus-19 sepsis: a prospective cohort study	22
Nationwide system to centralize decisions around ECMO use for severe COVID-19 pneumonia in Japan (Special Correspondence)	22
Fluid management in ARDS: an evaluation of current practice and the association between early diuretic use and hospital mortality	21
The advent of medical artificial intelligence: lessons from the Japanese approach	20
Biological effects of the oxygen molecule in critically ill patients	20
Association between low pH and unfavorable neurological outcome among out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients treated by extracorporeal CPR: a prospective observational cohort study in Japan	20
Endothelial glycocalyx shedding in the acute respiratory distress syndrome after flu syndrome	19
Accuracy of circulating microRNAs in diagnosis of sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	19
Occurrence and incidence rate of peripheral intravascular catheter-related phlebitis and complications in critically ill patients: a prospective cohort study (AMOR-VENUS study)	18
Ensuring competency in focused cardiac ultrasound: a systematic review of training programs	18
Perspective on fibrinolytic therapy in COVID-19: the potential of inhalation therapy against suppressed-fibrinolytic-type DIC	18
Corticosteroid treatment for early acute respiratory distress syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials	18
Oxygen administration for postoperative surgical patients: a narrative review	17
Patient–ventilator asynchrony, impact on clinical outcomes and effectiveness of interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Self-citation policies and journal self-citation rate among Critical Care Medicine journals	17
Clinical outcomes of empirical high-dose meropenem in critically ill patients with sepsis and septic shock: a randomized controlled trial	16
Effects of dexamethasone on immune dysfunction and ventilator-associated pneumonia in COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome: an observational study	16
Body position for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia for critically ill patients: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	16
Oxygen administration for patients with ARDS	15
The effects of a limited infusion rate of fluid in the early resuscitation of sepsis on glycocalyx shedding measured by plasma syndecan-1: a randomized controlled trial	15
Primary palliative care recommendations for critical care clinicians	15
Japan ECMOnet for COVID-19: telephone consultations for cases with severe respiratory failure caused by COVID-19	15
The pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of sepsis-associated disseminated intravascular coagulation	15
Cardiac biomarkers in acute respiratory distress syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Shortening of low-flow duration over time was associated with improved outcomes of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in in-hospital cardiac arrest	14
Development and validation of the predictive risk of death model for adult patients admitted to intensive care units in Japan: an approach to improve the accuracy of healthcare quality measures	14
Brain death: a clinical overview	14
Save the ICU and save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic	13
Monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with 28-day mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a retrospective study	13
Hydrocortisone, ascorbic acid, and thiamine (HAT) for sepsis and septic shock: a meta-analysis with sequential trial analysis	13
The discovery of biological subphenotypes in ARDS: a novel approach to targeted medicine?	13
Sex-specific prevalence and outcomes of frailty in critically ill patients	13
Association between early tracheostomy and patient outcomes in critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation: a multicenter cohort study	12
Effect of oxygenation modalities among patients with postoperative respiratory failure: a pairwise and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	12
Non-catecholamine vasopressors in the treatment of adult patients with septic shock—evidence from meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomized clinical trials	12
Oxygen administration in patients recovering from cardiac arrest: a narrative review	12
Prolonged enhancement of cytotoxic T lymphocytes in the post-recovery state of severe COVID-19	11
Correction to: Factors influencing liberation from mechanical ventilation in coronavirus disease 2019: multicenter observational study in fifteen Italian ICUs	11
Serial change of neutrophil extracellular traps in tracheal aspirate of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: report of three cases	11
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors for cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression	11
Spinal cord autoregulation using near-infrared spectroscopy under normal, hypovolemic, and post-fluid resuscitation conditions in a swine model: a comparison with cerebral autoregulation	11
Clinical significance of lactate clearance in patients with cardiogenic shock: results from the RESCUE registry	11
The effect of recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin on renal function and mortality in septic disseminated intravascular coagulation patients with acute kidney injury: a retrospective study	11

Adjunctive ketamine for sedation in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients: an active-controlled, pilot, feasibility clinical trial	11
A novel mouse model of heatstroke accounting for ambient temperature and relative humidity	11
A scoping review of registry captured indicators for evaluating quality of critical care in ICU	11
Optimal timing of introducing mobilization therapy for ICU patients with sepsis	10
Guideline-based management of acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome	10
Impact of host- and early treatment-related factors on mortality in ICU patients with candidemia: a bicentric retrospective observational study	10
Effects of hypertonic saline versus mannitol in patients with traumatic brain injury in prehospital, emergency department, and intensive care unit settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Antimicrobials administration time in patients with suspected sepsis: is faster better? An analysis by propensity score	10
Conservative oxygen therapy for critically ill patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	10
Autotaxin levels in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid are associated with inflammatory and fibrotic biomarkers and the clinical outcome in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome	10
The use of automated pupillometry to assess cerebral autoregulation: a retrospective study	10
The story of critical care in Asia: a narrative review	10
Music Use for Sedation in Critically ill Children (MUSiCC trial): a pilot randomized controlled trial	10
Intensive care unit versus high-dependency care unit admission on mortality in patients with septic shock: a retrospective cohort study using Japanese claims data	9
Decreased urinary uromodulin is potentially associated with acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Temporal trends of medical cost and cost-effectiveness in sepsis patients: a Japanese nationwide medical claims database	9
Risk factors for complete recovery of adults after weaning from veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe acute respiratory failure: an analysis from adult patients in the Extracorpor	9
Incidence and outcomes of in-hospital cardiac arrest in Japan 2011–2017: a nationwide inpatient database study	8
Insight into the use of tympanic temperature during target temperature management in emergency and critical care: a scoping review	8
A prospective observational cohort study to identify inflammatory biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with sepsis	8
Association of noninvasive respiratory support with mortality and intubation rates in acute respiratory failure: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	8
Leptospirosis as an important differential of pulmonary haemorrhage on the intensive care unit: a case managed with VV-ECMO	8
Characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to adult intensive care units in Hong Kong: a population retrospective cohort study from 2008 to 2018	8
Mechanical power and 30-day mortality in mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients with and without Coronavirus Disease-2019: a hospital registry study	7
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiac arrest resuscitation practices and outcomes in non-COVID-19 patients	7
The Restrictive Red Blood Cell Transfusion Strategy for Critically Injured Patients (RESTRIC) trial: a cluster-randomized, crossover, non-inferiority multicenter trial of restrictive transfusion in tr	7
Operationalization of critical care triage during a pandemic surge using protocolized communication and integrated supportive care	7
Automated alert and activation of medical emergency team using early warning score	7
Ginsenoside ameliorated ventilator-induced lung injury in rats	7
A novel risk score for the prediction of airway management in patients with deep neck space abscess: a multicenter retrospective cohort study	7
Saline versus 5% dextrose in water as a drug diluent for critically ill patients: a retrospective cohort study	6
Circulating dipeptidyl peptidase 3 on intensive care unit admission is a predictor of organ dysfunction and mortality	6
Mortality analysis among sepsis patients in and out of intensive care units using the Japanese nationwide medical claims database: a study by the Japan Sepsis Alliance study group	6
The Ichikado CT score as a prognostic tool for coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study	6
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation with temperature management could improve the neurological outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective analysis of a nationwide multicenter	6
Immature granulocytes can help the diagnosis of pulmonary bacterial infections in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia	6
Optimization of levetiracetam dosing regimen in critically ill patients with augmented renal clearance: a Monte Carlo simulation study	6
What place for virtual reality in the intensive care unit during medical procedures?	6
Paradox of trimethylamine-N-oxide, the impact of malnutrition on microbiota-derived metabolites and septic patients	6
The incidence of pulmonary thromboembolism in COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit: a meta-analysis and meta-regression of observational studies	6
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome: a narrative review	6
Development and validation of an online model to predict critical COVID-19 with immune-inflammatory parameters	6
Association of body mass index with mortality of sepsis or septic shock: an updated meta-analysis	5
Onset timing and duration of augmented renal clearance in a mixed intensive care unit	5
Timing of tracheostomy and patient outcomes in critically ill patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a single-center retrospective observational study	5
β1-blocker in sepsis	5
Machine learning-based prediction models for accidental hypothermia patients	5
Construction of a predictive model and prognosis of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients with sepsis based on the diagnosis using left ventricular global longitudinal strain	5
The effect of vitamin K on prothrombin time in critically ill patients: an observational registry study	5
The association between culture positivity and long-term mortality in critically ill surgical patients	5
Ultraprotective versus apneic ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a physiological study	5
A longitudinal change of syndecan-1 predicts risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome and cumulative fluid balance in patients with septic shock: a preliminary study	5
Premorbid β1-selective (but not non-selective) β-blocker exposure reduces intensive care unit mortality among septic patients	5
Short- versus long-course antibiotic therapy for sepsis: a post hoc analysis of the nationwide cohort study	5
The mortality of critically ill patients was not associated with inter-hospital transfer due to a shortage of ICU beds - a single-centre retrospective analysis	5
The cardioprotective and anti-inflammatory effect of inhaled nitric oxide during Fontan surgery in patients with single ventricle congenital heart defects: a prospective randomized study	5
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation without target temperature management for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients prolongs the therapeutic time window: a retrospective analysis of a natio	5
Blood purification could tackle COVID-19?	5
Cerebral autoregulation in anoxic brain injury patients treated with targeted temperature management	5
Tracheostomy decannulation protocol in patients with prolonged tracheostomy referred to a rehabilitation hospital: a prospective cohort study	5
Interleukin-9 promotes intestinal barrier injury of sepsis: a translational research	4
Current status of palliative care delivery and self-reported practice in ICUs in Japan: a nationwide cross-sectional survey of physician directors	4
Esmolol response in septic shock patients in relation to vascular waterfall phenomenon measured by critical closure pressure and mean systemic filling pressure: a prospective observational study	4
Accuracy evaluation of mainstream and sidestream end-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring during noninvasive ventilation: a randomized crossover trial (MASCAT-NIV trial)	4
Electromagnetic-guided versus endoscopic placement of post-pyloric feeding tubes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials	4
External validation of 5A score model for predicting in-hospital mortality among the accidental hypothermia patients: JAAM-Hypothermia study 2018–2019 secondary analysis	4
Effectiveness of systemic thrombolysis on clinical outcomes in high-risk pulmonary embolism patients with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a nationwide inpatient database study	4
Prognostic value of lymphocyte counts in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in patients with acute respiratory failure: a retrospective cohort study	4
Efficacy of probiotics in the prevention of diarrhea in ventilated critically ill ICU patients: meta-analysis of randomized control trials	4
Intensive care unit versus high-dependency care unit for patients with acute heart failure: a nationwide propensity score-matched cohort study	4
Circulating and urinary microRNAs profile for predicting renal recovery from severe acute kidney injury	4
Afterload-related cardiac performance identifies cardiac impairment and associates with outcome in patients with septic shock: a retrospective cohort study	4
Factors associated with non-invasive mechanical ventilation failure in patients with hematological neoplasia and their association with outcomes	4
Clinical impact of preoperative diaphragm dysfunction on early outcomes and ventilation function in lung transplant: a single-center retrospective study	4
Worsening or improving hypoalbuminemia during continuous renal replacement therapy is predictive of patient outcome: a single-center retrospective study	4
Prevention and management of critical care complications in cardiogenic shock: a narrative review	4
Effect of renal support therapy on 5-year survival in patients discharged from the intensive care unit	4
Prehospital tranexamic acid for trauma victims	4
Conventional risk prediction models fail to accurately predict mortality risk among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in intensive care units: a difficult time to assess clinical severity and qua	4
Brain monitoring using near-infrared spectroscopy to predict outcome after cardiac arrest: a novel phenotype in a rat model of cardiac arrest	4

Analysis of urinary C–C motif chemokine ligand 14 (CCL14) and first-generation urinary biomarkers for predicting renal recovery from acute kidney injury: a prospective exploratory study	4
Is it time to reconsider the administration of thiamine alone or in combination with vitamin C in critically ill patients? A meta-analysis of clinical trial studies	4
Association between the presence of delirium during intensive care unit admission and cognitive impairment or psychiatric problems: the Korean ICU National Data Study	4