OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Intensive Care is 10. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Long-term recovery of sensorimotor functions and prediction of participation in survivors of critical illness: a prospective cohort study	144
Nutritional therapy for the prevention of post-intensive care syndrome	78
Mechanisms maintaining right ventricular contractility-to-pulmonary arterial elastance ratio in VA ECMO: a retrospective animal data analysis of RV–PA coupling	57
Role of the interstitium during septic shock: a key to the understanding of fluid dynamics?	44
Post-resuscitation diastolic blood pressure is a prognostic factor for outcomes of cardiac arrest patients: a multicenter retrospective registry-based analysis	40
Long-term health outcomes of COVID-19 in ICU- and non-ICU-treated patients up to 2 years after hospitalization: a longitudinal cohort study (CO-FLOW)	38
The revised recommendation for administering vitamin C in septic patients: the Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2020	34
Acute lung injury and post-cardiac arrest syndrome: a narrative review	33
Which factors are associated with acquired weakness in the ICU? An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses	32
Dose–response relationship between transfusion and the incidence of infection in critically ill patients: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis	32
Brain death: a clinical overview	30
External validation and comparative performance of the SLANT score for neuroprognostication in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors undergoing targeted temperature management: insights from an Asi	29
Calculated left ventricular outflow tract diameter for critically ill patients	28
Trends in massive transfusion practice for trauma in Japan from 2011 to 2020: a nationwide inpatient database study	25
Current corticosteroid therapeutic strategy for community-acquired pneumonia in adults: indications, dosage, and timing	25
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome: a narrative review	22
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	22
Association between intensive care unit admission of a patient and mental disorders in the spouse: a retrospective matched-pair cohort study	22
Ultraprotective versus apneic ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a physiological study	21
Clinical significance of lactate clearance in patients with cardiogenic shock: results from the RESCUE registry	21
Clinical effectiveness of tigecycline in combination therapy against nosocomial pneumonia caused by CR-GNB in intensive care units: a retrospective multi-centre observational study	21
Early systemic insults following severe sepsis-associated encephalopathy of critically ill patients: association with mortality and awakening—an analysis of the OUTCOMEREA database	21
The pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of sepsis-associated disseminated intravascular coagulation	21
One-year outcomes in sepsis: a prospective multicenter cohort study in Japan	18
Recommendations for long-term outcomes in sepsis and septic shock: a comparison between Japanese and international guidelines	18

The optimal glycemic target in critically ill patients: an updated network meta-analysis	18
Classifying diarrhea in critically ill patients through various criteria: a cohort study	18
New avenues of sepsis research: obtaining perspective by analyzing and comparing SSCG 2021 and J-SSCG 2020	18
Circulating and urinary microRNAs profile for predicting renal recovery from severe acute kidney injury	17
Acute pulmonary edema after subarachnoid hemorrhage: risk factors and comorbidities—an analysis of a nationwide database from the United States	17
Recent advances in cardiorespiratory monitoring in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients	16
Low-flow time and outcomes in hypothermic cardiac arrest patients treated with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a secondary analysis of a multi-center retrospective cohort study	16
Current status of palliative care delivery and self-reported practice in ICUs in Japan: a nationwide cross-sectional survey of physician directors	15
Descriptive statistics and risk factor analysis of children with community-acquired septic shock	15
Long-term prognostic significance of gasping in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients undergoing extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a post hoc analysis of a multi-center prospective cohor	15
Prognostic nutritional index as a predictive marker for acute kidney injury in adult critical illness population: a systematic review and diagnostic test accuracy meta-analysis	14
Paradox of trimethylamine-N-oxide, the impact of malnutrition on microbiota-derived metabolites and septic patients	14
Post-intensive care syndrome follow-up system after hospital discharge: a narrative review	14
Intensive care unit versus high-dependency care unit admission on mortality in patients with septic shock: a retrospective cohort study using Japanese claims data	13
Exploring METRNL as a novel biomarker in sepsis: diagnostic potential and secretion mechanism	13
Hemorrhage and thrombosis in COVID-19-patients supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: an international study based on the COVID-19 critical care consortium	13
Impacts of three inspiratory muscle training programs on inspiratory muscles strength and endurance among intubated and mechanically ventilated patients with difficult weaning: a multicentre randomise	13
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	13
Correction: One-year outcomes in sepsis: a prospective multicenter cohort study in Japan	13
Efficacy of permissive underfeeding for critically ill patients: an updated systematic review and trial sequential meta-analysis	12
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on critical care utilization in Japan: a nationwide inpatient database study	12
The method to identify invasive mechanical ventilation with Japanese claim data	12
Efficacy of probiotics in the prevention of diarrhea in ventilated critically ill ICU patients: meta-analysis of randomized control trials: author’s reply	12
Longitudinal proteomic analysis of pathophysiology in plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with ARDS	12
Changes in gene expression in healthcare workers during night shifts: implications for immune response and health risks	12
Development and validation of a nomogram to predict the risk of sepsis-associated encephalopathy for septic patients in PICU: a multicenter retrospective cohort study	12
Strategies for discontinuing vasopressin and norepinephrine during the recovery phase of shock: a single-center retrospective study	11
Effectiveness of systemic thrombolysis on clinical outcomes in high-risk pulmonary embolism patients with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a nationwide inpatient database study	11
Incidence and outcomes of in-hospital cardiac arrest in Japan 2011–2017: a nationwide inpatient database study	11
Autophagy and autophagic cell death in sepsis: friend or foe?	11
Prone positioning in ARDS patients supported with VV ECMO, what we should explore?	11
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	10
Re-evaluating albumin use in traumatic brain injury	10
Prognostic significance of delirium subtypes in critically ill medical and surgical patients: a secondary analysis of a prospective multicenter study	10
Onset timing and duration of augmented renal clearance in a mixed intensive care unit	10
Occurrence of pendelluft during ventilator weaning with T piece correlated with increased mortality in difficult-to-wean patients	10
Evaluating the diagnostic performance of adult sepsis event criteria in the emergency department: impact of including isolated serum lactate elevations	10
Prolonged use of neuromuscular blocking agents is associated with increased long-term mortality in mechanically ventilated medical ICU patients: a retrospective cohort study	10
Association between the triglyceride–glucose index and the risk of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study	10
Association between the timing of ICU admission and mortality in patients with hospital-onset sepsis: a nationwide prospective cohort study	10
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	10
Association of multiple sclerosis with mortality in sepsis: a population-level analysis	10
Non-invasive detection of a femoral-to-radial arterial pressure gradient in intensive care patients with vasoactive agents	10
External validation of 5A score model for predicting in-hospital mortality among the accidental hypothermia patients: JAAM-Hypothermia study 2018–2019 secondary analysis	10
Erythropoietin as a critical prognostic indicator in ICU patients with sepsis: a prospective observational study	10
Hospital and regional variations in intensive care unit admission for patients with invasive mechanical ventilation	10
Rethinking diuretic use in acute kidney injury: effective prevention or false hope?	10