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Papers

(The H4-Index of Annals of Intensive Care is 36. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Pilot trial of high-dose vitamin C in critically ill COVID-19 patients	169
Ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with SARS-CoV-2-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring ECMO: a retrospective cohort study	110
Prediction of fluid responsiveness. What’s new?	101
Post-intensive care syndrome after a critical COVID-19: cohort study from a Belgian follow-up clinic	86
Chronic critical illness and post-intensive care syndrome: from pathophysiology to clinical challenges	76
Intensive care management of patients with COVID-19: a practical approach	76
Lung ultrasound score predicts outcomes in COVID-19 patients admitted to the emergency department	70
Post-resuscitation shock: recent advances in pathophysiology and treatment	69
Energetic dysfunction in sepsis: a narrative review	68
Elevated plasma IL-6 and CRP levels are associated with adverse clinical outcomes and death in critically ill SARS-CoV-2 patients: inflammatory response of SARS-CoV-2 patients	67
High flow nasal oxygen therapy to avoid invasive mechanical ventilation in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: a retrospective study	65
Mental health outcomes of ICU and non-ICU healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional study	63
Reliability of the Clinical Frailty Scale in very elderly ICU patients: a prospective European study	63
Platelet activation in critically ill COVID-19 patients	63
Acute kidney injury prevalence, progression and long-term outcomes in critically ill patients with COVID-19: a cohort study	63
High risk of patient self-inflicted lung injury in COVID-19 with frequently encountered spontaneous breathing patterns: a computational modelling study	60
Soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products (sRAGE) as a biomarker of COVID-19 disease severity and indicator of the need for mechanical ventilation, ARDS and mortality	52
Predictors of fluid responsiveness in critically ill patients mechanically ventilated at low tidal volumes: systematic review and meta-analysis	52
The autonomic nervous system in septic shock and its role as a future therapeutic target: a narrative review	51
Sustained oxygenation improvement after first prone positioning is associated with liberation from mechanical ventilation and mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients: a cohort study	46
Management of pharmaceutical and recreational drug poisoning	46
Impact of dexamethasone on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia and blood stream infections in COVID-19 patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation: a multicenter retrospective stud	46
Characteristics, management, and prognosis of elderly patients with COVID-19 admitted in the ICU during the first wave: insights from the COVID-ICU study	45
Increased susceptibility to intensive care unit-acquired pneumonia in severe COVID-19 patients: a multicentre retrospective cohort study	45
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis	45

Early combination of albumin with crystalloids administration might be beneficial for the survival of septic patients: a retrospective analysis from MIMIC-IV database	45
Characteristics and outcome of COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU: a nationwide cohort study on the comparison between the first and the consecutive upsurges of the second wave of the COVID-19 pand	44
Short-term health-related quality of life, physical function and psychological consequences of severe COVID-19	44
Current use of inotropes in circulatory shock	43
Result of one-year, prospective follow-up of intensive care unit survivors after SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia	41
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiogenic shock: a meta-analysis of mortality and complications	41
Can the cytokine adsorber CytoSorb® help to mitigate cytokine storm and reduce mortality in critically ill patients? A propensity score matching analysis	41
Uncertainty in the impact of liver support systems in acute-on-chronic liver failure: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	39
Characteristics and risk factors associated with critical illness in pediatric COVID-19	38
Effects of capillary refill time-vs. lactate-targeted fluid resuscitation on regional, microcirculatory and hypoxia-related perfusion parameters in septic shock: a randomized controlled trial	37
Rescue therapy with inhaled nitric oxide and almitrine in COVID-19 patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome	37