OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annals of Intensive Care is 33. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
High flow nasal cannula and low level continuous positive airway pressure have different physiological effects during de novo acute hypoxemic respiratory failure	157
Factors influencing the transition phase in acute respiratory distress syndrome: an observational cohort study	122
Evaluating the effects of continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration on O2 and CO2 removal and energy expenditure measurement using indirect calorimetry	88
Does the cytokine adsorber CytoSorb® reduce vancomycin exposure in critically ill patients with sepsis or septic shock? a prospective observational study	73
Ten actions to achieve gender equity among intensivists: the French Society of Intensive Care (FICS) model	68
Characteristics and prognostic factors of bacterial meningitis in the intensive care unit: a prospective nationwide cohort study	58
Clinical impact of screening computed tomography in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a retrospective cohort study	57
Alterations in the renin-angiotensin system during septic shock	54
Unreliable pulse oximetry in dark-skin patients: a plea for algorithm disclosure	52
Nosocomial lower respiratory tract infections in patients with immunosuppression: a cohort study	52
Optimizing high-flow nasal cannula flow settings in adult hypoxemic patients based on peak inspiratory flow during tidal breathing	52
Comment on “immunosuppressive therapy management during sepsis in kidney transplant recipients: a prospective multicenter study”	51
Correction: Transplant-free survival in acute liver failure patients receiving MARS®, plasma exchange or no liver support. A real-life 21-year retrospective cohort study in a referral center	48
Methodologies and clinical applications of lower limb muscle ultrasound in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	47
Letter on “Bioimpedance-assessed muscle wasting and its relation to nutritional intake during the first week of ICU: a pre-planned secondary analysis of Nutriti Study”	45
Prediction of esophagogastroduodenoscopy therapeutic usefulness for in-ICU suspected upper gastrointestinal bleeding: the SUGIBI score study	45
Predictive enrichment for the need of renal replacement in sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: combination of furosemide stress test and urinary biomarkers TIMP-2 and IGFBP-7	45
Impact of early mean arterial pressure level on severe acute kidney injury occurrence after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	44
Correction to: End of life in the critically ill patient: evaluation of experience of end of life by caregivers (EOLE study)	43
Comprehensive temporal analysis of right ventricular function and pulmonary haemodynamics in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 ARDS patients	43
More intravascular volume, less edema: pressure therapy for the management of capillary leakage and fluid accumulation	42
Nirsevimab prophylaxis on pediatric intensive care hospitalization for severe acute bronchiolitis: a clinical and economic analysis	42
Impact of aminoglycosides on survival rate and renal outcomes in patients with urosepsis: a multicenter retrospective study	41
Assessment of the relative benefits of monotherapy and combination therapy approaches to the treatment of hospital-acquired Stenotrophomonas maltophilia pneumonia: a multicenter, observational, real-w	41
Authors reply in response to a letter on “impact of aminoglycosides on survival rate and renal outcomes in patients with urosepsis: a multicenter retrospective study”	40

Oxygen therapy and noninvasive respiratory supports in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a narrative review	37
Corticosteroid treatment and mortality in mechanically ventilated COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients: a multicentre cohort study	37
Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist in critical care patients with and without obesity: a prospective randomized crossover study	37
Diagnosing capillary leak in critically ill patients: development of an innovative scoring instrument for non-invasive detection	36
A multivariate model for successful publication of intensive care medicine randomized controlled trials in the highest impact factor journals: the SCOTI score	36
Conservative versus liberal oxygen therapy for intensive care unit patients: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	35
Regarding the new vascular reactivity index to norepinephrine	34
Bioimpedance-assessed muscle wasting and its relation to nutritional intake during the first week of ICU: a pre-planned secondary analysis of Nutriti Study	34
Personalized neuron-specific enolase level based on EEG pattern for prediction of poor outcome after cardiac arrest	33
Rebuttal to the letter “Assessment of COVID-19-related right ventricular morphological and functional alterations and evaluation of their impact on the course of the disease”	33
Pulse oximetry, racial bias and statistical bias	33
Adverse outcomes with extracorporeal adsorbent blood treatments in toxic systemic inflammation: a perspective on possible mechanisms	33
Drug-associated hyperammonaemia: a Bayesian analysis of the WHO Pharmacovigilance Database	33