OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annals of Intensive Care is 42. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Acute myocarditis and multisystem inflammatory emerging disease following SARS-CoV-2 infection in critically ill children	224
Symptoms of burnout in intensive care unit specialists facing the COVID-19 outbreak	223
Bacterial and viral co-infections in patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia admitted to a French ICU	212
Ethical dilemmas due to the Covid-19 pandemic	192
COVID-19-associated invasive pulmonary aspergillosis	183
Caution about early intubation and mechanical ventilation in COVID-19	177
Pilot trial of high-dose vitamin C in critically ill COVID-19 patients	157
Pulmonary embolism in patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia: a narrative review	139
Management of critically ill patients with COVID-19 in ICU: statement from front-line intensive care experts in Wuhan, China	134
Intravenous fluid therapy in the perioperative and critical care setting: Executive summary of the International Fluid Academy (IFA)	126
Ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with SARS-CoV-2-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring ECMO: a retrospective cohort study	102
Role of albumin in the preservation of endothelial glycocalyx integrity and the microcirculation: a review	98
Expert consensus-based clinical practice guidelines management of intravascular catheters in the intensive care unit	90
Therapeutic strategies for critically ill patients with COVID-19	85
Prediction of fluid responsiveness. What’s new?	77
Clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a large cohort study	77
Recruitability and effect of PEEP in SARS-Cov-2-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome	76
Post-intensive care syndrome after a critical COVID-19: cohort study from a Belgian follow-up clinic	74
Intensive care management of patients with COVID-19: a practical approach	73
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	62
Lung ultrasound score predicts outcomes in COVID-19 patients admitted to the emergency department	62
High flow nasal oxygen therapy to avoid invasive mechanical ventilation in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: a retrospective study	61
Acute kidney injury in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection	60
Post-resuscitation shock: recent advances in pathophysiology and treatment	60
Energetic dysfunction in sepsis: a narrative review	59

Platelet activation in critically ill COVID-19 patients	59
Reliability of the Clinical Frailty Scale in very elderly ICU patients: a prospective European study	58
Respiratory mechanics and gas exchanges in the early course of COVID-19 ARDS: a hypothesis-generating study	56
Diastolic shock index and clinical outcomes in patients with septic shock	55
High risk of patient self-inflicted lung injury in COVID-19 with frequently encountered spontaneous breathing patterns: a computational modelling study	52
Mental health outcomes of ICU and non-ICU healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional study	51
Chronic critical illness and post-intensive care syndrome: from pathophysiology to clinical challenges	50
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	50
Acute kidney injury prevalence, progression and long-term outcomes in critically ill patients with COVID-19: a cohort study	50
Nitric oxide inhalation as an interventional rescue therapy for COVID-19-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome	46
Predictors of fluid responsiveness in critically ill patients mechanically ventilated at low tidal volumes: systematic review and meta-analysis	45
Increased susceptibility to intensive care unit-acquired pneumonia in severe COVID-19 patients: a multicentre retrospective cohort study	44
P-SILI is not justification for intubation of COVID-19 patients	43
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	43
A lactate-targeted resuscitation strategy may be associated with higher mortality in patients with septic shock and normal capillary refill time: a post hoc analysis of the ANDROMEDA-SHOCK study	42
Characteristics, management, and prognosis of elderly patients with COVID-19 admitted in the ICU during the first wave: insights from the COVID-ICU study	42
Management of pharmaceutical and recreational drug poisoning	42