OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Intensive Care is 11. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Fluid therapy in adults having non-cardiac surgery: A narrative review	132
Management and outcomes in women and men weaning from invasive mechanical ventilation: insights from the WEAN SAFE study	94
High flow nasal cannula and low level continuous positive airway pressure have different physiological effects during de novo acute hypoxemic respiratory failure	90
Clinical impact of screening computed tomography in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a retrospective cohort study	75
Factors influencing the transition phase in acute respiratory distress syndrome: an observational cohort study	74
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	68
Characteristics and prognostic factors of bacterial meningitis in the intensive care unit: a prospective nationwide cohort study	67
Comment on “immunosuppressive therapy management during sepsis in kidney transplant recipients: a prospective multicenter study”	67
Alterations in the renin-angiotensin system during septic shock	66
Nosocomial lower respiratory tract infections in patients with immunosuppression: a cohort study	65
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	54
Evaluating the effects of continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration on O2 and CO2 removal and energy expenditure measurement using indirect calorimetry	54
Re: “impact of aminoglycosides on survival rate and renal outcomes in patients with urosepsis: a multicenter retrospective study”	53
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”	50
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”	48
Methodologies and clinical applications of lower limb muscle ultrasound in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	47
Nirsevimab prophylaxis on pediatric intensive care hospitalization for severe acute bronchiolitis: a clinical and economic analysis	46
More intravascular volume, less edema: pressure therapy for the management of capillary leakage and fluid accumulation	46
Prediction of esophagogastroduodenoscopy therapeutic usefulness for in-ICU suspected upper gastrointestinal bleeding: the SUGIBI score study	46
Conservative versus liberal oxygen therapy for intensive care unit patients: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	41
Impact of aminoglycosides on survival rate and renal outcomes in patients with urosepsis: a multicenter retrospective study	37
Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist in critical care patients with and without obesity: a prospective randomized crossover study	36
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	35
Oxygen therapy and noninvasive respiratory supports in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a narrative review	35
Comprehensive temporal analysis of right ventricular function and pulmonary haemodynamics in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 ARDS patients	33

Combined cardiac, lung, and diaphragm ultrasound for predicting weaning failure during spontaneous breathing trial	32
Impact of frailty and older age on weaning from invasive ventilation: a secondary analysis of the WEAN SAFE study	30
Bioimpedance-assessed muscle wasting and its relation to nutritional intake during the first week of ICU: a pre-planned secondary analysis of Nutriti Study	29
Identification and validation of respiratory subphenotypes in patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome undergoing prone position	27
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”	27
Regarding the new vascular reactivity index to norepinephrine	25
Correction: Effect of early and later prone positioning on outcomes in invasively ventilated COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: analysis of the prospective COVID-19 critical c	25
Adherence to post-cardiac arrest care guidelines and impact on survival and neurological outcome	25
Features and outcomes of patients admitted to the ICU for chimeric antigen receptor T cell-related toxicity: a French multicentre cohort	24
Personalized neuron-specific enolase level based on EEG pattern for prediction of poor outcome after cardiac arrest	24
Impact of direct ICU admission of pneumococcal meningitis in France: a retrospective analysis of a French medico-administrative (PMSI) database	24
Neuromuscular blockade and their monitoring in the intensive care unit: a multicenter observational prospective study	24
Covid-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis in mechanically ventilated patients: incidence and outcome in a French multicenter observational cohort (APICOVID)	24
Post-mortem lung biopsies in fatal Covid-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective cohort study of 169 patients (HISTOCOVID)	23
Factors associated with adverse outcome among children with sickle cell disease admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit: an observational cohort	23
Performance and impact of rapid multiplex PCR on diagnosis and treatment of ventilated hospital-acquired pneumonia in patients with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales rectal carr	23
Positive end-expiratory pressure and left ventricular function are key factors affecting right ventricular to pulmonary arterial coupling	23
Development of a biomarker prediction model for post-trauma multiple organ failure/dysfunction syndrome based on the blood transcriptome	23
Corticosteroid treatment in COVID-19 patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: benefit from rational use – authors’ reply	22
Surgical site infection in severe trauma patients in intensive care: epidemiology and risk factors	22
Do diabetes and poor control of acute stress-related hyperglycemia increase the risk of ICU-acquired infections? A retrospective assessment in patients with septic shock	22
Impact of renal complications on outcome in adult patients with acute fulminant myocarditis receiving venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: an analysis of nationwide CSECLS database in Chi	22
Prognosis of Nonagenarian ICU Patients A Bayesian analysis of prospective European studies	22
Survive or thrive after ICU: what’s the score?	21
Influence of different noninvasive oxygenation support devices on tidal volume	21
Prolonged versus intermittent β-lactam infusion in sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	21
Predicting outcomes in patients with exacerbation of COPD requiring mechanical ventilation	21
Mottling as a prognosis marker in cardiogenic shock	21
Correction: Automatic continuous P0.1 measurements during weaning from mechanical ventilation: a clinical study	20
Recruitment-to-inflation ratio reflects the impact of peep on dynamic lung strain in a highly recruitable model of ARDS	20
Left atrial strain: an operator and software-dependent tool	20
Hyperglycemia and insulin use in patients with COVID-19 and severe hypoxemia allocated to 12 mg vs. 6 mg of dexamethasone: a secondary analysis of the COVID STEROID 2 randomized trial	20
Disseminated intravascular coagulation is strongly associated with severe acute kidney injury in patients with septic shock	19
Factors associated with cancer treatment resumption after ICU stay in patients with solid tumors	19
Use of procalcitonin in therapeutic decisions in the pediatric intensive care unit	19
Weaning from mechanical ventilation in myasthenic crisis according to WEAN safe: most patients experience intermediate or prolonged weaning with no differences between early and late-onset compared to	19
Critically ill patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections in the Caribbean area: unsupervised analysis of a retrospective cohort (2014–2023) with identification of factors associated with mortal	19
Comparison between regional citrate anticoagulation and systemic heparin anticoagulation in patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy and venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenatio	18
Dual titration of minute ventilation and sweep gas flow to control carbon dioxide variations in patients on venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	18
Extubation during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: time for a paradigm shift?	18
Lung aeration estimated by chest electrical impedance tomography and lung ultrasound during extubation	18
Immunosuppressive therapy management during sepsis in kidney transplant recipients: a prospective multicenter study	18
COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis in critically-ill patients	17
Effect of volume infusion on left atrial strain in acute circulatory failure	17
Impact of respiratory viruses detection on outcomes in ventilated nosocomial pneumonia: an exposed/unexposed study	17
Critical care beyond organ support: the importance of geriatric rehabilitation	17
Polling health-care workers opinion on assisted suicide and euthanasia: a word of caution	17
Experience of Clinicians and Relatives with Donation after Controlled Circulatory Death: A Prospective Qualitative Study	17
The International, Prospective COSMOS (CytOSorb® TreatMent Of Critically Ill PatientS) Registry: Interim Results in Patients with Septic Shock	17
Does obesity impact on weaning from invasive ventilation: a secondary analysis of the WEAN SAFE study	16

Critically ill adult patients with acute leukemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	16
Development of a gene panel for immune status assessment in sepsis	16
Immediate or delayed initiation of renal replacement therapy in patients with leptospirosis and acute kidney injury: a target trial emulation	16
Impact of PEEP on V/Q mismatch according to patient position and recruitability: a clinical prospective study	16
Management of severe acute encephalopathy in the ICU: an expert consensus statement from the french society of intensive care medicine	16
Diagnostic yield and adverse events of liver biopsy in intensive-care-unit patients: a multicenter retrospective observational cohort study	16
Biomarkers in pulmonary infections: a clinical approach	15
Modes of administration of nitric oxide devices and ventilators flow-by impact the delivery of pre-determined concentrations	15
Improving sleep in ICUs through real-time sleep monitoring: a proof-of-concept study	15
Authors’ reply to Liu and Liu: Toward precision in diagnosing necrotic bowel	15
Time-dependent effects of prone position on ventilation-perfusion matching assessed by electrical impedance tomography in patients with COVID-19 ARDS: sub-analysis of a prospective physiological study	15
High-flow nasal therapy versus non-invasive ventilation for AECOPD: navigating beyond a simple choice– are we asking the right questions??	15
End-of-life decision disparities according to the gross national income in critically ill patients: a secondary analysis of the ETHICUS-2 study	15
Correction: Early sevoflurane sedation in severe COVID19-related lung injury patients. A pilot randomized controlled trial	15
Revisiting awake prone positioning in COVID-19	15
Reverse triggering ? a novel or previously missed phenomenon?	15
Angiotensin II, conventional vasopressor therapy, and mortality in shock: a large, multicenter, propensity score-weighted analysis	14
Selective decontamination regimens in French ICUs: association with reduced infection and resistance emergence	14
Organ crosstalk and dysfunction in Sepsis: harnessing emerging biotechnologies for future breakthroughs	14
The association of premorbid conditions with 6-month mortality in acutely admitted ICU patients over 80 years	14
Biomarkers to guide sepsis management	14
Visual coronary artery calcification score to predict significant coronary artery stenosis in patients presenting with cardiac arrest without ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction	14
Organ crosstalk and dysfunction in sepsis	14
Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia in ICU: a multicenter retrospective study	14
Why do we use transpulmonary thermodilution and pulmonary artery catheter in severe shock patients?	14
ICU admission for solid cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors	14
Tidal volume and mortality during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory distress syndrome: a multicenter observational cohort study	13
Prolonged vs intermittent intravenous infusion of β-lactam antibiotics for patients with sepsis: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis	13
Septic Shock and RAAS Dysregulation: Corticosteroids Don’t Tell the Whole Story	13
Characterizing ICU-like profiles of very old patients hospitalized in medical intermediate care units in France: A clustering analysis of a nationwide population-based study	13
Beyond the PaO2/FiO2 ratio: Rethinking ARDS severity through the Lens of physiology	13
Post-intensive care syndrome screening: a French multicentre survey	13
Long-term major events after hospital discharge for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	13
Correction: Cefiderocol in Difficult-to-Treat Nf-GNB in ICU Settings	13
Acute kidney injury in immunocompromised patients with acute respiratory failure: insights from the HIGH clinical trial and relation with mechanical ventilation	13
The invasive and non-invasive monitoring of inspiratory effort and drive during assisted mechanical ventilation	13
The role of viscoelastic tests in the diagnosis of sepsis-induced coagulopathy (SIC)	13
The Clinical Frailty Scale for mortality prediction of old acutely admitted intensive care patients: a meta-analysis of individual patient-level data	13
What new renal biomarkers tell us about renal physiology	13
Use of airway pressure-based indices to detect high and low inspiratory effort during pressure support ventilation: a diagnostic accuracy study	13
Attenuation of the plasma volume response to crystalloid fluid used for goal-directed fluid therapy	13
Determinants of time to decannulation and predictors of early weaning from tracheostomy: a multicenter, retrospective Italian cohort study	12
Expert consensus–based clinical practice guidelines for Care and weaning procedures in tracheostomized ICU patients after invasive mechanical ventilation: a joint statement by the Intensive Care Physi	12
Spontaneous breathing trial with pressure support on positive end-expiratory pressure and extensive use of non-invasive ventilation versus T-piece in difficult-to-wean patients from mechanical ventila	12
Microcirculatory dysfunction in cardiogenic shock	12
Risk factors for bleeding complications in patients undergoing extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a secondary analysis of the SAVE-J II study	12
Subphenotyping hypotension in early sepsis: A physiology-guided therapeutic approach	12
Recurrent ventilator-associated pneumonia in severe Covid-19 ARDS patients requiring ECMO support	12
From leptospirosis-induced AKI to AKI at large: the ongoing search for biomarkers to guide RRT initiation	12
The intricate relationship between capillary refill time and systemic hemodynamics in septic shock	12
Acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with hematological malignancies: a one-year retrospective nationwide cohort study	12
Assessment of soluble PD-L1 in septic shock in relation to immunosuppressive phenotypes	12
Covid-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis in mechanically ventilated patients	12
Response letter to “Confounding by indication and exposure misclassification may undermine corticosteroid effect estimates in ICU patients with alcohol-related hepatitis”	12
Impact of airway closure and lung collapse on inhaled nitric oxide effect in acute lung injury: an experimental study	11
Sepsis-induced coagulopathy (SIC) in the management of sepsis	11
Authors reply in response to a letter on “Standardized approach for extubation during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective observational stu	11
COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis in critically-ill patients – authors’ reply	11
Utility of fibrinolysis enhanced viscoelastic assays to evaluate fibrinolysis disorders in critically ill adults with severe infection: a scoping review	11
Impact of early versus conventional kidney replacement therapy initiation in tumor lysis syndrome: a target trial emulation	11
Differences in clinical characteristics and quantitative lung CT features between vaccinated and not vaccinated hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Italy	11
Exogenous corticosteroid-induced modulation of RAAS: potential implications for septic shock biomarker analysis	11
Insulin therapy and blood glucose management in critically ill patients: a 1-day cross-sectional observational study in 69 French intensive care units	11
Stewart’s theory and acid–base changes induced by crystalloid infusion in humans: a randomized physiological trial	11
Preoxygenation with standard facemask combining apnoeic oxygenation using high flow nasal cannula versuss standard facemask alone in patients with and without obesity: the OPTIMASK international study	11
Association of metformin administration after septic shock with short-term and long-term survival in septic shock patients with diabetes	11
A predictive model for early intubation in patients with COVID–19–induced acute hypoxemic respiratory failure under awake prone position	11
Severe Legionnaires’ disease	11
Can central venous pressure help identify acute right ventricular dysfunction in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients?	11
Diagnostic yield, safety and therapeutic consequences of myocardial biopsy in clinically suspected fulminant myocarditis unweanable from mechanical circulatory support	11
Correction: Identification and validation of respiratory subphenotypes in patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome undergoing prone position	11
Neuroimaging for prognosis of central nervous system infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11