OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Chest is 53. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Could Atomoxetine-Oxybutynin, a Combination of Medications Being Explored for OSA Management, Have Any Effect on Sleep Bruxism or Jaw Muscle Tone?	595
Response	291
Rebuttal From Drs Punjabi and Gottlieb	265
A 79-Year-Old Woman With Shock	245
A Consistent Vision During Changing Times	192
Disability Rights and Life-Sustaining Treatment	187
A 62-Year-Old Woman With Nodules, Cysts, and Activated Bone Marrow	178
General Information	159
ENDOBRONCHIAL METASTASIS OF YOLK SAC TESTICULAR TUMOR	151
Cancer in Cystic Fibrosis	141
A 67-Year-Old Woman With Abdominal Pain and Dyspnea	139
Increasing Divergence in Spirometry Recommendations	136
Exosome-Based Cell-Free Therapy in COVID-19-Associated Severe Pneumonia	123
Making Anger Count	115
After Critical Illness	113
Table of Contents	112
Respiratory Function Testing After a Recent Myocardial Infarction Is Safe	91
General Information	88
A 63-Year-Old Woman With an Acute Exacerbation of Interstitial Pneumonia	85
Response	82
A 62-Year-Old Man With Rapidly Progressive Hypoxemia	79
Banishing Burnout in Your ICU	79
Dyspnea, Elevated Jugular Venous Pulse, and Lower Extremity Edema in the Setting of Interstitial Lung Disease in a Patient Who Has Undergone Liver and Kidney Transplantation	75
Response	75
Evaluation of Advanced Bronchoscopy Targeting the Lung Periphery	74

Implications of Global Lung Function Initiative Spirometry Reference Equations in Northeast Asian Patients With COPD	73
Physiologic Comparison of Airway Pressure Release Ventilation and Low Tidal Volume Ventilation in ARDS	72
Treatment with Oral or Inhaled Treprostinil in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Cardiovascular Comorbidities	70
Response	70
Melatonin Low-Dose for Prevention of Delirium in Critically Ill Patients: A Multi-centre, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Feasibility Trial (MELLOW)	70
Effect of Flow Rates of High-flow Nasal Cannula on Extubation Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial	69
COVID-19-INDUCED NEW ONSET DIABETES MELLITUS	67
An Unusual Case of Chronic Hemoptysis	67
Growing Up with Developmental Lung Diseases: A Review for the Adult Pulmonologist	66
A 21-Year-Old Man With Unilateral Chest Pain, Lobar Consolidation, and Pleural Effusion	66
How I Do It: Communicating to Patients and Families about Post Intensive Care Syndrome	65
Response	63
A 51-Year-Old Man With Dyspnea and a Pulmonary Nodule	63
COUNTERPOINT: Should Multiplex Molecular Panels Be Performed on All Patients With Community Acquired Pneumonia? No	63
A 23-Year-Old Man With Multilobar Consolidation	57
BAL Fluid Cellular Analysis and Radiologic Patterns in Patients With Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease	57
One Step Closer to Personalized Management of Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure	57
General Information	56
Antivirals for COPD?	56
Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Prescription in Patients With COVID-19	56
Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2	56
Albuterol-Budesonide Pressurized Metered Dose Inhaler in Patients With Mild-to-Moderate Asthma	55
The Proton Is Not Enough	55
COUNTERPOINT: Is Watchful Waiting an Appropriate Treatment for OSA in Children? No	54
Attic of Sorrow	54
Advancing Point-of-Care Testing by Application of Machine Learning Techniques and Artificial Intelligence	54
A 73-Year-Old Man With Right-Sided Chest Pain and Dyspnea	54
Dexmedetomidine for Reducing Mortality Rates in Patients With Septic Shock	54
Editorial Board	53
Mortality and Health Outcomes Among Patients With Sarcoidosis Treated With Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers	53
Interstitial Lung Abnormality	53