Intensive Care Medicine

Papers
(The H4-Index of Intensive Care Medicine is 56. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Obituary and tribute to Professor J. Randall Curtis (Randy)723
Basic ultrasound skill for intensivists: future scope for expansion of the recommendations of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine242
Weaning strategy in patients at low-to-medium risk of extubation failure239
Workplace equity for clinicians with a disability: why it matters for all207
Personalized oxygen targets are needed for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation183
Preventing stress ulcer bleeding174
Quantifying benefit and harm of extracorporeal life support in cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction165
Close collaboration between pathologists and intensivists to understand (not just) coronavirus disease157
The certainty of parental love vs. the uncertainty of a “best” decision156
Pitfalls in the use of microcirculation as a resuscitation goal151
ICU venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: revisiting external validity, vulnerable subgroups, and diagnostic standards, with future directions. Authors' reply144
Norepinephrine dose and concentration reporting: a closer look at the fine print135
Exposure to ambient air pollutants and acute respiratory distress syndrome risk in sepsis132
Variation in intensive care unit beds capacity in China from 2007 to 2021130
Status epilepticus in the ICU117
The UNDERSCORE for RRT weaning prediction: promising but not yet ready to unplug. Author's reply113
Hemodynamic and neurological presentations of invasive meningococcal disease in adults: a nationwide study across 100+ French ICUs108
Persistent signs of poisoning after massive drug ingestion: move the ultrasound probe to the stomach106
Comparing intravascular and surface cooling methods: a critical look at outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients—author's reply102
SHAP model explainability in ECMO–PAL mortality prediction: a critical analysis98
A double plea for dyspnea as the next great cause of all ICU professions and for caution about the dyspnea-breathlessness equivalence98
Optimal oxygen and mean arterial blood pressure targets after cardiac arrest97
Correction: Achievement of therapeutic antibiotic exposures using Bayesian dosing software in critically unwell children and adults with sepsis96
Correction: Expanding the role of PoCUS in tailoring diuretic strategies for congestion management in critical care89
ICU communication: ‘state of the art’86
Major adverse kidney events as an endpoint in acute kidney injury trials: is it time for a RE-MAKE?85
The ultrasound of silence84
Age and associated outcomes among patients receiving venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory failure: analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry84
Delivering optimal renal replacement therapy to critically ill patients with acute kidney injury83
Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is prevalent but not associated with mortality in patients with septic shock81
Lung-protective sedation: moving toward a new paradigm of precision sedation78
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography differentiates between pneumonia and atelectasis in a mechanically ventilated patient76
Nicotine patches in patients on mechanical ventilation for severe COVID-19: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial75
Using the helmet75
Mental health sequelae in survivors of cardiogenic shock complicating myocardial infarction. A population-based cohort study74
Staircase strategy, tier-three therapies, and effects on outcome in traumatic brain injured patients: the Triple-T TBI study74
Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal for acute respiratory failure: a review of potential indications, clinical practice and open research questions72
Serum sickness: a mimic of septic shock68
Sequencing interventions in ARDS: the critical role of timing and order in standardized management67
Weaning of neuromuscular patients: the reality is probably somewhere in between. Author’s reply65
Severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: time to reassess our practices64
Reassessing open lung ventilation in ARDS: an updated meta-analysis of the 2023 ESICM guidelines highlights risks of routine use and supports individualized strategies64
Family-administered delirium screening improves satisfaction among ICU caregivers: a prospective cohort study64
Plasminogen supplementation reverses fibrinolytic insufficiency in sepsis-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation: a pilot study63
Effects of PEEP on ICP in ABI patients and its relationship with etiology63
Author Correction: Cyclosporine versus placebo pretreatment of brain-dead donors and kidney graft function (Cis-A-Rein trial): a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial62
No ventilation, no ARDS: insights from four-dimensional computed tomography as dynamic imaging60
Frailty in intensive care medicine must be measured, interpreted and taken into account!60
Measuring patient’s effort on the ventilator59
Greenery and outdoor facilities to improve the wellbeing of critically ill patients, their families and caregivers: things to consider58
Beyond inflammation: the role of metabolic dysregulation in sepsis diagnosis and treatment57
Correction to: Noninvasive respiratory support in intensive care medicine57
Retraction Note: Influence of nimodipine and nifedipine on intrapulmonary shunting – a comparison to other vasoactive drugs56
Frailty, Outcomes, Recovery and Care Steps of Critically Ill Patients (FORECAST): a prospective, multi-centre, cohort study56
Five-year mortality and functional trajectories in older survivors of intensive care compared to the general population56
“Fake” or real hypoxia?: A brainy dilemma56
From online lessons to bedside insight: learning through the ESICM fellowship experience56
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