OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Anesthesiology is 5. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Remimazolam for anaesthesia or sedation	90
Epidemiology of sepsis and septic shock	75
Pathophysiology of sepsis	61
Role of regional anesthesia in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols	54
Opioid free anesthesia: feasible?	49
Ketamine: a versatile tool for anesthesia and analgesia	43
Septic shock: a microcirculation disease	43
Postoperative delirium – treatment and prevention	40
Professionalism: microaggression in the healthcare setting	40
Preoperative anxiety	31
Minimizing postoperative pulmonary complications in thoracic surgery patients	30
The opioid epidemic in pediatrics: a 2020 update	29
Hypotension after spinal anesthesia for cesarean section: how to approach the iatrogenic sympathectomy	26
The anesthesiologist and global climate change: an ethical obligation to act	26
Intraoperative hypotension and neurological outcomes	25
Spinal anesthesia for ambulatory surgery: current controversies and concerns	21
Enhanced recovery pathways for ambulatory surgery	20
Anesthesia and intraoperative neurophysiological spinal cord monitoring	20
Combined spinal epidural for labour analgesia and caesarean section: indications and recommendations	20
Perioperative anaphylaxis: diagnostic challenges and management	20
Soft drugs in anesthesia: remifentanil as prototype to modern anesthetic drug development	20
The physiologically difficult airway: an emerging concept	20
Management of postoperative nausea and vomiting in adults: current controversies	19
Use of regional analgesia to prevent the conversion from acute to chronic pain	17
Perioperative management of antiplatelet therapy in noncardiac surgery	16

Nulla Per Os (NPO) guidelines: time to revisit?	16
Conjoined twins in 2020 – state of the art and future directions	15
Pediatric airway management	15
Update on cannabis and cannabinoids for cancer pain	15
Virtual reality for pediatric periprocedural care	14
Current state of noninvasive, continuous monitoring modalities in pediatric anesthesiology	14
Anesthetic technique and cancer surgery outcomes	14
Cannabis, e-cigarettes and anesthesia	14
Postoperative delirium: why, what, and how to confront it at your institution	14
Patient-reported outcomes for ambulatory surgery	13
Current understanding of the fascial plane blocks for analgesia of the chest wall: techniques and indications update for 2020	13
The future of neuromuscular blocking agents	13
Sepsis and the microcirculation: the impact on outcomes	13
A narrative review and future considerations of spinal cord stimulation, dorsal root ganglion stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation	12
Procedural sedation outside the operating room	12
Point-of-care ultrasound in pediatric anesthesia: perioperative considerations	12
Peripheral nerve blockade and novel analgesic modalities for ambulatory anesthesia	11
Anesthetic considerations in medical cannabis patients	11
Hemodynamic support in septic shock	11
Education and training in ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia and pain medicine	11
Preeclampsia and the anaesthesiologist: current management	10
Obstetric and perinatal racial and ethnic disparities	10
Nonoperating room anaesthesia for elderly patients	10
Graduate medical education in anaesthesiology and COVID-19: lessons learned from a global pandemic	10
Inhalational anaesthetics, ozone depletion, and greenhouse warming: the basics and status of our efforts in environmental mitigation	10
Regional anaesthesia in the elderly patient a current perspective	10
Prehabilitation: the anesthesiologist's role and what is the evidence?	10
Drugs in anesthesia: preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting	10
Perioperative Precision Medicine: Where Are We in 2020?	10
Augmented intelligence in pediatric anesthesia and pediatric critical care	10
Current concepts in the evaluation and management of preoperative anemia	10
The high-risk patient for ambulatory surgery	9
Do racial and ethnic disparities lead to the undertreatment of pain? Are there solutions?	9
Blood transfusion and alternatives in Jehovah's Witness patients	9
Elderly hip fracture patients: surgical timing and factors to consider	9
Cerebral metabolic derangements following traumatic brain injury	9
State of the art in clinical decision support applications in pediatric perioperative medicine	9
Advances in anesthesia education: increasing access and collaboration in medical education, from E-learning to telesimulation	9
Perioperative risk assessment – focus on functional capacity	9
Anaesthesia and environment: impact of a green anaesthesia on economics	9
Adequacy of workforce – are there enough critical care doctors in the US-post COVID?	9
Breast surgery and peripheral blocks. Is it worth it?	9
Fibrinogen in traumatic haemorrhage	9
Diaphragm-sparing brachial plexus blocks: a focused review of current evidence and their role during the COVID-19 pandemic	9
To tube or not to tube: a skeptic's guide to nonintubated thoracic surgery	9
Recent advances in understanding cognitive and behavioural alterations after early-in-life anaesthesia exposure and new mitigation/alternative strategies in preclinical studies	8
Nonoperating room anesthesia for children	8
Sedation/analgesia techniques for nonoperating room anesthesia: new drugs and devices	8
Long-term cognitive and behavioral outcomes following early exposure to general anesthetics	8
Automation failures and patient safety	8

Point-of-care ultrasound in pregnancy: gastric, airway, neuraxial, cardiorespiratory	8
Interventional radiology for the obstetric patient	8
The role of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in clinical anaesthesia practice	8
Same day discharge for craniotomy	8
Novel anesthetics in pediatric practice: is it time?	8
COVID in obstetrics: labor analgesia and cesarean section	8
Preoperative considerations for Jehovah's Witness patients: a clinical guide	8
Hemadsorption	8
Cell salvage in trauma	8
Current concepts in preoperative anemia management in obstetrics	8
Sugammadex and neuromuscular reversal: special focus on neonatal and infant populations	8
Immunomodulators in anesthesia	8
Lung ultrasound monitoring: impact on economics and outcomes	7
Double standard: why electrocardiogram is standard care while electroencephalogram is not?	7
Diversity of anesthesia workforce – why does it matter?	7
A decade later, there are still major issues to be addressed in paediatric anaesthesia	7
Advances in airway management and mechanical ventilation in inhalation injury	7
Intubation outside of the operating room: new challenges and opportunities in COVID-19 era	7
Anesthetic management during transsphenoidal pituitary surgery	7
Putting patients first: ambulatory surgery facilitates patient-centered care	7
Donation after circulatory death: opportunities on the horizon	7
Postoperative nausea and vomiting: risk factors, prediction tools, and algorithms	7
Healthcare disparities in trauma: why they exist and what we can do	7
Advances in hemorrhage control resuscitation	7
Perioperative considerations for adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea	7
After nectarine: how should we provide anesthesia for neonates?	7
Mechanical ventilation in septic shock	7
Perioperative frailty: lessons learned and future directions	7
Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery – an update	7
Perinatal depression	7
The Bowtie diagram: a simple tool for analysis and planning in anesthesia	7
Cardiac arrest in older adult patients	6
COVID-19: should we consider it as a septic shock? (The treatment of COVID-19 patients in the ICU)	6
Preoperative laboratory testing in elderly patients	6
Selective periarticular blocks for postoperative pain after hip and knee arthroplasty	6
Optimization of procedural sedation and analgesia during atrial fibrillation ablation	6
Discharging select patients without an escort after ambulatory anesthesia: identifying return to baseline function	6
Endocrine emergencies in anesthesia	6
Apneic oxygenation in pediatric anesthesia	6
Practice horizons in pediatric nonoperating room anesthesia	6
Ketamine in depression and electroconvulsive therapy	6
Fetal anesthesia: intrauterine therapies and immediate postnatal anesthesia for noncardiac surgical interventions	6
Ultrasound-guided fascial plane blocks for spine surgery	6
Monitoring of analgesia level during general anesthesia in children	6
Updates and controversies in anesthesia for advanced interventional pulmonology procedures	6
Perioperative β-blocker use: what is new in 2020?	6
Human factors affecting intraoperative patient safety	6
Simulation in obstetric anesthesia: an update	6
Challenges and outcomes in airway management outside the operating room	6
High turnover for ambulatory orthopedic surgery	5
Telemedicine for preanesthesia evaluation: review of current literature and recommendations for future implementation	5
Noble gases and neuroprotection: summary of current evidence	5
Preoperative frailty screening, assessment and management	5
Anesthesia for deep brain stimulation: an update	5
Coronavirus disease 2019 and cardiovascular diseases: collateral damage?	5
Procedure-specific and patient-specific pain management for ambulatory surgery with emphasis on the opioid crisis	5
Peripartum considerations for women with cardiac disease	5
Regional analgesia for cardiac surgery	5
Whole blood use in trauma resuscitation: targeting prehospital transfusion	5
National trends in nonoperating room anesthesia: procedures, facilities, and patient characteristics	5
Pediatric trauma center vs. adult trauma center: which is better?	5
When is it safe to resume anticoagulation in traumatic brain injury?	5
Critically appraising the 2018 United Network for Organ Sharing donor allocation policy: adding life boats or rearranging the deck chairs?	5
Modern preoperative evaluation in ambulatory surgery – who, where and how?	5
Preoperative exercise and prehabilitation	5
Pediatric obesity and perioperative medicine	5
Healthcare-associated central nervous system infections	5
Interventions to improve perioperative neurologic outcomes	5
Anesthesia for digestive tract endoscopy	5
Regional versus general anesthesia for ambulatory total hip and knee arthroplasty	5
Wrong-site nerve blocks: evidence-review and prevention strategies	5
Palliative care, resuscitation status, and end-of-life considerations in pediatric anesthesia	5
Patient safety education in anesthesia: current state and future directions	5
Double standards: why is pulse oximetry standard care, whereas tissue oximetry is not?	5
Updates in periprocedural management of direct oral anticoagulants	5