OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Anesthesiology is 4. 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
Editorial introductions	67
Towards optimization in the use of hemostatic agents and blood products in the early treatment of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI)	61
Bleeding management of thoracic trauma	32
Sugammadex and oral contraceptives	31
Editorial introductions	27
Editorial	26
Delirium in trauma ICUs: a review of incidence, risk factors, outcomes, and management	22
Quality indicators and outcomes in ambulatory surgery	19
Modern fluid management in thoracic surgery	18
Respiratory monitoring of nonintubated patients in nonoperating room settings: old and new technologies	17
Biochemical disturbance in damage control resuscitation: mechanisms, management and prognostic utility	16
A decade-long analysis of gender, race, and ethnic representation of incoming cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellows	14
Early tracheostomy: on the cutting edge, some benefit more than others	14
Pulmonary prehabilitation and smoking cessation	13
Elimination of punitive outcomes and criminalization of medical errors	13
Innovative designs for trials informing the care of cardiac surgical patients: part I	13
Editorial introductions	13
Cerebral metabolic derangements following traumatic brain injury	12
The uprise of gun violence in the United States: consequences of a dual pandemic	12
Salted or sweet? Hypertonic saline or mannitol for treatment of intracranial hypertension	12
Lung transplantation for coronavirus disease 2019 associated severe acute respiratory distress syndrome	12
Is venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation an option for managing septic shock	12
Total intravenous anesthesia versus inhalation anesthesia: how do outcomes compare?	12
Regional analgesia for cardiac surgery	11
Cardiovascular disease, surgery and outcomes in women: are they any different	11

Foreign body aspiration in children – being safe and flexible	11
Anesthetic management of patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy	11
Broadening the scope and rising to the occasion, an opportunity for anaesthesiologists to take the lead in healthcare quality & patient safety (again)	10
Can we nudge to reduce the perioperative low value care? Decision making factors influencing safe practice implementation	10
Sedation-analgesia techniques for nonoperating room anesthesia: an update	10
Point-of-care ultrasound in pediatric anesthesiology: considerations for training and credentialing	10
Regional anaesthesia: what surgical procedures, what blocks and availability of a “block room”?	10
Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic drug display and simulation systems in anesthesia practice	10
Spinal drain for aortic aneurysm repairs: tool or toy?	10
Scheduling staff for ambulatory anaesthesia	10
Current concepts in the use of cell salvage in obstetrics	10
Advances in the clinical use of patient-reported outcomes in thoracic surgery	10
Implementation of guidelines in clinical practice; barriers and strategies	9
Decision-making in anesthesiology: will artificial intelligence make intraoperative care safer?	9
Patient satisfaction in anesthesiology: a narrative review	9
Long-term intravenous devices: a narrative review of their placement	9
Dosing of tranexamic acid in trauma	9
Remifentanil-induced hyperalgesia: the current state of affairs	9
Transcranial direct current and transcranial magnetic stimulations for chronic pain	8
Safe surgery for every child, implementation of paediatric anaesthesia training in Nigeria	8
Airway management in the adult patient with an unstable cervical spine	8
In control or along for the ride? Lessons for anesthesiologists from air traffic control	8
LGBTQ+ health and anaesthesia for obstetric and gynaecological procedures	8
Editorial: Think again	8
Global pediatric surgery and anesthesia inequities: how do we have a global effort?	8
Editorial: cardiovascular anaesthesiology	8
Bleeding management in pelvic trauma: state of the art	7
Anaesthesia outside the operating room: a permanent challenge	7
Nonintubated video-assisted thoracic surgery: myth or reality?	7
Discharging select patients without an escort after ambulatory anesthesia: identifying return to baseline function	7
Prehospital transfusion of allogeneic blood products	7
Extension of patient safety initiatives to perioperative care	7
e-Learning in regional anesthesia	7
Management of anesthetic complications outside the operating room	7
The autonomous nervous system and the cholinergic anti-inflammatory reflex in postoperative neurocognitive disorders	7
The physiologically difficult airway: an emerging concept	7
Coronavirus disease 2019 and pediatric anesthesia	7
The emerging landscape of ambulatory surgery and anesthesia	7
Pediatric trauma and resuscitation: optimizing care in an evolving landscape	7
The climate crisis – actions to prioritize for anaesthesiologists	7
Frameworks for trainee education in the nonoperating room setting	7
Management of postoperative nausea and vomiting in adults: current controversies	7
Anesthetic considerations in cancer care	7
Regional anesthesia as part of enhanced recovery strategies in pediatric cardiac surgery	7
The green anaesthesia dilemma: to which extent is it important to preserve as many drugs available as possible	6
Beyond adverse events in anesthesiology: ‘unanticipated events’ and strategies for improved reporting	6
The role of human factors engineering in patient safety	6
A modern roadmap for the use of simulation in regional anesthesiology training	6
Integrated psychosocial support in the ICU	6
Editorial introductions	6

Environmental impact of anesthetic drugs	6
Caring for patients with diabetes in the outpatient surgical setting: current recommendations and controversies	6
Role of regional anesthesia in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols	6
Chronic consequences of accidental dural puncture and postdural puncture headache in obstetric anaesthesia – sieving through the evidence	6
Racial and ethnic disparities in access to gynecologic care	6
Ultrasound-guided fascial plane blocks for spine surgery	6
Progress in the validation of nociception monitoring in guiding intraoperative analgesic therapy	6
Best perioperative practices in the management of obstructive sleep apnea patients undergoing ambulatory surgery	6
Analgesia after cesarean section – what is new?	6
Anesthesia and intraoperative neurophysiological spinal cord monitoring	6
Editorial introductions	6
Perioperative management of patients on glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists	5
Editorial introductions	5
Electroconvulsive therapy: recent advances and anesthetic considerations	5
Direct oral anticoagulants and their antagonists in perioperative practice	5
Sepsis and the microcirculation: the impact on outcomes	5
Using checklists to improve care in the nonoperating room environment	5
Retailoring training programmes in anaesthesia and intensive care after the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak	5
Anesthesia for pediatric magnetic resonance imaging: a review of practices and current pathways	5
Challenges and outcomes in airway management outside the operating room	5
Professionalism: COVID-19 made me do it!	5
How obesity affects the disposition of intravenous anesthetics	5
Preoperative exercise and prehabilitation	5
How, when and why to establish preoperative surgical risk in thoracic surgery	5
Editorial: Challenges of the pandemics for trauma and transfusion management as well as state-of-the-art reviews	5
Simulation in pediatric anesthesiology: current state and visions for the future	5
Inhalational or total intravenous anesthetic for cardiac surgery: does the debate even exist?	5
Etiology and management of hypofibrinogenemia in trauma	5
Anesthesia for interventional pulmonology	5
Editorial introductions	5
Modern preoperative evaluation in ambulatory surgery – who, where and how?	5
Improving morbidity and mortality in hip fragility fractures	5
Psychiatric sequelae and interventions in critically ill trauma survivors	5
Anesthetic management during transsphenoidal pituitary surgery	5
Innovative designs for trials informing the care of cardiac surgical patients: Part II	5
The multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and its association to SARS-CoV-2	5
Recent advances in understanding cognitive and behavioural alterations after early-in-life anaesthesia exposure and new mitigation/alternative strategies in preclinical studies	5
Presurgical radiation and chemotherapy in preparation for thoracic tumor resection	5
Antidote vs. unspecific hemostatic agents for the management of direct oral anticoagulant-related bleeding in trauma	4
Development and implementation of databases to track patient and safety outcomes	4
Implementing change in the care of the complex cardiac patient	4
Regional anesthesia in the emergency department outside the operating theatre	4
Outpatient surgery for the inpatient: an introduction to postacute care	4
Remimazolam: its clinical pharmacology and evolving role in anesthesia and sedation practice	4
Motor-sparing peripheral nerve blocks for hip and knee surgery	4
Anesthetic technique and cancer surgery outcomes	4
A proposed system for standardization of colour-coding stages of escalating criticality in clinical incidents	4
Optimization of procedural sedation and analgesia during atrial fibrillation ablation	4
From emergency department to operating room: interventional analgesia techniques for hip fractures	4
Patient safety education in anesthesia: current state and future directions	4
Thrombosis prophylaxis following trauma	4
Initiatives to detect and prevent death from perioperative deterioration	4
Ambulatory surgery for cancer patients: current controversies and concerns	4
Managing a mass casualty, lessons learned	4
Graduate medical education in anaesthesiology and COVID-19: lessons learned from a global pandemic	4
Intraoperative lung protection: strategies and their impact on outcomes	4
Donation after cardiac death in heart transplantation: is there an ethical dilemma?	4
Scrambler therapy for noncancer neuropathic pain: a focused review	4
Anesthesia and the neurobiology of fear and posttraumatic stress disorder	4
Keeping patients in the dark: perioperative anesthetic considerations for patients receiving 5-aminolevulinic acid for glioma resection	4
Perioperative considerations for adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea	4
Unanswered questions of anesthesia neurotoxicity in the developing brain	4