OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Critical Care is 22. 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
Airway pressure release ventilation for lung protection in acute respiratory distress syndrome: an alternative way to recruit the lungs	87
Neurological complications of critically ill COVID-19 patients	66
Driving pressure monitoring during acute respiratory failure in 2020	60
Timing of neuroprognostication in the ICU	56
Management of the patient with the open abdomen	45
Postresuscitation care and prognostication	45
How to assess tissue oxygenation?	41
Role of ketones, ketogenic diets and intermittent fasting in ICU	41
Acute mesenteric ischaemia	37
Airway management during cardiac arrest	35
Setting positive end-expiratory pressure: using the pressure-volume curve	33
Editorial: Objective measurement of nutrition and metabolism in the ICU: the future of personalized metabolic therapy	30
Perspectives on peripheral perfusion assessment	29
New developments in the understanding of right ventricular function in acute care	29
Cardiac arrest in special circumstances	26
Noninvasive respiratory support for acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19	26
Phenotyping in acute respiratory distress syndrome: state of the art and clinical implications	26
Helmet noninvasive ventilation in acute hypoxic respiratory failure	24
Transfusion management in the trauma patient	24
Liver trauma in the intensive care unit	24
Editorial introductions	23
Editorial introductions	22
Haematological challenges in cardiogenic shock	22