OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Critical Care is 69. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
What every intensivist needs to know about mpox	663
Volatile anaesthetics for ICU sedation: beyond hypnosis?	620
What criteria for neuropronostication: consciousness or ability? The neuro-intensivist’s dilemma	357
Publisher Correction: Volatile sedation in critically ill adults undergoing mechanical ventilation: not all sedatives are equivalent, in sustainability!	265
The protective effect of apolipoprotein H in paediatric sepsis	206
Identification of a sub-group of critically ill patients with high risk of intensive care unit-acquired infections and poor clinical course using a transcriptomic score	195
The on-call intensivist: a pilot in the storm	183
Adverse events as key risk factors for in-hospital mortality in intensive care units	162
Sodium azide (NaN3) intoxication, “the man who lived”: potential effective antidote and treatment strategy	161
Mental health sequelae and management in survivors of cardiogenic shock: a nationwide population-based study	161
How symptoms of prolonged grief disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and depression relate to each other for grieving ICU families during the first two years of bereavement	156
Evaluation of the impact of artificial intelligence-assisted image interpretation on the diagnostic performance of clinicians in identifying endotracheal tube position on plain chest X-ray: a multi-ca	147
Real-time monitoring of air pathogens in the ICU with biosensors and robots	147
Detrimental effects of PCSK9 loss-of-function in the pediatric host response to sepsis are mediated through independent influence on Angiopoietin-1	146
Restrictive fluid management with early de-escalation versus usual care in critically ill patients (reduce trial): a feasibility randomized controlled trial	144
Computational tools for personalizing treatment of acute respiratory failure, from machine learning to digital twins: a narrative review	140
The impact of bronchoscopy on the safety of percutaneous tracheostomy: authors’ reply to commentary	130
Fluid management for sepsis-induced hypotension in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease: a secondary analysis of the CLOVERS trial	125
Host Response Biomarkers for Sepsis in the Emergency Room	119
Severe community-acquired Streptococcus pneumoniae bacterial meningitis: clinical and prognostic picture from the intensive care unit	114
Hypothermia versus normothermia in patients with cardiac arrest and shockable rhythm: a secondary analysis of the TTM-2 study	109
A genome-wide association study of survival in patients with sepsis	107
Impact of the updated SOFA-2 score on sepsis diagnosis and prognosis: a retrospective multicenter cohort study	103
The association between the presence and burden of periodic discharges and outcome in septic patients: an observational prospective study	100
The impact of bronchoscopy on the safety of percutaneous tracheostomy: a randomized controlled trial	100

Prehospital resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta in non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (REBOARREST): an international, multicentre, open label, pragmatic, randomised, co	99
Effectiveness of targeted post-acute interventions and follow-up services for sepsis survivors: a systematic review	98
Care pathways of sepsis survivors: sequelae, mortality and use of healthcare services in France, 2015–2018	98
Feasibility of bedside portable MRI in neonates and children during ECLS	98
Act now: strengthening critical care readiness in fragile health systems during war and disasters	95
Video versus direct laryngoscopy in critically ill patients: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	92
Prevalence of long-term decision regret and associated risk factors in a large cohort of ICU surrogate decision makers	92
A randomized controlled trial of catheters with different tips and lengths for patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy in intensive care unit	92
COVID-19 bacteremic co-infection is a major risk factor for mortality, ICU admission, and mechanical ventilation	92
Blood trauma in veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: low pump pressures and low circuit resistance matter	90
Family concerns in organ donor conversations: a qualitative embedded multiple-case study	89
Pyroptosis in sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives	89
Weight-normalized norepinephrine dosing and apparent BMI-dependent vasopressin responsiveness	88
Longitudinal mycological profiling of influenza-associated and COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis	88
In reply to; beyond shear stress: septic microvascular failure remains a multifactorial phenomenon	88
Advanced respiratory mechanics assessment in mechanically ventilated obese and non-obese patients with or without acute respiratory distress syndrome	88
A clinical guide to non-invasive respiratory support in acute respiratory failure: ventilation settings, technical optimization and clinical indications	87
Overestimation of driving pressure by the analysis of the conductive pressure during venous-arterial ECMO: Airway Closure or Intrinsic PEEP?	86
Machine learning models compared with current clinical indices to predict the outcome of high flow nasal cannula therapy in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure	86
SOFA-2 score predicts mortality in pneumonia-associated sepsis: a retrospective cohort study	86
Mega-dose sodium ascorbate: a pilot, single-dose, physiological effect, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial	85
Extracorporeal versus conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a secondary analysis of the Prague OHCA trial	84
Red blood cell transfusion in brain injury: Is it solely a matter of hemoglobin threshold?	82
qSOFA combined with suPAR for early risk detection and guidance of antibiotic treatment in emergency department: a bit sweet and a bit sour randomized controlled trial	82
Response to the Letter by Spurling and Colleagues	78
Scoring system: use and not use from the future to present	78
Clinical features and factors associated with outcomes of antibody-negative autoimmune encephalitis in patients requiring intensive care	77
Predictive factors for severe long-term chronic kidney disease after acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients: an ancillary study of the ELVIS randomized cont	76
The INTOXICATE study: methodology and preliminary results of a prospective observational study	76
Letter to the editor regarding “Structural and functional alteration of the gut microbiomes in ICU staff: a cross-sectional analysis”	76
Effect of corticosteroids on mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia	75
Assessing risk of respiratory depression following initial phenobarbital loading for severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome	74
Monotherapy versus combination therapy in severe Legionella pneumonia: a multicenter retrospective observational study	74
A soleful insight: shoe dislocation as a marker for severe injuries in car accident victims	74
A pleural drainage tube misplaced into the right atrium	73
Reconsidering the urea-to-creatinine ratio as a signal of muscle catabolism in patients with cirrhosis	72
Microcirculatory alterations in critically ill COVID-19 patients analyzed using artificial intelligence	72
Diagnostic performance of the recruitment-to-inflation ratio to assess lung recruitability by PEEP in ARDS. a computed tomography study	72
Time course of electrical activity of the diaphragm (EAdi) in the peri extubation period and its role as predictor of extubation failure in difficult to wean patients	71
Disenchantment: the overstated impact of citrate concentration on accumulation risk	71
Outcomes of transplant recipients on ECMO for COVID-19 respiratory failure: an ELSO registry study	71
Can carotid artery Doppler variations induced by the end-expiratory occlusion maneuver predict fluid responsiveness in septic shock patients?	69
The management of heart failure cardiogenic shock: an international RAND appropriateness panel	69
Impact of the Japanese clinical practice guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock (J-SSCG) 2020 on real-world adherence and interhospital variation: a nationwide inpatient database study	69