OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Best Practice & Research-Clinical Anaesthesiology is 2. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Advances in pediatric neuroanesthesia practices	496
Regional anaesthesia for ambulatory surgery	80
Editorial Board	49
Spinal hypotension in obstetrics: Context-sensitive prevention and management	43
Post-dural puncture headache diagnosis and management	40
Challenges and pitfalls in anesthesia for electroconvulsive therapy	40
Optimising recovery after caesarean delivery	40
Managing a perioperative medicine program	35
Postpartum hemorrhage assessment and targeted treatment	35
The role of dexmedetomidine in neurosurgery	31
Challenges of (postoperative) cancer patients in the ICU	29
Spinal sonography and central neuraxial blocks	27
Prehabilitation before surgery: Is it for all patients?	27
Local anaesthetics and regional anaesthesia and outcome in cancer patients – What is the clinical evidence?	22
Recommendations for developing clinical care protocols during pandemics: From theory and practice	20
Anesthesia for ambulatory surgery	19
Total joint replacement in ambulatory surgery	19
Spinal anaesthesia in children: A narrative review	19
Impact of COVID-19 infection on the cardiovascular system: An evidence-based analysis of risk factors and outcomes	19
Environmentally responsible mask induction	18
Neuraxial analgesia in labour and the foetus	18
The patient with congenital heart disease in ambulatory surgery	18
Navigating coagulopathy in obstetric hemorrhage: The role of point-of-care testing	17
Enhanced recovery after surgery: Current status and future progress	17
Women at risk: An interdisciplinary perspective on optimizing postpartum hemorrhage systems	16

Role of anaesthesia in neurosurgical enhanced recovery programmes	16
The diabetes patient for ambulatory surgery	16
Beyond the epidural: Alternatives to neuraxial labor analgesia	16
Volatile anaesthetics and PFAS forever chemicals: A critical gap in environmental impact assessments	16
Principles for minimizing oxygen debt: can they translate to clinical application and improve outcomes?	15
Preoperative fasting in children. The evolution of recommendations and guidelines, and the underlying evidence	14
ESAs in perioperative anemia management: Who, what, how and why?	14
“Thoracic anesthesia in patients with airborne disease”	14
Post-cesarean section analgesia	14
What's new in pediatric critical care?	13
Managing bottlenecks in the perioperative setting: Optimizing patient care and reducing costs	13
Volatile capture technology in the operating room: How does it work, what are the technical limitations and what does it mean for clinical practice?	12
Adjuvants for balanced anesthesia in ambulatory surgery	12
Intrathecal opioids for the management of post-operative pain	11
Neuraxial labor analgesia: Initiation techniques	11
Mechanical ventilation in neurocritical care setting: A clinical approach	10
Controversies in anesthesia-induced developmental neurotoxicity	10
Risk assessment and risk stratification for perioperative complications and mitigation: Where should the focus be? How are we doing?	10
Telemedicine and current clinical practice trends in the COVID-19 pandemic	10
Inhaled anesthesia in neurosurgery: Still a role?	10
Non-neuraxial labour analgesia	10
Noninvasive neuromonitoring in the operating room and its role in the prevention of delirium	9
Greening anesthesia – From basic science to practical guidelines	8
Environmental impact of propofol: A critical review of ecotoxicity and greenhouse effects	8
Biology of COVID-19 and related viruses: Epidemiology, signs, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment	8
Preface	8
Advantages and disadvantages of desflurane versus sevoflurane	8
Nitrous oxide waste and why we should abandon reticulated delivery systems	8
Blood transfusion and patient blood management in cancer patients	7
COVID-19 impact on the renal system: Pathophysiology and clinical outcomes	7
Maternal sepsis	7
Cesarean delivery: Clinical updates	7
Practical and societal implications of the potential anesthesia-induced neurotoxicity: The safetots perspective	6
Current indications for spinal anesthesia-a narrative review	6
Erratum regarding previously published articles	6
Challenges in acute postoperative pain management in thoracic surgery	6
Initiation and maintenance of neuraxial labour analgesia: A narrative review	6
Patient Blood Management programs for post-partum hemorrhage	6
Leadership in a time of crisis: Lessons learned from a pandemic	6
Magic in a bottle? A Focused review of factor concentrates for the intraoperative treatment of acquired coagulopathy – Fibrinogen concentrate, prothrombin complex concentrate, and recombinant activate	6
Intraoperative management of thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke: Do we need general anesthesia?	5
Spinal technique – Still going strong after 125 years!	5
Anesthetic care influences long-term outcomes: What is the evidence?	5
Editorial Board	5
Postdural puncture headache: Revisited	5
Neuromonitoring during general anesthesia in non-neurologic surgery	5
Day-surgery adult patients with obesity and obstructive sleep apnea: Current controversies and concerns	5
Failure to rescue: A quality indicator for postoperative care	5
Advances in foetal anaesthesia	5
Anesthetic considerations for perioperative ECMO in lung transplantation	4

Erratum regarding previously published articles	4
Climate science for anaesthetists: PK/PD of volatile anaesthetics in the atmosphere	4
Epidemiology, trends, and disparities in maternal mortality: A framework for obstetric anesthesiologists	4
Morbid obesity: Optimizing neuraxial analgesia and cesarean delivery outcomes	4
Does electroencephalographic burst suppression still play a role in the perioperative setting?	4
Updates in lung isolation techniques	4
General anesthetic techniques for enhanced recovery after surgery: Current controversies	4
Return to intended oncologic treatment: Definitions, perioperative prognostic factors, and interventions	3
New frontiers in obstetric anesthesiology: Advocacy through innovation	3
Editorial Board	3
Neuraxial labor analgesia: is there a place for neuraxial adjuvants beyond opioids	3
Preface: Controversies in perioperative care medicine	3
Thoracic anesthesia, ventilation, and oxygen delivery: ‘A review of the recent advancements’	3
The role of tranexamic acid in the management of postpartum haemorrhage	3
Operational and strategic decision making in the perioperative setting: Meeting budgetary challenges and quality of care goals	3
Benchmarking outcomes for day surgery	2
Optimal uterotonic management	2
Editorial Board	2
Editorial Board	2
Adaptation and restructuring of an academic anesthesiology department during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City: Challenges and lessons learned	2
Local anesthetics, regional anesthesia and cancer biology	2
How low can you go: Restrictive transfusion strategies in major surgery and physiological triggers	2
Leading in the time of crisis: Considerations for providing safe perioperative and intensive care	2
Perioperative leadership in the non-operating room and ambulatory setting	2
Principles of supply chain management in the time of crisis	2
Editorial Board	2
Editorial Board	2
Spinal anesthesia in ambulatory surgery	2
Point-of-care coagulation testing for postpartum haemorrhage	2
Risk assessment tools to predict postpartum hemorrhage	2