OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Best Practice & Research-Clinical Anaesthesiology is 7. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Advances in pediatric neuroanesthesia practices	44
Regional anaesthesia for ambulatory surgery	39
Editorial Board	35
Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography	35
Procedural sedation outside the operating room: Challenges, guidelines, and future directions	35
Postpartum hemorrhage assessment and targeted treatment	27
Post-dural puncture headache diagnosis and management	25
Managing a perioperative medicine program	24
Optimising recovery after caesarean delivery	23
Challenges of (postoperative) cancer patients in the ICU	22
Spinal hypotension in obstetrics: Context-sensitive prevention and management	22
Spinal sonography and central neuraxial blocks	21
Local anaesthetics and regional anaesthesia and outcome in cancer patients – What is the clinical evidence?	19
Total joint replacement in ambulatory surgery	19
Environmentally responsible mask induction	18
Editorial Board	18
Advances in procedural sedation: From traditional agents to novel pharmacologic approaches	18
Neuraxial analgesia in labour and the foetus	17
The patient with congenital heart disease in ambulatory surgery	16
Spinal anaesthesia in children: A narrative review	15
Optimizing patients with substance use disorder for cardiac surgery	14
Navigating coagulopathy in obstetric hemorrhage: The role of point-of-care testing	14
Anesthesia for ambulatory surgery	14
Cardiac prehabilitation: Is there a role in cardiac surgery	13
Women at risk: An interdisciplinary perspective on optimizing postpartum hemorrhage systems	12

“Thoracic anesthesia in patients with airborne disease”	11
Preoperative fasting in children. The evolution of recommendations and guidelines, and the underlying evidence	11
Volatile anaesthetics and PFAS forever chemicals: A critical gap in environmental impact assessments	11
Beyond the epidural: Alternatives to neuraxial labor analgesia	11
Procedural sedation and analgesia in clinical practice: From historical development to modern care	11
The diabetes patient for ambulatory surgery	11
Managing bottlenecks in the perioperative setting: Optimizing patient care and reducing costs	10
Adjuvants for balanced anesthesia in ambulatory surgery	10
What's new in pediatric critical care?	10
Controversies in anesthesia-induced developmental neurotoxicity	10
Post-cesarean section analgesia	10
Neuraxial labor analgesia: Initiation techniques	9
ESAs in perioperative anemia management: Who, what, how and why?	9
Intrathecal opioids for the management of post-operative pain	9
Volatile capture technology in the operating room: How does it work, what are the technical limitations and what does it mean for clinical practice?	9
Advantages and disadvantages of desflurane versus sevoflurane	8
Greening anesthesia – From basic science to practical guidelines	8
Non-neuraxial labour analgesia	8
Procedural sedation in high-risk patients	7
PeRLS for procedural sedation: A specialized resuscitation framework enhanced by EASy-ALS ultrasound integration	7
Nitrous oxide waste and why we should abandon reticulated delivery systems	7
Editorial Board	7