OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Best Practice & Research-Clinical Anaesthesiology is 8. 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 2022-04-01 to 2026-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography	47
Advances in pediatric neuroanesthesia practices	42
Regional anaesthesia for ambulatory surgery	41
Procedural sedation outside the operating room: Challenges, guidelines, and future directions	39
Editorial Board	37
Optimising recovery after caesarean delivery	31
Managing a perioperative medicine program	28
Post-dural puncture headache diagnosis and management	27
Spinal hypotension in obstetrics: Context-sensitive prevention and management	25
Postpartum hemorrhage assessment and targeted treatment	25
Spinal sonography and central neuraxial blocks	24
Challenges of (postoperative) cancer patients in the ICU	23
Local anaesthetics and regional anaesthesia and outcome in cancer patients – What is the clinical evidence?	22
Editorial Board	21
Advances in procedural sedation: From traditional agents to novel pharmacologic approaches	20
Anesthesia for ambulatory surgery	19
Total joint replacement in ambulatory surgery	19
Environmentally responsible mask induction	19
The patient with congenital heart disease in ambulatory surgery	17
Spinal anaesthesia in children: A narrative review	17
Cardiac prehabilitation: Is there a role in cardiac surgery	16
Optimizing patients with substance use disorder for cardiac surgery	16
Neuraxial analgesia in labour and the foetus	16
Procedural sedation and analgesia in clinical practice: From historical development to modern care	15
Women at risk: An interdisciplinary perspective on optimizing postpartum hemorrhage systems	15

“Thoracic anesthesia in patients with airborne disease”	12
Navigating coagulopathy in obstetric hemorrhage: The role of point-of-care testing	12
Beyond the epidural: Alternatives to neuraxial labor analgesia	12
Post-cesarean section analgesia	12
Volatile anaesthetics and PFAS forever chemicals: A critical gap in environmental impact assessments	12
Preoperative fasting in children. The evolution of recommendations and guidelines, and the underlying evidence	11
Controversies in anesthesia-induced developmental neurotoxicity	11
Managing bottlenecks in the perioperative setting: Optimizing patient care and reducing costs	11
What's new in pediatric critical care?	11
ESAs in perioperative anemia management: Who, what, how and why?	11
The diabetes patient for ambulatory surgery	11
Adjuvants for balanced anesthesia in ambulatory surgery	11
Neuraxial labor analgesia: Initiation techniques	11
Volatile capture technology in the operating room: How does it work, what are the technical limitations and what does it mean for clinical practice?	10
Intrathecal opioids for the management of post-operative pain	10
Non-neuraxial labour analgesia	10
PeRLS for procedural sedation: A specialized resuscitation framework enhanced by EASy-ALS ultrasound integration	9
Advantages and disadvantages of desflurane versus sevoflurane	9
Nitrous oxide waste and why we should abandon reticulated delivery systems	9
Greening anesthesia – From basic science to practical guidelines	9
POCUS for Pediatrics	9
Procedural sedation in high-risk patients	8
Editorial Board	8
Environmental impact of propofol: A critical review of ecotoxicity and greenhouse effects	8