OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Acta Clinica Belgica is 3. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The concomitant use of paracetamol and flucloxacillin. A rare cause of high anion gap metabolic acidosis in the frail oldest old	15
Association between admission biomarkers and clinical outcome in older adults diagnosed with an infection in the emergency department	11
Rat bite fever: some comments on a case report review	11
Unravelling the coagulation paradox in liver cirrhosis: challenges and insights	10
Clinical features of Legionnaires’ disease at three Belgian university hospitals, a retrospective study	10
Systemic mastocytosis with myeloid sarcoma and B-CLL: molecular and clonal heterogeneity in a rare case of SM-AHN with review of literature	9
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Clostridioides difficile infection in a tertiary healthcare institution in Belgium	8
A case of Leishmania infection with focal splanchnic involvement without systemic symptoms: a potential anti-inflammatory role for vitamin D	7
A Belgian student with black eschars	7
Acquired factor X deficiency in a multiple myeloma without amyloidosis: a case report	7
Antimicrobial prescription in severe COVID-19 and CAP: a matched case-control study	7
Incidence, evolution and risk factors of hypophosphatemia in patients with solid tumors receiving ferric carboxymaltose: a retrospective cohort study	6
Local immune response as novel disease mechanism underlying abdominal pain in patients with irritable bowel syndrome	6
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency	6
A case of Flavonifractor plautii blood stream infection in a severe burn patient and a review of the literature	6
Inconsistencies in laboratory investigations of hypertension in a young woman taking ethinylestradiol/drospirenone association	5
Abstracts presented at the 25th Annual Congress of the Belgian Society of Internal Medicine, 10-11 December 2021, Dolce La Hulpe, La Hulpe, Belgium	5
Differences in antibiotic prescribing quality in Belgian out-of-hours primary care services	5
Metastatic malignant struma ovarii: a case report and review of the literature on the management of malignant struma ovarii	5
Success of the acute renal angina index in the early prediction of acute kidney injury in the emergency department	5
Clostridium perfringens splenic abscess treated with percutaneous drainage and antibiotic therapy: a case report	5
Mastocytosis and related entities: a practical roadmap	5
Pulmonary vascular complications of cirrhosis: hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension	5
A clearer view on ovarian clear cell carcinoma	5
Clinical practice of hereditary angioedema in Belgium: opportunities for optimized care	5

Current urinalysis practices in Belgian laboratories towards the 2023 EFLM European urinalysis guideline	5
A first case of Chimaeribacter species catheter-related bloodstream infection	4
Systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases as paraneoplastic phenomena: 3 illustrative case reports and narrative review of the literature	4
Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy versus transarterial chemoembolization for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Peritoneal tuberculosis caused by intravesical instillation with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) following nephroureterectomy in a patient with bladder and upper tract urothelial cancer: a case report	4
Glycomics-based serum markers as reliable tool for assessment of viral response after treatment with direct-acting antiviral drugs in hepatitis C virus infection	4
Heart failure with severely reduced ejection fraction after liver transplantation: a case report and review of the literature	4
Inhibition of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 to slow the progression of chronic kidney disease	3
Cirrhosis and partial portal thrombosis leading to severe variceal bleeding, an unusual presentation of sarcoidosis	3
The 2023 Belgian clinical guidance on anticoagulation management in hospitalized and ambulatory COVID-19 patients	3
Characteristics and outcomes of patients treated with sotrovimab to prevent progression to severe COVID-19 in Belgium	3
Interleukin 6 inhibition in refractory antisynthetase syndrome: case-based literature review	3
The implementation of risk minimization measures to prevent teratogenic pregnancy outcomes related to oral retinoid and valproate use in Belgium	3
The 2024 Flemish consensus on screening for gestational diabetes mellitus early and later in pregnancy	3
The Belgian physiotherapy reimbursement criteria for fall prevention fails in screening appropriately fall-prone community-dwelling older adults	3
Prevalence and risk factors of antibiotic resistance for urinary tract infections in patients presenting to a Belgian tertiary care emergency department: testing the national guidelines against the lo	3
The efficiency of the EmERGE pathway to provide continuity of care for medically stable people living with HIV in Belgium	3
Clinical decision-making in older patients with cancer: a cross-sectional single-centre study to assess the impact of clinical judgement and patient preferences	3
A characterization of the HIV population with limited/exhausted treatment options: a multicenter Belgian study	3
Association of antenatal magnesium sulfate with reduced late-onset sepsis in extreme preterm infants	3
Analysis of ergonomic occupational accidents and near misses in a large Belgian university hospital	3
The effect of physical exercise on fatigue in systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review	3
A novel pathogenic variant in LCAT causing FLD. A case report	3
Expert consensus statement on acute hepatic porphyria in Belgium	3