Critical Care

Aims and scope

Critical Care is a high-quality, peer-reviewed, international clinical medical journal. Critical Care aims to improve the care of critically ill patients by acquiring, discussing, distributing, and promoting evidence-based information relevant to intensivists. Critical Care aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the intensive care field.

Editor's Pick: Supplemental parenteral nutrition versus usual care in critically ill adults: a pilot randomized controlled study

Thematic series: The future of critical care

Articles

Content type: Research
| 22 April 2018

Evaluation of a real-time PCR assay for detection and quantification of bacterial DNA directly in blood of preterm neonates with suspected late-onset sepsis

Authors: Marre van den Brand, Frank A. M. van den Dungen, Martine P. Bos, Mirjam M. van Weissenbruch, A. Marceline van Furth, Annemieke de Lange, Anna Rubenjan, Remco P. H. Peters and Paul H. M. Savelkoul
Content type: Research
| 21 April 2018

Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta performed by emergency physicians for traumatic hemorrhagic shock: a case series from Japanese emergency rooms

Authors: Ryota Sato, Akira Kuriyama, Rei Takaesu, Nobuhiro Miyamae, Wataru Iwanaga, Hayato Tokuda and Takehiro Umemura
Content type: Letter
| 20 April 2018

Blocking soluble guanylate cyclase could be the present and future of NO/cGMP inhibition for vasoplegia treatment

Authors: Paulo Roberto Barbosa Evora

The original article was published in Critical Care 2018 22:52
Content type: Research
| 19 April 2018

Early versus standard initiation of renal replacement therapy in furosemide stress test non-responsive acute kidney injury patients (the FST trial)

Authors: Nuttha Lumlertgul, Sadudee Peerapornratana, Thananda Trakarnvanich, Wanjak Pongsittisak, Kajbundit Surasit, Anan Chuasuwan, Pleumjit Tankee, Khajohn Tiranathanagul, Kearkiat Praditpornsilpa, Kriang Tungsanga, Somchai Eiam-Ong, John A. Kellum and Nattachai Srisawat
Content type: Research
| 19 April 2018

Worldwide audit of blood transfusion practice in critically ill patients

Authors: Jean-Louis Vincent, Ulrich Jaschinski, Xavier Wittebole, Jean-Yves Lefrant, Stephan M. Jakob, Ghaleb A. Almekhlafi, Tommaso Pellis, Swagata Tripathy, Paolo N. Rubatto Birri and Yasser Sakr

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RESEARCH
Stress ulcer prophylaxis in intensive care unit patients receiving enteral nutrition: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Hui-Bin Huang et al.

RESEARCH
Performance of critical care prognostic scoring systems in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review
Rashan Haniffa et al.

RESEARCH
Cerebral metabolic effects of strict versus conventional glycaemic targets following severe traumatic brain injury
Mark P. Plummer et al.

RESEARCH
Tracheal intubation in critically ill patients: a comprehensive systematic review of randomized trials
Luca Cabrini et al.

RESEARCH
Determinants of long-term outcome in ICU survivors: results from the FROG-ICU study
Etienne Gayat et al.

Content type: Research
| 19 April 2013

Management of bleeding and coagulopathy following major trauma: an updated European guideline

Authors: Donat R Spahn, Bertil Bouillon, Vladimir Cerny, Timothy J Coats, Jacques Duranteau, Enrique Fernández-Mondéjar, Daniela Filipescu, Beverley J Hunt, Radko Komadina, Giuseppe Nardi, Edmund Neugebauer, Yves Ozier, Louis Riddez, Arthur Schultz, Jean-Louis Vincent and Rolf Rossaint
Content type: Review
| 18 March 2014

Ventilator-associated pneumonia in the ICU

Authors: Atul Ashok Kalanuria, Wendy Zai and Marek Mirski

The Erratum to this article has been published in Critical Care 2016 20:29
Content type: Review
| 9 April 2015

Hemodynamic consequences of severe lactic acidosis in shock states: from bench to bedside

Authors: Antoine Kimmoun, Emmanuel Novy, Thomas Auchet, Nicolas Ducrocq and Bruno Levy

The Erratum to this article has been published in Critical Care 2017 21:40
Content type: Research
| 24 May 2004

Acute renal failure – definition, outcome measures, animal models, fluid therapy and information technology needs: the Second International Consensus Conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Group

Authors: Rinaldo Bellomo, Claudio Ronco, John A Kellum, Ravindra L Mehta and Paul Palevsky
Content type: Research
| 12 April 2016

The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: fourth edition

Authors: Rolf Rossaint, Bertil Bouillon, Vladimir Cerny, Timothy J. Coats, Jacques Duranteau, Enrique Fernández-Mondéjar, Daniela Filipescu, Beverley J. Hunt, Radko Komadina, Giuseppe Nardi, Edmund A. M. Neugebauer, Yves Ozier, Louis Riddez, Arthur Schultz, Jean-Louis Vincent and Donat R. Spahn

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Latest blogs

Humanizing the ICU: incorporating animal-assisted interventions

12 February 2018
How well do you know sepsis?

13 September 2017
“Weekend effects” in intensive care units

07 September 2017

Celebrating Critical Care's 20th Anniversary

2017 marked the 20th anniversary of Critical Care. To celebrate, we put together a page to celebrate the great milestones of the journal, including a timeline, opinions from those in the field, links to some of our most popular articles and more.

Editorials

Future of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM) 2016

Selected articles from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2017

Video Abstract: The digestive tract as the origin of systemic inflammation

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9th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine for Latin America

Meeting abstracts
São Paulo, Brasil. June 14-17, 2017

37th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

Meeting abstracts
Brussels, Belgium. 21-24 March 2017

Sepsis 2016 Paris

Meeting abstracts
Paris, France. 6-8 December 2016

Expedited peer review

We recognise that scientifically sound, high quality manuscripts are often turned away from broad-scope "high-impact" journals based on the issue of "general interest." Critical Care will consider rapid publication of such manuscripts if they are submitted together with the original peer reviewer reports, letter of rejection, and a rebuttal. Please also mention this in your cover letter.

Additional peer review may be necessary and the final decision will be made by the Editor.

Thematic Series

The future of critical care

Edited by Prof Jean-Louis Vincent

Physiology of the circulation

Edited by Prof Sheldon Magder

Echography in critically ill patients

Edited by Prof Daniel De Backer

Pyrexia in the ICU

Edited by Lui Forni

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

Edited by Prof Michael Joannidis

Neurocritical care

Edited by Prof Fabio Taccone

Prof Jean-Louis Vincent, Editor-in-Chief

Prof Vincent is Professor of intensive care at the University of Brussels and intensivist in the Department of Intensive Care at the Erasme University Hospital in Brussels. He is President of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM) and a Past-President of the Belgian Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SIZ), the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), the European Shock Society (ESS) and the International Sepsis Forum (ISF). He is member of the Royal Medical Academy of Belgium.