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: Ultrasound-assessed diaphragmatic impairment is a predictor of outcomes in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD undergoing noninvasive ventilation

Thematic series: The future of critical care

Articles

Content type: Research
| 21 May 2018

Incidence of hypotension according to the discontinuation order of vasopressors in the management of septic shock: a prospective randomized trial (DOVSS)

Authors: Kyeongman Jeon, Jae-Uk Song, Chi Ryang Chung, Jeong Hoon Yang and Gee Young Suh
Content type: Research
| 14 May 2018

Metabolic profiles in community-acquired pneumonia: developing assessment tools for disease severity

Authors: Pu Ning, Yali Zheng, Qiongzhen Luo, Xiaohui Liu, Yu Kang, Yan Zhang, Rongbao Zhang, Yu Xu, Donghong Yang, Wen Xi, Keqiang Wang, Yusheng Chen, Shuchang An and Zhancheng Gao
Content type: Research
| 13 May 2018

Influence of pathogen and focus of infection on procalcitonin values in sepsis patients with bacteremia or candidemia

Authors: Daniel O. Thomas-Rüddel, Bernhard Poidinger, Matthias Kott, Manfred Weiss, Konrad Reinhart and Frank Bloos
Content type: Letter
| 13 May 2018

Ramped position, an uncertain future

Authors: Luigi Vetrugno, Daniele Orso and Tiziana Bove

The original article was published in Critical Care 2018 22:6
Content type: Letter
| 12 May 2018

Experience of using beta-D-glucan assays in the intensive care unit

Authors: A. Dagens, N. Mughal, A. Sisson and L. S. P. Moore

The original article was published in Critical Care 2017 21:176

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RESEARCH
Comparison of exercise intensity during four early rehabilitation techniques in sedated and ventilated patients in ICU: a randomised cross-over trial
Clément Medrinal et al.

RESEARCH
Distinct T-helper cell responses to Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia reflect immunologic comorbidities and correlate with mortality
Jared A. Greenberg et al.

RESEARCH
Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta performed by emergency physicians for traumatic hemorrhagic shock: a case series from Japanese emergency rooms
Ryota Sato et al.

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

RESEARCH
Worldwide audit of blood transfusion practice in critically ill patients
Jean-Louis Vincent 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 2018

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.