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Metabolome alterations in severe critical illness and vitamin D status
Published on: 28 July 2017
Celebrating Critical Care's 20th Anniversary
2017 marks the 20th anniversary of Critical Care. To celebrate, we have 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.
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: Goal-directed hemodynamic therapy after abdominal surgery
The evidence for the beneficial effect of goal-directed hemodynamic therapy (GDHT) on postoperative recovery remains inconsistent. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, Sun et al. suggest that the use of perioperative GDHT may facilitate recovery in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery.
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Efficient organisation of intensive care units with a focus on quality: the non-physician provider
Published on: 27 July 2017
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Enhanced antimicrobial de-escalation for pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients: a cross-over study
Published on: 15 July 2017
REVIEW
Transpulmonary thermodilution: advantages and limits
Xavier Monnet and Jean-Louis Teboul
RESEARCH
A randomized trial of supplemental parenteral nutrition in underweight and overweight critically ill patients: the TOP-UP pilot trial
Paul E. Wischmeyer et al.
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Low-volume resuscitation with normal saline is associated with microvascular endothelial dysfunction after hemorrhage in rats, compared to colloids and balanced crystalloids
Luciana N. Torres et al.
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Untangling glycaemia and mortality in critical care
Vincent Uyttendaele et al.
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The negative effect of initial high-dose methylprednisolone and tapering regimen for acute respiratory distress syndrome: a retrospective propensity matched cohort study
Makoto Takaki et al.
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Management of bleeding and coagulopathy following major trauma: an updated European guideline
Published on: 19 April 2013
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia in the ICU
Published on: 18 March 2014
The Erratum to this article has been published in Critical Care 2016 20:29
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Hemodynamic consequences of severe lactic acidosis in shock states: from bench to bedside
Published on: 9 April 2015
The Erratum to this article has been published in Critical Care 2017 21:40
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Featured article: Effect of an automated notification system for deteriorating ward patients on clinical outcomes
A delayed response to the clinical deterioration of ward patients is common. In this study by Subbe et al., deployment of an electronic automated advisory vital signs monitoring and notification system to signal clinical deterioration in ward patients was associated with significant improvements in key patient-centered clinical outcomes.
Editor profile
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.
Featured collection
Selected articles from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2017
Review articles
Published: 21 March 2017
Thematic series
The future of critical care
Edited by Jean-Louis Vincent
Physiology of the circulation
Edited by Sheldon Magder
Echography in critically ill patients
Edited by Daniel De Backer
Pyrexia in the ICU
Edited by Lui Forni
Acute Kidney Injury
Edited by Michael Joannidis
Neurocritical care
Edited by Fabio Silvio Taccone
Antibiotic resistance in the ICU
Edited by Steven Opal
Latest podcast: The future of critical care
What does the future hold for the field of critical care medicine? How does the discipline differ from when Critical Care launched 20 years ago? In this podcast, Prof Jean-Louis Vincent introduces the new thematic series for the journal, The future of critical care, and answers the questions you asked us on Twitter.
Featured supplements
37th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM 2017)
Abstracts
Brussels, Belgium 21-24 March 2017
Sepsis 2016 Paris
Abstracts
Paris, France 6-8 December 2016
36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM 2016)
Abstracts
Brussels, Belgium 15-18 March 2016
Sepsis 2016
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Agra, India 5-6 February 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.
Video abstract: The digestive tract as the origin of systemic inflammation
Failure of gut homeostasis is an important factor in the pathogenesis and progression of systemic inflammation, which can culminate in multiple organ failure and fatality. In this review, de Jong et el. examine the cellular and biochemical players in the gut which lead to this.
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