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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: The future of mechanical ventilation: lessons from the present and the past
In this review, Gattinoni et al. examine the current problems associated with mechanical ventilation and discuss ways to improve its safety by limiting tissue damage. They then devise a potential pathway towards ‘improved’ mechanical ventilation for a future patient.
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Undetectable haptoglobin is associated with major adverse kidney events in critically ill burn patients
Published on: 26 September 2017
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Limited evidence to recommend against open chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation in blunt trauma
Published on: 20 September 2017
The original article was published in Critical Care 2017 21:169
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Open-chest versus closed-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation in blunt trauma: analysis of a nationwide trauma registry
Akira Endo et al.
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Double carbapenem as a rescue strategy for the treatment of severe carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniaeinfections: a two-center, matched case–control study
Gennaro De Pascale et al.
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Combined use of serum (1,3)-β-d-glucan and procalcitonin for the early differential diagnosis between candidaemia and bacteraemia in intensive care units
Daniele Roberto Giacobbe et al.
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Protocol based invasive intracranial pressure monitoring in acute liver failure: feasibility, safety and impact on management
Venkatakrishna Rajajee et al.
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High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy is superior to conventional oxygen therapy but not to noninvasive mechanical ventilation on intubation rate: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Huiying Zhao 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.
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.
Editorials
Current opinion and comment from experts within the field.
Latest blogs
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How well do you know sepsis?
Published on: 13 September 2017
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“Weekend effects” in intensive care units
Published on: 07 September 2017
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Sepsis Awareness Month – Suspect sepsis. Save lives.
Published on: 04 September 2017
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)
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Brussels, Belgium 21-24 March 2017
Sepsis 2016 Paris
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Paris, France 6-8 December 2016
36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM 2016)
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Brussels, Belgium 15-18 March 2016
Sepsis 2016
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Agra, India 5-6 February 2016
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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