Editor-in-Chief
- Jean-Louis Vincent, Erasme University Hospital
Society affiliations
Affiliated to the International Symposium on Intensive Care
and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM), Brussels, Belgium.
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Articles
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Critical Care 2013, 17:R87New tool for critically ill glucose monitoring
A potential new tool for intravascular continuous glucose monitoring in intensive care patients could prevent hypoglycaemia or high glucose variability.
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Critical Care 2013, 17:R76Updated trauma patient management guidelines
The Task Force for Advanced Bleeding Care in Trauma have updated their guidelines on the management of bleeding following traumatic injury, with new recommendations addressing changes made in clinical care.
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Critical Care 2013, 17:R74ICU interventional study lessens patients pain
Implementing a quality improvement project for pain management in an intensive care unit (ICU) decreases severe pain and serious adverse events when moving and handling patients.
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Critical Care 2013, 17:R72Lower mortality in obese septic shock patients
The obesity paradox (lower mortality in the obese) is observed in patients admitted to intensive care with septic shock in a large international retrospective cohort study.
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Critical Care 2013, 17:R42New shock classification superior to ATLS?
Base deficit (BD)-based shock classification better discriminates the need for early blood transfusion and mortality in severely injured patients than the current Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) protocol.
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Critical Care 2013, 17:R39Non-invasive ventilation prevents reintubation
A randomized controlled trial shows that non-invasive ventilation applied immediately after extubation prevents re-intubation and decreases hospital mortality when compared to oxygen mask therapy.
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Latest supplements
Volume 17 Suppl 2 (19 March 2013)
33rd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
Meeting abstracts
Brussels, Belgium. 19-22 March 2013
Volume 17 Suppl 1 (12 March 2013)
Critical Care: A selective look back and a glimpse forward
Reviews
Cebu, Philippines. 12-13 January 2013
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Aims & 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.
The journal publishes commentaries, reviews, and research in all areas of intensive care and emergency medicine. Critical Care aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the intensive care field.
Latest issue
The complete issue of Critical Care Volume 17 Issue 2 is now available.
Article collections
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Selected articles from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2013
Published: 19 March 2013
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Perioperative monitoring
Published: 28 January 2013
Last updated: 19 March 2013
Latest review
All reviews, commentaries and reports published in Critical Care become free to access 12 months after publication. See below for the latest free review.
Review 
Clinical review: Respiratory monitoring in the ICU - a consensus of 16
Laurent Brochard, Greg S Martin, Lluis Blanch, Paolo Pelosi, F Javier Belda, Amal Jubran, Luciano Gattinoni, Jordi Mancebo, V Marco Ranieri, Jean-Christophe M Richard, Diederik Gommers, Antoine Vieillard-Baron, Antonio Pesenti, Samir Jaber, Ola Stenqvist, Jean-Louis Vincent
Critical Care 2012, 16:219 (26 April 2012)Latest news
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