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 Welcome to Critical Care
  The online intensive care journal
  Editor-in-Chief: Jean-Louis Vincent, Brussels, Belgium

 
 
 
 
Research highlight: Immunomodulative interventions for trauma patients    Open Access
The administration of immunoglobulin, interferon- or glucan may improve outcomes in trauma patients, for whom inflammatory complications such as multiple organ failure are the most common cause of late death.
Critical Care 2010, 14:R150

Latest articles

Research    
Clinical correlates of arterial lactate levels in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction at admission: a descriptive study
Robert P Vermeulen, Miriam Hoekstra, Maarten W Nijsten, Iwan C van der Horst, Joost van Pelt, Gillian A Jessurun, Tiny Jaarsma, Felix Zijlstra, Ad F van den Heuvel
Critical Care 2010, 14:R164 (9 September 2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]




Commentary   
Estimation of dead space fraction can be simplified in the acute respiratory distress syndrome
Davide Chiumello, Elisabetta Gallazzi
Critical Care 2010, 14:195 (9 September 2010)
[PDF]




Research    
Interleukin-10 gene down-expression in circulating mononuclear cells during infusion of drotrecogin-alpha activated: a pilot study
Thomas Lavaux, Pascal Bilbault, Anne Launoy, Marie-Pierre Gaub, Pierre Oudet, Francis Schneider
Critical Care 2010, 14:R163 (8 September 2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]




Research    
Validation of extravascular lung water measurement by single transpulmonary thermodilution: human autopsy study
Takashi Tagami, Shigeki Kushimoto, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Takahiro Atsumi, Ryoichi Tosa, Kiyoshi Matsuda, Renpei Oyama, Takanori Kawaguchi, Tomohiko Masuno, Hisao Hirama, Hiroyuki Yokota
Critical Care 2010, 14:R162 (6 September 2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]




Commentary   
Microcirculation in cardiogenic shock: from scientific bystander to therapy target
Christian Jung, Alexander Lauten, Markus Ferrari
Critical Care 2010, 14:193 (6 September 2010)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]




Commentary   
Tranexamic acid in cardiac surgery: is there a cause for concern?
David Royston
Critical Care 2010, 14:194 (6 September 2010)
[PDF]




All research articles published in Critical Care are open access [more]



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Editor-in-Chief of Critical Care, Prof Jean-Louis Vincent, discusses the journal and the benefits of open access publishing.



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Latest supplements

Volume 14 Suppl 2
Sepsis 2010
Abstracts



All articles published in supplements are fully peer reviewed.



Free 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 
Alex D Truong, Eddy Fan, Roy G Brower, Dale M Needham
Critical Care 2009, 13:216 (13 July 2009)



From the University of Pittsburgh evidence-based medicine journal club

Journal club critique   
Wes Gabbard, Eric B Milbrandt, John A Kellum
Critical Care 2010, 14:318 (23 August 2010)



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