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Welcome to Critical Care

The online intensive care journal
Editor-in-chief: Jean-Louis Vincent, Brussels, Belgium

Research highlight: Clinician discussions hampered by electronic records

The use of electronic patient records during ward rounds was found to disrupt bedside discussions, suggesting the need for finding a more suitable technology and adapting the clinical team's communication around it.

Critical Care 2008, 12:R148

Latest articles

	Commentary Should dialysis be offered in all cases of metformin-associated lactic acidosis? S Neil Finkle Critical Care 2008, 13:108 (9 January 2009) [PDF]

	Commentary Clinical information systems in the intensive care unit: primum non nocere Stephen E Lapinsky Critical Care 2008, 13:107 (9 January 2009) [PDF]

	Commentary Understanding the cognitive consequences of critical illness through experimental animal models Max Gunther, Brett English Critical Care 2008, 13:104 (8 January 2009) [PDF]

	Commentary Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis activity after intracranial catastrophies: what is enough? AB Johan Groeneveld, Albertus Beishuizen, Nienke Molenaar Critical Care 2008, 13:103 (8 January 2009) [PDF]

	Commentary Ingredients for adequate evaluation of blood glucose algorithms as applied to the critically ill Tom Van Herpe, Bart De Moor, Greet Van den Berghe Critical Care 2008, 13:102 (7 January 2009) [PDF]

	Commentary ICU staffing and patient outcomes: more work remains David J Murphy, Eddy Fan, Dale M Needham Critical Care 2008, 13:101 (7 January 2009) [PDF]

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

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Adenosine deaminase inhibition protects against intestinal mucosal damage during endotoxaemia.

Latest supplements

Volume 12 Suppl 6
Severe community-acquired pneumonia update: mortality, mechanisms, and medical intervention
Proceedings

Volume 12 Suppl 5
Sepsis 2008
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

Bench-to-bedside review: Developmental influences on the mechanisms, treatment and outcomes of cardiovascular dysfunction in neonatal versus adult sepsis

Wendy A Luce, Timothy M Hoffman, John Anthony Bauer

Critical Care 2007, 11:228 (24 September 2007)

[Abstract][Full text][PDF]

Journal Club Critiques

From the University of Pittsburgh evidence-based medicine journal club

Journal club critique

Black Hawk Down: The evolution of resuscitation strategies in massive traumatic hemorrhage

Deepika Mohan, Eric B Milbrandt, Louis H Alarcon

Critical Care 2008, 12:305 (23 July 2008)

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Latest comments

Sonography pleural effusion diagnosis (Hector Diaz, 15Dec2008)
I strongly agree with Cardon and coworkers. Sonography at present is the must used method to determine the presence of pleural effusion. By the other hand, Dr. Sumar noted... [read full comment]

Comment on: Cardon M et al. Critical Care, 4:P4
Pleural Effusions Diagnosis (ABdul Sumar, 01Dec2008)
That is quite a useful study, although it does not mention exactly how a pleural effusion is diagnosed. Here's some information missing: The first step to diagnose pleural... [read full comment]

Comment on: Cardon M et al. Critical Care, 4:P4
Diabetic complications (Heikki Savolainen, 27Nov2008)
Diabetic neuropathy affects more than a third of insulin-dependent diabetics. In the peripheral nerves, it is characterized by demyelination and secondary axonal degeneration... [read full comment]

Comment on: Hermans G et al. Critical Care, 12:238