Skip to main content Advertisement Menu Search Search Publisher main menu Journals Submissions Publishing services About My Account Follow BioMed Central Twitter Facebook Critical Care Critical Care main menu Home About Articles 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. Articles Recent Most accessed Recent articles Recent articles RSS 1. Letter Stress ulcer prophylaxis in adult neurocritical care patients—no firm evidence for benefit or harm Mette Krag, Anders Perner, Jørn Wetterslev and Morten Hylander Møller Published on: 5 February 2016 2. Research Early and persistent high level of PS 100β is associated with increased poor neurological outcome in patients with SAH: is there a PS 100β threshold for SAH prognosis? Hervé Quintard, Sébastien Leduc, Patricia Ferrari, Isabelle Petit and Carole Ichai Published on: 3 February 2016 3. Research Assessment of central venous catheter colonization using surveillance culture of withdrawn connectors and insertion site skin María Jesús Pérez-Granda, María Guembe, Raquel Cruces, José María Barrio and Emilio Bouza Published on: 2 February 2016 4. Research Early pneumonia and timing of antibiotic therapy in patients after nontraumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Kristian Hellenkamp, Sabrina Onimischewski, Jochen Kruppa, Martin Faßhauer, Alexander Becker, Helmut Eiffert, Mark Hünlich, Gerd Hasenfuß and Rolf Wachter Published on: 1 February 2016 5. Letter Dialysis with high-flux membranes significantly affects plasma levels of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin Carlo Donadio Published on: 31 January 2016 View all articles Most accessed articles Most accessed articles RSS 1. Research Management of bleeding and coagulopathy following major trauma: an updated European guideline Donat R Spahn, Bertil Bouillon, Vladimir Cerny, Timothy J Coats, Jacques Duranteau, Enrique Fernández-Mondéjar, Daniela Filipescu, Beverley J Hunt, Radko Komadina, Giuseppe Nardi, Edmund Neugebauer, Yves Ozier, Louis Riddez, Arthur Schultz, JeanLouis Vincent and Rolf Rossaint Published on: 19 April 2013 2. Review Hemodynamic consequences of severe lactic acidosis in shock states: from bench to bedside Antoine Kimmoun, Emmanuel Novy, Thomas Auchet, Nicolas Ducrocq and Bruno Levy Published on: 9 April 2015 3. Review Ventilator-associated pneumonia in the ICU Atul Ashok Kalanuria, Wendy Zai and Marek Mirski Published on: 18 March 2014 4. Research Effect of oral melatonin and wearing earplugs and eye masks on nocturnal sleep in healthy subjects in a simulated intensive care unit environment: which might be a more promising strategy for ICU sleep deprivation? Hua-Wei Huang, Bo-Lu Zheng, Li Jiang, Zong-Tong Lin, Guo-Bin Zhang, Ling Shen and Xiu-Ming Xi Published on: 19 March 2015 5. Research Acute renal failure – definition, outcome measures, animal models, fluid therapy and information technology needs: the Second International Consensus Conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Group Rinaldo Bellomo, Claudio Ronco, John A Kellum, Ravindra L Mehta and Paul Palevsky Published on: 24 May 2004 View all articles 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 Review: The critical care management of poorgrade subarachnoid haemorrhage The aim of this article, from de Oliveira Manoel et al., is to provide a summary of critical care management strategies applied to the subarachnoid haemorrhage population, especially for patients in poor neurological condition, on the basis of the modern concepts of early brain injury and delayed cerebral ischaemia. Society affiliation Critical Care is affiliated with The International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM). ISICEM is held every March and is organised by the Departments of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine of Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, in association with the Belgian Society of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (SIZ). Featured series The progressive loss of antibiotic activity as a result of dissemination of antibacterial resistance genes is increasingly recognized as global threat to humankind. Critical Care introduces a series of papers that examine the problem of progressive antibiotic resistance in the ICU. These articles will focus on the mechanisms of resistance, spread of antibiotic resistance genes, efforts to limit the further spread of MDR pathogens, and novel current and future therapeutic approaches to respond to the challenge of antibiotic resistance. We hope this series will inform the clinician about steps that we can take to confront the threat of antibiotic resistance. Featured collection Selected articles from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2015 Review articles Published: 16 March 2015 Featured supplement 35th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Abstracts Brussels, Belgium 17-20 March 2015 Tweets Submit a manuscript Impact Factor: 4.476 Submission Guidelines Editorial Board Sign up to article alerts Follow Follow us on Twitter ISSN: 1364-8535 Advertisement Contact us Jobs Manage manuscripts Sign up for article alerts Manage article alerts Leave feedback Press center Read more on our blogs Policies Licensing Terms and conditions Privacy statement Accessibility Cookies Follow BioMed Central Twitter Facebook Google Plus YouTube LinkedIn Reddit Weibo © 2016 BioMed Central Ltd unless otherwise stated. Part of Springer Science+Business Media. By continuing to use this website, you agree to our Terms and Conditions, Privacy statement and Cookies policy.