Academic Journal
Q1Critical Care
About Critical Care
Critical Care is a scholarly journal published by BioMed Central Ltd. SCImago 2025 places it in Q1 with an SJR of 3.002 and an H-index of 242.
Its listed coverage is 1998-2026 and its research categories include Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (Q1). The 2025 dataset reports 532 documents and 10298 citations across the latest three-year reporting window.
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Aims & Scope
The journal publishes research related to Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Nosocomial Infections in ICU.
Recent Research Articles
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Optimising tazobactam dosing in critically ill adult patients without renal replacement therapy: a population pharmacokinetic analysis of individual patient data pooled from multiple clinical studies
Getnet M Assefa, Jason A. Roberts, Federico Pea, Pier Giorgio Cojutti et al.
2026-09-09 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06321-1Individualising blood glucose control in ICU patients: evidence and practical implementations
Jan Gunst, James S. Krinsley, Michael J. Lanspa, Jean-Charles Preiser et al.
2026-09-09 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06288-zHeterogeneous cardiovascular responses to acute mean arterial pressure augmentation in septic shock: the role of ventriculo-arterial coupling and venous return
Emilio Daniel Valenzuela, Pablo Mercado, Juan Nicolás Medel, Vanessa Oviedo et al.
2026-09-09 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06317-xCardiac index modifies the association between blood pressure response index and 28-day mortality in sepsis
Rong Lei, Chongchong Ye, Chaofu Yue, Qinyong Yan et al.
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06289-yEnvironmental burden of the neuro-conda trial
Nicolas Massart, Florence Boissier, Matthieu Bernat, Marie Lecronier et al.
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06303-3Correction to: Beyond shear stress: septic microvascular failure remains a multifactorial phenomenon
Elisa Damiani, Roberta Domizi, Andrea Carsetti, Riccardo Antolini et al.
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06297-yBeyond similar inspiratory effort: interpreting tracheal high-flow during spontaneous breathing trials
Li-Xia Xu
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06312-2Early multimodal vasopressor strategy in septic shock: results of the TRICYCLE randomized controlled trial
Žiga Kalamar, Giovanni Landoni, Mario Gorenjak, Iva Cestar et al.
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06323-zStrengthening anesthesia capacity in war and disaster areas: a critical care priority
Hodo Aideed Asowe
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06319-9Cholesterol sulfate as a novel theranostic target for sepsis-induced liver injury through Beclin1-mediated autophagy enhancement and pyroptosis suppression
Xiaoqian Yu, Hongmei Zhang, Ming Yi, Jingwen Li et al.
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06301-5The contribution of mechanical ventilation to critical illness-associated diaphragm dysfunction: longitudinal trajectories alone do not establish causal primacy
Xibin Feng, Miao Yang, Wei Xu
2026-09-05 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06308-yExtracorporeal CO2 elimination for acute exacerbation of severe COPD requiring invasive mechanical ventilation: a randomized controlled trial (the X-COPD trial)
Christian Karagiannidis, Jordi Riera, Pablo Blanco-Schweizer, Stephan Strassmann et al.
2026-09-03 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06300-6Right ventricular–pulmonary arterial uncoupling and venous excess in normotensive pulmonary embolism shock
José Carlos Gasca-Aldama, Karen Harumi López-Rodríguez, Mario Arturo Carrasco-Flores, Juan Ángel Morales-Ferrer et al.
2026-09-03 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06302-4Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever and critical care readiness amid Afghanistan’s returnee crisis
Hayatullah Takal
2026-09-02 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06307-zThiamine-deficiency in the ICU-patient - When the plug is out
Wilfred Druml, Thomas Staudinger, Gunnar Elke
2026-09-02 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06299-wThe MIME framework for non-invasive longitudinal assessment of inspiratory effort during pressure support ventilation: a physiological validation study
K. Lindup, S. Giovanazzi, S. Renzetti, F. Murgolo et al.
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06292-3Physiological limits of capillary refill time: a human endotoxemia study
Hugo Gustavsson, Rani Toll, Sara Fahlander, Frida Meyer et al.
2026-08-31 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06247-8Aligning prediction targets before ranking diaphragm ultrasound parameters in AECOPD
Li-Xia Xu
2026-08-31 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06293-2Effect of positive end-expiratory pressure on intracranial pressure, cerebral perfusion pressure and brain-tissue oxygenation in acute brain injury: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis
José Ramírez-Esteban, Ezequiel Sarrió, Alberto Ruiz-Pacheco, Ana Cots et al.
2026-08-31 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06294-1Plasma mitochondrial-associated proteins scale with illness severity and predict outcome in suspected sepsis
Cristian J. Meems, Fleur E. van Beuningen, Britt A. Coenen, Jingyi Lu et al.
2026-08-29 · DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06291-4Reviews
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