Editorial “Judge a journal (also) by its cover” Joseph Varon, Simon Nanlohy When you received Critical Care and Shock today, you probably wondered why we changed its cover. For the second…
Editorial On editors, communication, catastrophes and terrorism Joseph Varon After 12 extremely productive and successful months, Dr. Xavier Leverve, has retired as the second Editor-in-Chief of Critical Care…
Editorial From the Editor Xavier Leverve Already one year ago the terribly sad news of Dr Iqbal Mustafa sudden death hurt us, a few days…
Editorial In Memoriam Iqbal Mustafa, MD, PhD (1950-2004) Simon Nanlohy Around midnight on July 18, 2004 I had to send some emails to my colleagues that contained very sadness…
Editorial SARS: Scourge of Western Pacific countries? Dessmon YH Tai Introduction SARS was the first pandemic of the 21st century. It was postulated that contact with wild animals sold…
Editorial The severe acute respiratory syndrome revisited Charles David Gomersall For many of us last year’s SARS epidemic was an extraordinary period in our lives. Since that time we…
Editorial From the editor Iqbal Mustafa Dear colleagues, We proudly would like to inform you that starting from this issue, there would be some…
Editorial The Surviving sepsis campaign R. Phillip Dellinger The incidence of severe sepsis (sepsis with organ dysfunction) is increasing [1]. Several recent published studies have demonstrated decreased…
Editorial The campaign to revitalize academic medicine kicks off We need a deep and broad international debate to begin Peter Tugwell The BMJ and a range of partners, including other journals published by the BMJ Publishing Group, Lancet, Canadian Medical…
Editorial Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: “Unmasking our emotional vulnerability as healthcare providers” Joseph Varon, Erika Ruppert-Garcia The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has been the most dramatic emerging infectious disease of the twenty first century….