重癥監護醫學的實踐跨越了許多醫學專業和學科——麻醉學、心臟病學、內分泌學、消化病學、血液學、免疫學、傳染病、新生兒學、腎臟學、神經學、護理學、兒科、藥理學、精神病學、肺病、放射學、風濕病、外科、毒理學、移植和創傷——并提出了許多復雜和困難的挑戰。重癥監護醫學雜志》是唯一的雜志,提供所有的醫療和外科醫生在成人和兒科重癥監護的,廣泛的分析評論和更新,原創文章,大型臨床系列的報告,技術和程序,特定主題的電子資源,書評,社論的方方面面密集/重要/冠心病監護。編輯精良，《重癥監護醫學雜志》包括權威的，同行評審的評論:疾病進展和重癥監護治療;各種器官系統的常見診斷和治療程序和技術;新的和實驗性的疾病治療方法;病人評估及管理;生命終結的問題。《重癥監護醫學雜志》還討論了ICU病人護理的基本原則、協議、臨床表現、指南、適應癥、禁忌癥、并發癥、必要的設備、優先事項、種族法律問題、變化以及對ICU病人護理各個方面進行持續護理的建議。

The practice of intensive care medicine crosses many medical specialties and disciplines - anesthesiology, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, immunology, infectious disease, neonatology, nephrology, neurology, nursing, pediatrics, pharmacology, psychiatry, pulmonology, radiology, rheumatology, surgery, toxicology, transplantation, and trauma - and presents many complex and difficult challenges. The Journal of Intensive Care Medicine is the only journal that offers all medical and surgical clinicians in adult and pediatric intensive care state-of-the-art, broad-based analytic reviews and updates, original articles, reports of large clinical series, techniques and procedures, topic-specific electronic resources, book reviews, and editorials on all aspects of intensive/ critical/ coronary care. Superbly edited, Journal of Intensive Care Medicine includes authoritative, peer-reviewed reviews of: Disease progression and treatment in intensive care; Common diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and techniques for a variety of organ systems; New and experimental approaches to disease treatment; Patient evaluation and management; End of life issues. The Journal of Intensive Care Medicine also discusses the essential principles, protocols, clinical presentations, guidelines, indications, contraindications, complications, necessary equipment, priorities, ethno-legal issues, changes, and recommendations for ongoing care for every aspect of ICU patient care.