Intensive Care

Definition:
This category includes articles related to critical care and the advanced management of patients in severe condition or with organ failure requiring intensive monitoring and support. It encompasses original research, reviews, case reports, and brief communications on therapeutic interventions, technologies, pharmacology, and optimization strategies in intensive care units (ICU).

Topics included:

• Management of critically ill patients with respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, or multisystem failure.
• Invasive and non-invasive ventilatory support.
• Use of advanced ICU devices (ECMO, hemodialysis, hemodynamic monitoring).
• Sedation, analgesia, and pain management in intensive care.
• Nosocomial infections and antimicrobial resistance in the ICU.
• Ethics and decision-making in critically ill patients.
• Technological innovations and telemedicine in intensive care.