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Journal of Critical Care August, 2016
Journal of Critical Care 34 (2016)
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Preface
Journal of Critical Care August, 2016 This Issue contains the first of four planned World Federation Reports in topic areas of importance to all critical care practitioners. The first (End of Life Care) is our featured article of the month and should stimulate interest and discussion; I look forward to your thoughts and comments. Report from the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine In 2015, the WFSICCM Council appointed four Task Forces to explore four questions fundamental to the practice of Critical Care Medicine irrespective of the environment, culture or available resources; despite circumstances, the topics are of critical importance to the manner in which the most appropriate care can be delivered to our sickest patients. The areas chosen were: Ethics/End of Life Care in the ICU; Triage; What is an ICU? and What is an ICU specialist? In this issue of the Journal the first report End of Life Care in the Intensive Care Unit is featured. It is important to understand the process through which each Report is organized and shepherded from concept to publication. Each Task Force is headed by a sitting Council member who appoints additional members who prepare a draft document which is then submitted to a peer review panel composed of former Council members and additional nominated/invited subject matter experts. Following this rigorous process, the manuscript is submitted to the Journal of Critical Care for final review and publication. The End of Life Care Task Force was Chaired by Professor John Myburgh, M.B., B.Ch. Ph.D., FCICM, FAICD, FAHMS, Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of New South Wales. The able and diligent committee members were Fayez Abilliama, MD (Lebanon); Davide Chiumello, MD (Italy); Geoffrey Dobb, MD (Australia); Stephen Jacobe, MD (Australia); Ruth Kleinpell, PhD (USA); Younsuk Koh, MD (South Korea); Claudio Martin, MD (Canada); Andrej Michalsen, MD, MPH (Germany); Paolo Pelosi, MD (Italy); Lluis Blanch Torra, MD (Spain); Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD (Belgium); Susan Yeager, MS (USA); Janice Zimmerman, MD (USA) – on behalf of the Council of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine. The purpose is simply stated: The complexity of End of Life Care in the ICU, particularly relating to withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment while ensuring the alleviation of suffering, within different ethical and cultural environments is recognized. While no single statement can therefore be regarded as a gold standard applicable to all countries and societies, the WFSICCM endorses and encourages the role of Member Societies to lead the debate regarding End of Life Care in the ICU within each country and to take a leading role in developing national guidelines and recommendations within each country. (1) The Task Force is to be congratulated on assembling a masterful compilation of available evidence and opinion and producing an excellent, stimulating, intellectually challenging and important document. I
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look forward to a vigorous interchange surrounding the publication of this and the remaining three Task Force documents which will be featured in the Journal when released for publication. The August issue of the Journal of Critical Care is the first assembled and produced under the auspices of Article Based Publishing (ABP) a concept introduced previously in which accepted manuscripts are “queued” for publishing as they are accepted rather than being held and published in an editorially determined sequence. This may seem confusing at first because the table of contents will not change and reflects standard theme based manuscript collections, while the order in which the articles appear may seem random; i.e. pagination and order published reflect the date of final acceptance (corrected, finalized proofs), not the theme. The benefits of this system accrues to our authors; while there has always been the opportunity to cite an article ahead of print, ABP provides the full citation (Issue and Pagination) earlier for referencing. However, the speed of publication is now dependent upon the speed at which authors process and return revisions. The other change will be that page counts of individual Issues will vary; publication schedules will be maintained while the number of accepted manuscripts will vary based on author processing times that controls the number of manuscripts available. I look forward to increased author satisfaction and engagement with the process. Additionally, later this summer authors will encounter a different interface for manuscript submissions; the current EES (Elsevier Editorial System) system is slowly being replaced with a newly designed landing page and processing system, EVISE. The transition should be seamless, and I anticipate the interfaces and ease of use will enhance the submission process and author and reviewer usability. Any comments or question should be forwarded either to the on-line Elsevier Help function or to me at [email protected]. I am encouraged by the number and quality of the letters to the editor and the engagement of the responding authors. The interaction is exciting and indicates increasing engagement and interest in content and recognition that the Journal provides an increasingly important communication tool. Reader interest is the lifeblood of any publication and suggestions from our readers and authors on how we can interact in a manner that makes it easier for you to tell the important stories of your research, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly. The manuscripts accepted for publication are, as usual, wide ranging and encompassing. I hope the Journal continues to serve the needs and interests of its readers and that some of the new and anticipated changes in appearance and processing enhance ease of interaction for authors and reviewers. Philip D. Lumb Los Angeles, California
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Journal of Critical Care journal homepage: www.jccjournal.org
Preface
Journal of Critical Care August, 2016 This Issue contains the first of four planned World Federation Reports in topic areas of importance to all critical care practitioners. The first (End of Life Care) is our featured article of the month and should stimulate interest and discussion; I look forward to your thoughts and comments. Report from the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine In 2015, the WFSICCM Council appointed four Task Forces to explore four questions fundamental to the practice of Critical Care Medicine irrespective of the environment, culture or available resources; despite circumstances, the topics are of critical importance to the manner in which the most appropriate care can be delivered to our sickest patients. The areas chosen were: Ethics/End of Life Care in the ICU; Triage; What is an ICU? and What is an ICU specialist? In this issue of the Journal the first report End of Life Care in the Intensive Care Unit is featured. It is important to understand the process through which each Report is organized and shepherded from concept to publication. Each Task Force is headed by a sitting Council member who appoints additional members who prepare a draft document which is then submitted to a peer review panel composed of former Council members and additional nominated/invited subject matter experts. Following this rigorous process, the manuscript is submitted to the Journal of Critical Care for final review and publication. The End of Life Care Task Force was Chaired by Professor John Myburgh, M.B., B.Ch. Ph.D., FCICM, FAICD, FAHMS, Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of New South Wales. The able and diligent committee members were Fayez Abilliama, MD (Lebanon); Davide Chiumello, MD (Italy); Geoffrey Dobb, MD (Australia); Stephen Jacobe, MD (Australia); Ruth Kleinpell, PhD (USA); Younsuk Koh, MD (South Korea); Claudio Martin, MD (Canada); Andrej Michalsen, MD, MPH (Germany); Paolo Pelosi, MD (Italy); Lluis Blanch Torra, MD (Spain); Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD (Belgium); Susan Yeager, MS (USA); Janice Zimmerman, MD (USA) – on behalf of the Council of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine. The purpose is simply stated: The complexity of End of Life Care in the ICU, particularly relating to withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment while ensuring the alleviation of suffering, within different ethical and cultural environments is recognized. While no single statement can therefore be regarded as a gold standard applicable to all countries and societies, the WFSICCM endorses and encourages the role of Member Societies to lead the debate regarding End of Life Care in the ICU within each country and to take a leading role in developing national guidelines and recommendations within each country. (1) The Task Force is to be congratulated on assembling a masterful compilation of available evidence and opinion and producing an excellent, stimulating, intellectually challenging and important document. I
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0883-9441(16)30099-5
look forward to a vigorous interchange surrounding the publication of this and the remaining three Task Force documents which will be featured in the Journal when released for publication. The August issue of the Journal of Critical Care is the first assembled and produced under the auspices of Article Based Publishing (ABP) a concept introduced previously in which accepted manuscripts are “queued” for publishing as they are accepted rather than being held and published in an editorially determined sequence. This may seem confusing at first because the table of contents will not change and reflects standard theme based manuscript collections, while the order in which the articles appear may seem random; i.e. pagination and order published reflect the date of final acceptance (corrected, finalized proofs), not the theme. The benefits of this system accrues to our authors; while there has always been the opportunity to cite an article ahead of print, ABP provides the full citation (Issue and Pagination) earlier for referencing. However, the speed of publication is now dependent upon the speed at which authors process and return revisions. The other change will be that page counts of individual Issues will vary; publication schedules will be maintained while the number of accepted manuscripts will vary based on author processing times that controls the number of manuscripts available. I look forward to increased author satisfaction and engagement with the process. Additionally, later this summer authors will encounter a different interface for manuscript submissions; the current EES (Elsevier Editorial System) system is slowly being replaced with a newly designed landing page and processing system, EVISE. The transition should be seamless, and I anticipate the interfaces and ease of use will enhance the submission process and author and reviewer usability. Any comments or question should be forwarded either to the on-line Elsevier Help function or to me at [email protected]. I am encouraged by the number and quality of the letters to the editor and the engagement of the responding authors. The interaction is exciting and indicates increasing engagement and interest in content and recognition that the Journal provides an increasingly important communication tool. Reader interest is the lifeblood of any publication and suggestions from our readers and authors on how we can interact in a manner that makes it easier for you to tell the important stories of your research, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly. The manuscripts accepted for publication are, as usual, wide ranging and encompassing. I hope the Journal continues to serve the needs and interests of its readers and that some of the new and anticipated changes in appearance and processing enhance ease of interaction for authors and reviewers. Philip D. Lumb Los Angeles, California