Journal of Intensive Care

Nutritional therapy for the prevention of post-intensive care syndrome

Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) is characterized by physical, cognitive, and mental impairments following an ICU stay, affecting both patients and their families. Factors like systemic inflammation, malnutrition, and immobility can lead to ICU-acquired weakness (ICU-AW), which worsens PICS. Nutrition therapy aims to provide adequate energy and protein to support recovery, with strategies focusing on protein intake after the hyperacute phase while avoiding overfeeding. Though physiotherapy can help reduce muscle loss, more research is needed to refine nutritional interventions for ICU-AW and PICS.

Volume 12, Article number: 29  (2024) 

Impacts of three inspiratory muscle training programs on inspiratory muscles strength and endurance among intubated and mechanically ventilated patients with difficult weaning: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) is well-established as a safe option for combating inspiratory muscles weakness in the intensive care setting. It could improve inspiratory muscle strength and decrease weaning duration but a lack of knowledge on the optimal training regimen raise to inconsistent results. We made the hypothesis that an innovative mixed intensity program for both endurance and strength improvement could be more effective. We conducted a multicentre randomised controlled parallel trial comparing the impacts of three IMT protocols (low, high, and mixed intensity) on inspiratory muscle strength and endurance among difficult-to-wean patients.

Volume 12, Article number: 28 (2024)

Cardiogenic shock

This thematic series aims to update the knowledge crucial for intensive care management of cardiogenic shock to improve patient prognosis, covering topics from organ dysfunction and venous stasis to the use of temporary mechanical circulatory support devices and multidisciplinary shock protocols.

Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine offers collections of guidelines on the diagnosis and management of a range of conditions that are related to intensive care medicine.

Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Patients 2023 (J-ReCIP 2023) (2023)

ARDS Clinical Practice Guideline 2021 (2022)

The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020) (2021)

The Japanese Clinical Practice Guideline for acute kidney injury 2016 (2018)

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Journal of Intensive Care is the official journal of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine (JSICM).
In 2024, the Society sponsors 40% of the Journal’s APC for the articles so that the author is charged only 60%.

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See list of all article collections

Cardiogenic Shock
This thematic series aims to update the knowledge crucial for intensive care management of cardiogenic shock to improve patient prognosis, covering topics from organ dysfunction and venous stasis to the use of temporary mechanical circulatory support devices and multidisciplinary shock protocols.

Palliative Care Activity in Critical Care
This thematic issue aims to respond to substantial need for palliative care for the patients who require critical care, with state-of-the-art information.

COVID-19 & related researches
Collection of articles on research of COVID-19 and releated topics published in the Journal of Intensive Care.

Oxygen administration for critically ill patients
This thematic series offers four narrative reviews offering latest information on Oxigen administration for critically ill patients, aiming to help readers  determine the optimal target and methods.

Nutrition in Intensive care
This thematic series focuses on basic nutritional therapy with selection of papers reviewing appropriate evaluation of calorie requirement, enteral integrity and enteral tolerance in “Critical Care Nutrition”. 

Neurocritical Care revisited
The second Thematic Series on Neurocritical Care puts together selection of reviews providing different aspects and latest insight into Neurocritical Care.

Cardiovascular intensive care
This thematic series presents 5 review articles providing latest understandings on the management of patients with severe CVD. 

Current overview in pediatric critical care
In this thematic series, the authors review the current management of pediatric sepsis, pediatric organ transplantation, pediatric cardiac surgery and more.

Trauma-induced coagulopathy and critical bleeding
In this thematic series, the authors examine the pathophysiology of trauma-induced coagulopathy and discuss the novel therapeutic strategies for the management of patients with severe trauma.

Point-of-care ultrasound
In this thematic series, the authors review various clinical studies on point-of-care ultrasound, which were carried out based on the ideas of “extraction”, “creation” and “integration”.

Organ dysfunction in sepsis
In this thematic series, the authors review the pathophysiology of organ dysfunction in sepsis. The role of two main pathomechanisms of organ dysfunction, DIC and endothelial cell dysfunction, are also discussed.

Neurocritical care
In this thematic series, the role of monitoring is highlighted to guide the treatment and therapeutic intervention tailored for the pathophysiologic degree of brain injury.

Fluid management
In this thematic series, the principal and practical matters underlying fluid therapy are highlighted to allow intensivists around the world to better understand and manage such primary and consistent intervention as fluid therapy in critically ill patients.

Journal of Intensive Care publish set of articles that discuss given topic from opposing standpoints. 

Topic 1:
Acute glycemic control in diabetics. How sweet is optimal? 
Pro:  Sweeter is better in diabetes
Con: Just as sweet as in nondiabetic is better

Topic 2: 
Aggressive fluid management in the critically ill patients.
Pro:  fluids should be aggressively managed in critically ill patients
Con: “aggressive” may lead to “excessive”

Topic 3:
Is Anti-coagulation therapy effective for septic DIC?
Pro:  A question is “what are the optimal targets for anticoagulant therapies?”
Con:  Should we treat sepsis-induced DIC with anticoagulants?