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Critical Care is a high-quality, peer-reviewed, international clinical medical journal. Critical Care aims to improve the care of critically ill patients by acquiring, discussing, distributing, and promoting evidence-based information relevant to intensivists. Critical Care aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the intensive care field.

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Research Letter

Editor-in-Chief
Jean-Louis Vincent, Erasme University Hospital, Belgium
Associate Editors
Élie Azoulay, Paris Diderot University, France
Stephen Brett, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, UK
Daniel De Backer, CHIREC, Belgium 
Craig Coopersmith, Emory University, USA
John C Marshall, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada 
Marek Mirski, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA
Michael Niederman, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA
Heleen Oudemans-van Straaten, Amsterdam UMC - location VUmc, The Netherlands
Paolo Pelosi, University of Genova, Italy 
Michael Pinsky, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Jean-Charles Preiser, Erasme University Hospital, Belgium
Hallie Prescott, University of Michigan Health System, USA
Peter Radermacher, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Germany 
Gordon Rubenfeld, University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Canada 

Statistical Advisors
Francis C Dane, Jefferson College of Health Sciences, USA
Maria Viskaduraki, University of Leicester, UK
Advisory Board
Derek Angus, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Massimo Antonelli, Universita Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, Italy 
Yaseen Arabi, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Saudi Arabia
Sean Bagshaw, University of Alberta, Canada
Jan Bakker, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Rinaldo Bellomo, Austin Health, Australia  
Lluis Blanch, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain 
Laurent J. Brochard, St Michael's Hospital, Canada
Carolyn Calfee, University of California at San Francisco, USA
Maurizio Cecconi, St George's, University of London, UK
Alain Combes, University of Paris, Pierre et Marie Curie, France 
Craig Coopersmith, Emory University School of Medicine, USA
Andrea Cortegiani, University of Palermo, Italy
Bin Du, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China 
Jacques Duranteau, Bicêtre Hospital, France 
Niall Ferguson, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Canada 
Lui Forni, Western Sussex Hospitals Trust, Brighton & Sussex Medical School, UK 
Alison Fox-Robichaud, McMaster University, Canada
Gilberto Friedman, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 
Ognjen Gajic, Mayo Clinic, USA
XiangDong Guan, Sun Yat-sen University, Korea
Leo Heunks, Amsterdam UMC - location VUmc, The Netherlands
Michael Joannidis, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria 
Nicole Juffermans, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
John Kellum, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA
Marin H Kollef, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Jihad Mallat, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
John Marini, University of Minnesota, USA
Michael Matthay, University of California at San Francisco, USA
Anthony McLean, University of Sydney, Australia 
Sangeeta Mehta, University of Toronto, Canada
Xavier Monnet, Bicêtre Hospital, France 
Zudin Puthucheary, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Royal London Hospital, UK
Marco Ranieri, Ospedale S. Giovanni Battista, Italy 
Claudio Ronco, Ospedale San Bortolo, International Renal Research Institute, Italy 
Marcus J Schultz, Academic Medical Centre, The Netherlands 
Chris Seymour, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Tarek Sharshar, Paris Descartes University, France 
Mervyn Singer, University College London, UK
Charles L Sprung, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centre, Israel 
Jean-Louis Teboul, CHU Bicêtre, France 
Julien Textoris, bioMérieux, France
Antoni Torres, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Spain
Jesus Villar, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín, Spain
Keith Walley, University of British Columbia, James Hogg Research Centre, Canada 
Julia Wendon, King's College Hospital, UK
Jan Wernerman, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Sweden 
Hector Wong, University of Cincinnati, USA