Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine 2023 CiteScore Released: 1.1

We are pleased to announce that theJournal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine (JECCM) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 1.1, ranking 70 out of 109 journals in the Emergency Medicine category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

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Reviewer of the Month (2024)

In 2024, JECCM reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

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2021 Annual Report of JECCM

Greetings from the Editorial Office of JECCM!

We are pleased to share the 2021 Annual Report ofJournal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine here.

We would especially like to express our sincere gratitude to the editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors and readers for all your support in this unprecedented year of 2021. And we wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2022!

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Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine (JECCM) is now a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Starting from July 2021, AME Publishing Company is formally recognized a publisher member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and over 60 AME-published journals become a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), as part of AME’s commitment to best practice in scholarly publishing. Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine (JECCM) is among the list of COPE membership.

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AME entered an official partnership with Publons to enhance wide-ranging recognition for reviewers

AME Publishing Company entered an official partnership with Publons, a product of Clarivate Analytic Company (which owns Web of Science, EndNote, ScholarOne, among many others), as of April 2020. Around 60 AME journals’ peer review systems are now integrated seamlessly into the Publons platform (https://publons.com/about/home). The partnership was done to recognize our expert peer reviewers spontaneously for their review contribution.

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Implementation of transparent peer review at Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine (JECCM)

With a commitment to openness and accountability, and to increase the level of transparency throughout our peer review process, our editorial office has decided to implement a transparent peer review process as an option for all manuscripts submitted to JECCM from March 19, 2020.

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Application of the CARE Guideline as reporting standard in the Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

TheJournal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine welcomes case reports which are supposed to report new observations of diseases, clinical findings or novel/unique treatment outcomes relevant to practitioners in the fields of medicine.

For completeness and transparency for published case reports, theJournal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine will apply the CARE guidelines (1) as reporting standards for case reports starting from October 14, 2019.

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Cerebral air embolism after flushing a radial arterial line: a case report More >>
Bacteraemia caused by two different phenotypes of Klebsiella pneumoniae More >>
An extremely enlarged heart from a mitral valve stenosis patient More >>
Case Report 
Portal gas embolism after bleach ingestion: the role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy: a case report
Dario Nicosia, Barbara Verro, Vincenzo Benenati, Gaetano Ottoveggio, Fiammetta Ronga, Carmelo Saraniti, Gerardo Bosco
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2025;
9:
7  
(30 March 2025) 
Case Report 
Massive retrosternal goitre causing stridor and respiratory distress—a case report
Eoin O’Connor, Michael Looney, Emma Lennon
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2025;
9:
6  
(30 March 2025) 
Case Report 
Synchronous polyostotic fibrous dysplasia and meningiomatosis: a case report on the challenging treatment for severe intracranial hypertension
Carlos Melo Bento, José Pedro Vinhal, Isabel Maia, Pedro Alberto Silva, Elisabete Monteiro
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2025;
9:
5  
(30 March 2025) 
Review Article 
European viper bites: clinical management from pre-hospitalisation to follow-up a narrative review
Simone Esposito, Giovanna Di Maiolo, Filomena Lo Chiatto, Michele Capasso, Crescenzo Sala, Giovanna Paola De Marco, Pasquale Rinaldi, Antonio Tomasello, Francesco Coletta, Romolo Villani
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2025;
9:
4  
(30 March 2025) 
Original Article 
Current status of patients with gastrointestinal bleeding transported by physician-staffed helicopter in Japan
Youichi Yanagawa, Tatsuro Sakai, Noriko Tanaka, Chihiro Maekawa, Yukinori Hirooka, Kenji Kawai, Michika Hamada, Soichiro Ota, Hiroaki Taniguchi, Hiromichi Ohsaka, Hiroki Nagasawa, Tadashi Ishihara, Kazuhiko Omori
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2025;
9:
2  
(30 March 2025) 
Original Article 
Development of respiratory disease quality indicators for pediatric patients in Jordanian emergency departments: a RAND/UCLA appropriateness method
Islam E. Alkhazali, Nik Hisamuddin Nik Ab Rahman, Ahmad Alrawashdeh, Mohd Hashairi Fauzi
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2025;
9:
1  
(30 March 2025) 
Editorial Commentary 
Single high-dose liposomal amphotericin B for the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis: guidelines recommendations and unresolved issues
Yue Chen, Lihui Wang, Weijun Zhang, Cheng Zhu, Yue-Tian Yu
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2024;
8:
30  
(30 December 2024) 
Images in Clinical Medicine 
“There’s bruising on my child’s legs”—an interesting sequela
Julia R. Klein, Zineb Alfath, Rahul Kaila
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2024;
8:
29  
(30 December 2024) 
Original Article 
Efficacy and safety of diltiazem versus metoprolol in the management of atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response
Paul A. Koscumb, Lauren G. Bothwell, Krishna K. Paul, Nathaniel J. Bilby, Lillian Tia, Thomas Blackwell, Lisa R. Farmer, Robert L. Kaale, Danielle H. O’Connell, Dietrich V. K. Jehle
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2024;
8:
28  
(30 December 2024) 
Case Report 
Brain abscess byStreptococcus anginosus because of chronic pansinusitis: a case report
Robin Degerickx, Michiel Baeten, Otto Van De Gaer, Ellen Van Even, Peter Waets, Freya Mulders, Steven Vissers, Koen De Feyter, Laura Verschueren
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2024;
8:
27  
(30 September 2024) 
Case Report 
Adult croup caused by influenza A virus: a case report and literature review
Gustavo Abraham Canales-Azcona, Héctor Raúl Ibarra-Sifuentes, Vanessa Vianey Ríos-López, Abraham Castellanos-Maldonado, Jesús Alfredo Rodríguez-Sifuentes, Jaqueline Isabel Gómez-Arredondo
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2024;
8:
26  
(30 September 2024) 
Case Report 
An intra-arrest, secondary transfer of a patient for primary percutaneous coronary intervention case report
Toby Hoskins, Charlotte Dawson, Anne Booth, Asher Lewinsohn
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2024;
8:
25  
(30 September 2024) 
Review Article 
Evidence for nurses’ viewpoints to protective lung strategies implementation—a narrative review
Tasnim Zainib, Salma Rattani, Nimira Asif, Hussain Maqbool Ahmed Khuwaja
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2024;
8:
24  
(30 September 2024) 
Review Article 
Biomarkers for unfavourable outcomes prediction in COVID-19 patients: a narrative review
Oleksii Skakun, Yaroslava Vandzhura, Ihor Vandzhura, Khrystyna Symchych, Anton Symchych
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2024;
8:
23  
(30 September 2024) 
Original Article 
Predictive factors of adverse clinical outcomes among patients receiving emergency hemodialysis in emergency department
Noor Aida Rosedee, Mohd Fadhli Mohd Fauzi, Nik Hisamuddin Nik Ab Rahman
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2024;
8:
22  
(30 September 2024) 
Original Article 
Timing of intubation and clinical outcomes in critically ill COVID-19 patients with respiratory failure
Gamonmas Ekkapat, Pongpol Sirilaksanamanon, Nonthikorn Theerasuwipakorn, Nathanit Phatharamalaipong, Surapa Klarod, Jeerath Phannajit, Vorrachai Sae-Phua
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2024;
8:
20  
(30 September 2024) 
Original Article 
Supports and barriers to implementing screening tools in public hospital emergency departments
Euan Donley
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2024;
8:
19  
(30 September 2024) 
Original Article 
Ten years’ experience of paediatrics acute drug poisoning in a tertiary center in Hong Kong
Sui Ho Lau, Ellen Lok Man Yu, Dennis Chi Yu Au, Wai Lim Yiu, Nai Chung Fong
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine  
2024;
8:
18  
(30 September 2024) 
Review Article 
Management of pneumonia in intensive care
Andrew Conway Morris
Published online: 03 December 2018
Review Article 
Current use and advances in vasopressors and inotropes support in shock
Philip Panagiotis Manolopoulos, Ioannis Boutsikos, Panagiotis Boutsikos, Nicoletta Iacovidou, Konstantinos Ekmektzoglou
Published online: 10 April 2020
Review Article 
Perioperative hypotension: clinical impact, diagnosis, and therapeutic approaches
Phillip Hoppe, Karim Kouz, Bernd Saugel
Published online: 10 January 2020
Review Article 
Surgical interventions for severe traumatic brain injury
Reginald Fong, Sanjay Konakondla, Clemens M. Schirmer, Michel Lacroix
Published online: 18 October 2017
Guideline 
Clinical practice guidelines for the management of central venous catheter for critically ill patients
Zhongheng Zhang, Claudia Brusasco, Antonio Anile, Francesco Corradi, Maryanne Mariyaselvam, Peter Young, Yaniv Almog, Bin Du, Xuezhong Yu, Huadong Zhu, Mao Zhang, Yu Cao, Yucai Hong
Published online: 26 May 2018
Review Article 
Sepsis-induced multi-organ dysfunction syndrome—a mechanistic approach
Herbert D. Spapen, Rita Jacobs, Patrick M. Honoré
Published online: 11 October 2017
Original Article 
Amiodarone versus digoxin for rate control in critically ill patients with rapid atrial fibrillation or flutter
Diana Gritsenko, Daryl Paris, Samuel L. Aitken, Young Im Lee, Jerry Altshuler
Published online: 01 August 2018
Review Article 
Management of fever in critically ill patients with infection
Moritoki Egi, Shohei Makino, Satoshi Mizobuchi
Published online: 30 January 2018
Review Article 
Nutritional therapy for burns in children
Myriam Galfo, Andrea De Bellis, Francesca Melini
Published online: 05 June 2018
Review Article 
Management of severe community acquired pneumonia in the emergency department
Tow Keang Lim, Mei Ying Chew
Published online: 09 January 2018
Review Article 
Sedation of the trauma patient in the intensive care unit
Anna Joseph
Published online: 24 January 2018
Study Protocol 
2017 Global survey on nebulization of antimicrobial agents in mechanically ventilated patients—SANEME 2 study protocol
Jordi Rello, Maria Ruiz-Rodriguez, Zhongheng Zhang
Published online: 28 April 2017
Review Article 
Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular function
Yoann Zerbib, Julien Maizel, Michel Slama
Published online: 05 August 2019
Review Article 
Clinical applications of lactate testing in patients with sepsis and septic shock
Seung Mok Ryoo, Won Young Kim
Published online: 02 February 2018
Review Article 
Monitoring the post surgery inflammatory host response
Fathima Paruk, Julian M. Chausse
Published online: 18 September 2019
Review Article 
Diagnosis and therapy of sepsis
Frank Bloos
Published online: 09 January 2018
Review Article 
Multidrug resistant bacteria in critically ill patients: a step further antibiotic therapy
Martina Tosi, Erika Roat, Sara De Biasi, Elena Munari, Sophie Venturelli, Irene Coloretti, Emanuela Biagioni, Andrea Cossarizza, Massimo Girardis
Published online: 07 December 2018
Review Article 
Focused airway ultrasound: an armamentarium in future airway management
Osman Adi, Meng Sum Kok, Shaik Farid Abdull Wahab
Published online: 01 August 2019
Review Article 
Prediction of fluid responsiveness in ventilated critically ill patients
Mario Musu, Laura Guddelmoni, Francesco Murgia, Sigfrido Mura, Francesco Bonu, Paolo Mura, Gabriele Finco
Published online: 30 July 2020
Original Article
Severity of illness scores at presentation predict ICU admission and mortality in COVID-19
Erin M. Wilfong, Christine M. Lovly, Erin A. Gillaspie, Li-Ching Huang, Yu Shyr, Jonathan D. Casey, Brian I. Rini, Matthew W. Semler
Case Series
Feasibility of remimazolam use for sedation in critically ill patients with respiratory failure: a case series
Stefano Turi, Alessandro Belletti, Marilena Marmiere, Carolina Faustini, Aurora Campugiani, Filippo D’Amico, Cristiano Marchetti, Martina Di Piazza, Nicolò Maimeri, Luigi Beretta; the COVID-BioB Study Group
Published online: 18 March 2025
Review Article
Reducing radiation exposure in pediatric CT imaging: strategies and alternatives in emergency medicine—a narrative review
Mayar M. Aziz, Chibuike Onyejesi, Reshma Pyala, Omar Alattar, Al Anoud Abdul, Kokiladevi Alagarswamy, Isma Butt, Luis L. Gamboa, Mohammed Alsabri
Published online: 10 January 2025
Review Article
Intra-arrest percutaneous stellate ganglion block: a scoping review
Ruan Vlok, Ravi Shankar, Jamie Cham, Bradley Bridge, Gabrielle McDonald, Lachlan Donaldson
Published online: 17 December 2024

    Journal Highlightmore

    TheJournal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine is an open-access, peer-reviewed online journal, aiming to improve the care of patients with emergency and critical illness by acquiring, discussing, distributing, and promoting evidence-based information relevant to emergency physicians and intensivists. Specific areas of interest include, but not limited to trauma, anaesthesiology, respiratory failure, sepsis, cardiovascular disease, healthcare-associated infections prevention, end-of-life care and etc.

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    In 2024, JECCM reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. More >>
    In 2023, JECCM reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. More >>

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    Optimizing the utility of secondary outcomes in randomized controlled trials More >>

    Simone A. Dijkland, Isabel R. A. Retel Helmrich, Ewout W. Steyerberg More >>

    Importance of the baseline risk in determining sample size and power of a randomized controlled tria... More >>

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    Pros and cons in medical decision making

    Pros and cons in medical decision making More >>

    Pros: should universal decolonization be performed routinely for critically ill patients?

    Pros: should universal decolonization be performed routinely for critically ill patients? More >>

    Cons: should universal decolonization be performed routinely for critically ill patients?

    Cons: should universal decolonization be performed routinely for critically ill patients? More >>

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    Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine 2023 CiteScore Released: 1.1

    We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine (JECCM) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 1.1, ranking 70 out of 109 journals in the Emergency Me... More >>

    Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine 2022 CiteScore Released: 0.6

    We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine (JECCM) has received its 2022 CiteScore: 0.6, ranking 71 out of 96 journals in the Emergency Med... More >>

    Full implementation of transparent peer review at Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine (JECCM)

    With a commitment to openness and accountability, and to increase the level of transparency throughout our peer review process, our editorial office has decided to fully implement ... More >>

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