Pediatric Critical Care: Clinical Recognition, Management, and Outcomes

Dear Colleagues,

Caring for critically ill and injured infants, children, and adolescents presents many challenges since both normal physiology and abnormal pathophysiology change substantially as children grow, as do risks in terms specific disease and injury processes. The population of medically complex and technology-dependent pediatric patients is also increasing as treatments improve for formerly lethal diseases and injuries, and because these patients are at the beginning of their lives, the outcomes after treatment for critical illness or injury have long-term repercussions for the patients themselves, their families, and society as a whole. Research in pediatric critical care medicine has provided essential information on the pathophysiology of disease and injury in all age groups and has guided improvements in clinical diagnosis and care. However, there continue to be many unanswered questions surrounding the understanding and management of critical pediatric illness and injury. This Special Issue provides an opportunity for clinicians and researchers to submit original research articles or review articles on any aspect of pediatric critical care medicine.

Dr. Janet Hume
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the Special Issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Clinical Medicine is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.