Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Intensive Care

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite submissions to the Special Issue on “Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Intensive Care” in Medicina. Over the past decades, acute care surgery has evolved into a distinct and essential discipline, integrating trauma surgery, emergency general surgery, and surgical critical care. Advances in resuscitation strategies, perioperative management, minimally invasive techniques, and critical care support have significantly improved patient outcomes in this high-acuity population.

Despite these advancements, challenges remain in optimizing timely interventions, standardizing care pathways, and addressing the growing complexity of critically ill surgical patients. Ongoing research and multidisciplinary collaboration are crucial to further enhance evidence-based practices and improve survival and recovery.

This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for clinicians, researchers, and healthcare professionals to share innovative findings, clinical experiences, and emerging concepts in the field. We welcome original research articles, reviews, meta-analyses, and perspectives that contribute to advancing knowledge and practice in acute care surgery and surgical critical care.

By contributing to this Special Issue, authors will play an important role in disseminating valuable insights to a global audience, fostering collaboration, and shaping the future of care for critically ill surgical patients.

We look forward to your valuable contributions.

Prof. Dr. Kaweesak Chittawatanarat
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. Medicina is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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