《重癥監護醫學》雜志提供了一種媒介，用于溝通和交流當前在這一領域的工作和想法。它適用于所有參與重癥醫療的醫生、麻醉師、外科醫生、兒科醫生，以及所有與這些學科基礎的臨床前學科和醫學科學有關的人員。它發表評論文章，反映特殊領域的知識現狀，或總結討論得出明確結論的有限主題，報告重癥監護醫學及其相關領域的進展和結果的原始論文，提供關于重癥監護醫學及其相關領域進展的信息的教育文章。特別感興趣的主題討論技術方法新裝置和標準技術的修改不常見和有趣的疾病的簡要報告關于主題感興趣的事項或與出版的材料有關的通信書評會議公告的報告

The journal Intensive Care Medicine provides a medium for the communication and exchange of current work and ideas in this field. It is intended for all involved in intensive medical care physicians anaesthesists surgeons pediatricians and all concerned with the pre-clinical subjects and medical sciences basic to these disciplines. It publishes Review articles reflecting the present state of knowledge in special areas or summarizing limited themes in which discussion has led to clearly defined conclusions Original papers reporting progress and results in all areas of intensive care medicine and its related fields Educational articles giving information on the progress of a topic of particular interest Discussion on technology methods new apparatus and modifications of standard techniques Brief reports of uncommon and interesting disorders Correspondence concerning matters of topical interest or relating to published material Book reviews Reports of meetings Announcements