Editorial policy of intensive medicine

Medicina Intensiva was created in 1975 with the double aim of constituting the organ of expression for professionals in Critical Care Medicine and of publication of the best available evidence in any setting of critical care. It is the Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and Coronary Units (Sociedad Española de Medicina Intensiva y Unidades Coronarias [SEMICYUC]) and the organ of expression of the Pan-American and Iberian Federation of Societies of Critical Care Medicine and Intensive Care (Federación Panamericana e Ibérica de las Sociedades de Medicina Crítica y Terapia Intensiva [FEPIMCTI]). This warrants the journal an important role representing international societies of professionals dedicated to the care of critical patients. Medicina Intensiva is widely read throughout the world, particularly in Spanish speaking countries, though thanks to the simultaneous publication of its articles in English, the journal also aims to reach a broader audience. The journal is indexed in PubMed, and since 2010 possesses a Journal Citation report impact factor (ISI WEB of knowledge). Its latest