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, anaesthetists, surgeons.

It publishes

- Review articles reflecting the present state of knowledge in special areas or summarizing 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
- Correspondence concerning matters of topical interest or relating to published material 
- Reports of meetings
The journal is open for publication of supplements. Conditions can be obtained from the Editor-in-Chief or the publisher.