EDITOR - Dr. M. N. Smithies, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, U.K. Specializing in renal failure, patient safety and management issues in intensive care.

• Professor P. J. D. Andrews, Intensive Therapy Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. Specializing in neurological intensive care.
• Dr. A. Artigas, Servei de Medicina Intensiva, Consorci Hospitalari del Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain. Specializing in acute metabolic problems.
• Professor J. Bakker, Chief of the Intensive Care Department, Erasmus University Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Specializing in cardiology, haemodynamics and septic shock.
• Dr. R.A. Barnes, Head of the Department of Medical Microbiology at the School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Wales. Specializing in the immunocompromised, fungal infection, immunotherapy and hospital-acquired infection.
• Dr. D.B. Chalfin, Visiting Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Population Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, Clinical Associate Professor of Health Sciences, SUNY at Stony Brook and Medical Director, Health Economics, Abbott Diagnostics, USA. Specializing in health economics.
• Dr J. Cohen, Staff Specialist in Intensive Care, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. Associate Editor.
• Professor D. J. Cook, Dept. of Medicine (Section of Critical Care Medicine), St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Specializing in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics and is a well-known exponent of systematic reviews.
• Dr. G. J. Dobb, Director, Intensive Care Unit, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia. Specializing in the gastrointestinal field and the first Editor of Intensive Care Monitor.
• Dr. B. Du, Director of the Medical ICU, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China. Specializing in sepsis and general ICU matters.
• Dr. R.C Freebairn, Medical Director, Intensive Care Services, Hawke’s Bay Hospital Soldiers Memorial, Hastings, New Zealand. Specializing in general intensive care.
• Dr. C.D. Gomersall, Associate Professor, Dept. of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong. Specializing in general Intensive care.
• Dr. A.F. Grootendorst, Director of Intensive Care, Medical Centre Rotterdam South (MCRZ), Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Specializing in acute renal failure.
• Dr. I. R. Jenkins, Director, Intensive Care Unit, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Australia. Specializing in acute metabolic problems and their therapy.
• Dr. H. Kern, Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care of DRK (German Red Cross) Clinics, Berlin-Köpenick, Berlin, Germany. Specializing in post-surgical and cardiac intensive care.
• Professor W.J. Kox, Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Director of the Institute of Hospital Management, University Hospital Charite, Berlin, Germany. Specializing in hospital management.
• Professor J. Lipman, Professor and Head: Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Queensland School of Medicine, Director, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. Specializing in sepsis and infection.
• Ms. M.K. Mann, Information Specialist, Duthie Library, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, Wales, U.K. In charge of the search strategy for finding evidence-based papers suitable for abstracting from the world literature.
• Professor P.E. Marik, Professor of Medicine, Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, USA. Specializing in sepsis and pulmonary intensive care.
• Professor D. Muckart, Chief Specialist and Director of the Level 1 Trauma Unit and Trauma Intensive Care at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, Congella, South Africa. Specializing in trauma.
• Dr. M. Ostermann, Consultant in Critical Care and Nephrology, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK. Specializing in nephrology.
• Dr. M.M. Parker, Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA. Specializing in paediatric intensive care.
• Dr. R. Raper, Director, Intensive Therapy Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia. Specializing in ethical issues.
• Dr. J. Villar, Multidisciplinary Organ Dysfunction Evaluation Research Network, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. Specializing in respiratory matters.
• Dr. J. Wendon, Senior Lecturer & Hon. Consultant Physician, Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College, London, U.K. Specializing in acute hepatic failure and liver disease.