The Journal “Sri Lankan Hospitalist” (SLH) is an editorially independent publication owned by the Critical Care Forum of Sri Lanka. The foremost mission of the Journal is to promote and disseminate evidence for practice, policy, and education. SLJH aims to provide a medium for the publication of original contributions to clinical practice and public health and/or research in all fields of Medicine. The Journal adheres to the criteria of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.

Articles are peer reviewed by clinicians or researchers expert in the field of the submitted work. The Editors welcomes the submission of reviews, original articles, case reports, and letters, and has an aim to provide authors with an initial response within six weeks of receipt of a manuscript that is in a format consistent with these instructions. Original Articles should not exceed 2500 words and should be arranged under the usual headings of Abstract (less than 250 words), Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion and References. Clinical trials should be written in accordance with the CONSORT standards, which can be found at http://www.consort-statement.org/ and observational studies in accordance with the STROBE guidelines, which can be found at http://www.strobe-statement.org/.

Brief Communications should be between 500 and 1000 words, have no more than 20 references, have a short unstructured abstract no longer than six lines, and have no more than two tables or figures. It is possible that articles submitted as full length articles may be considered to be more appropriate as Brief Communications.