1. Lipidperoxidation during septicemia: Is there any prediction for the outcome?

   • Johannes Reiger
   • Franz Tatzber

   Abstract Pages: S1 - S1

2. Plasma selenium decrease at admission is related to the systemic inflammatory response syndrome and to sepsis

   • X. Forceville
   • D. Vitoux
   • P. Chappuis

   Abstract Pages: S2 - S2

3. Elevated carbohydrate deficient transferrin is a predictor of a prolonged intensive care unit stay in traumatized men

   • T. Neumann
   • T. Kreutzer
   • C. Spies

   Abstract Pages: S3 - S3

4. Serum total antioxidative capacity against peroxyl radicals in patients with sirs, sepsis and septic shock

   • C Pascual
   • A Meier-Hellmann
   • K Reinhart

   Abstract Pages: S4 - S4

5. Systemic cytokine response after minor, moderate and major surgery (prospective study)

   • M. Passakiotou
   • D. Bidoudis
   • E. Parapanissiou

   Abstract Pages: S5 - S5

6. Terminal Complement Complex C 5b-9

   • A. Donati
   • L. Cola
   • P. Pietropaoli

   Abstract Pages: S6 - S6

7. Adhesion molecule kinetics in sepsis

   • Takakuwa T
   • Endo S
   • Taniguchi S

   Abstract Pages: S7 - S7

8. Elam-1 plasma levels as a early predictor of adult respiratory distress syndrome

   • Cerny V.
   • Zivny P.
   • Palicka V.

   Abstract Pages: S8 - S8

9. Plasma endotoxin levels in the early phase of septic shock

   • L Ilkka
   • J Takala
   • Critical Care Research Program

   Abstract Pages: S9 - S9

10. Role endotoxin, cytokines and complement system in development of multiple organ failure in patients with gram negative septic shock

    • Beloborodov V. B.
    • Troschansky D. V.
    • Djaksenbaev O. Sh.

    Abstract Pages: S10 - S10

11. Circulating interleukin-6, tumour necrosis factor soluble receptor-II, interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, and serum procalcitonin in patients with heat stroke: Prognostic implications

    • Alzeer A
    • Al-Arifi A
    • Becker K

    Abstract Pages: S11 - S11

12. Interaction between complement activation and neutrophil degranulation as related to mortality in medical patients with fever

    • A. W. J. Bossink
    • A. B. J. Groeneveld
    • L. G. Thijs

    Abstract Pages: S12 - S12

13. Procalcitonin and CRP in septic shock: Inflammatory parameters with different kinetics

    • M. Meisner
    • K. Tschaikowsky
    • J. Schüttler

    Abstract Pages: S13 - S13

14. Procalcitonin—A marker or modulator of the acute immune response?

    • M. Meisner
    • K. Tschaikowsky
    • J. Schüttler

    Abstract Pages: S14 - S14

15. ACCP/SCCM Consensus Conference definitions correlate better with procalcitonin than tumor-necrosis-factor-α and interleukin-6

    • M. Oberhoffer
    • D. Bögel
    • K. Reinhart

    Abstract Pages: S15 - S15

16. Respiratory burst function in patients with sirs, sepsis and septic shock

    • C Pascual
    • A Meier-Hellmann
    • K Reinhart

    Abstract Pages: S16 - S16

17. Endotoxin (ET) and cytokine levels following programmed peritoneal lavage (PPL) treatment of peritonitis in association with taurolodine (T) irrigation

    • Staubach K. -H.
    • Kujath P.
    • H. P. Bruch

    Abstract Pages: S17 - S17

18. Influence of hydroxyethylstarch and dextran on TNF-α-production and procoagulant activity of monocytes in vitro

    • Dieterich H. -J.
    • Brosig A.

    Abstract Pages: S18 - S18

19. Endogenous and exogenous nitric oxide in experimental septic shock

    • Rovira I
    • Fita G
    • Nalda MA

    Abstract Pages: S19 - S19

20. Nitrite/nitrate and endothelin-1 levels in patients with sepsis

    • Endo S
    • Inada K
    • Taniguchi S

    Abstract Pages: S20 - S20

21. Nitrite/nitrate levels in the early phase of acute myocardial infarction

    • Kasai T
    • Endo S
    • Hiramori K

    Abstract Pages: S21 - S21

22. A method for estimating no-production in hyperdynamic sepsis

    • Santak B
    • Vogt J
    • Radermacher P

    Abstract Pages: S22 - S22

23. Beneficial effects of L-NMMA in hyperdynamic endotoxic sepsis?

    • Santak B
    • Handschuh T
    • Radermacher P

    Abstract Pages: S23 - S23

24. Hemodynamics effects of methylene blue (MB) in patients with liver disease (LD)

    • M. Andresen
    • LM Letelier
    • A. Valdivieso

    Abstract Pages: S24 - S24

25. Nitric oxide: The different effects on platelet membrane receptor expression during activation

    • D. Keh
    • M. Gerlach
    • H. Gerlach

    Abstract Pages: S25 - S25

26. NO in early and late septic shock in nonsurvivors

    • H. Sachs
    • C. Spies
    • W. Schaffartzik

    Abstract Pages: S26 - S26

27. Bacteraemia as a risk factor for septic shock in medical patients with fever

    • A. W. J. Bossink
    • A. B. J. Groeneveld
    • L. G. Thijs

    Abstract Pages: S27 - S27

28. Mechanisms of sensitization by infections towards tumour necrosis factor induced sirs

    • Peter Brouckaert
    • Anje Cauwels
    • Walter Fiers

    Abstract Pages: S28 - S28

29. Prevention of acute lung injury using a sulfhydryl agent

    • Avery B. Nathens
    • John C. Marshall
    • Ori D. Rotstein

    Abstract Pages: S29 - S29

30. Colony-stimulating factors in septic shock

    • J J Presneill
    • P M Waring
    • D Metcalf

    Abstract Pages: S30 - S30

31. Influence of n-acetylcysteine on leukocyte adherence and vascular leakage during endotoxemia in rat mesenteric venules

    • Schmidt W
    • Schmidt H
    • Martin E

    Abstract Pages: S31 - S31

32. Low dose granulocyte colony-stimulating factor boosts neutrophil function and concomitantly improves an antiinflammatory cytokine response in postoperative/posttraumatic patients at risk of or with sepsis

    • M. Weiss
    • W. Gross-Weege
    • E. M. Schneider

    Abstract Pages: S32 - S32

33. Changes in hemodynamics and cytokines in spetic shock patients treated by direct hemoperfusion with polymyxin B immobilized fiber (PMX-20R)

    • Toshiaki Ikeda
    • Kazumi Ikeda
    • Nagao Ishii

    Abstract Pages: S33 - S33

34. Elimination of mediators with lymphocyte-suppressive effects by continuous hemofiltration in septic patients

    • Johannes N. Hoffmann
    • Wolfgang H. Hartl
    • Dietrich Inthorn

    Abstract Pages: S34 - S34

35. Extracorporeal treatment of septic shock: Experimental results of a novel sorbent therapy

    • Gianotti L
    • Braga M
    • Carlo V

    Abstract Pages: S35 - S35

36. Effects of endotoxin elimination therapy using PMX in patients with septic shock

    • Yoshida M
    • Imaizumi H
    • Kaneko M

    Abstract Pages: S36 - S36

37. Influence of venovenous hemofiltration on pulmonar function

    • E. Lafuente
    • A. Marinho
    • A. Paes Cardoso

    Abstract Pages: S37 - S37

38. Severe group a streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, management with high volume plasmapheresis. A report of two cases

    • Yaron Bar-Lavie
    • Dennis Wang
    • Charles E. Wiles

    Abstract Pages: S38 - S38

39. The effect of improvement of acidaemia with bicarbonate buffered haemofiltration on the requirement for inotropic support

    • F J Lamb
    • D Duane
    • E D Bennett

    Abstract Pages: S39 - S39

40. Biocompatible membrane in acute renal failure(ARF)-expectations&Problems

    • V. Gašparović
    • M. Gjurašin
    • M. Merkler

    Abstract Pages: S40 - 40

41. Management of acute renal failure (ARF) with continuous veno-venous hemodialysis (CVVHD) or intermittent hemodialysis (IHD): A comparative analysis

    • M Manns
    • M H Sigler
    • B P Teehan

    Abstract Pages: S41 - S41

42. Do septic patients with acute renal failure (ARF) benefit from continuous hemodialysis (CVVHD)?

    • Manns M
    • Sigler M H
    • Teehan B P

    Abstract Pages: S42 - S42

43. Multiple organ failure from severe sepsis or septic shock

    • Nasraway S A
    • Balk R
    • the NORASEPT I Study Group

    Abstract Pages: S43 - S43

44. Sepsis-related organ failure assessment (SOFA) as a descriptor of multiple organ failure: A preliminary study

    • R. Moreno
    • L. Amado
    • L. Massa

    Abstract Pages: S44 - S44

45. Prognosis value of the simplified acute physiologic score after cardiac surgery

    • M. Durand
    • C. Allègre
    • D. Blin

    Abstract Pages: S45 - S45

46. Mofrisk factors in trauma patients

    • F. Cancellieri
    • M. Vinelli
    • I. Marri

    Abstract Pages: S46 - S46

47. A comparison between a dynamic(OFS) and a static (SAPS II) severity disease index

    • G. A. Bocconi
    • R. Oggioni
    • G. Tulli

    Abstract Pages: S47 - S47

48. Organ system failure: How to create an objective system using logistic regression

    • J R. Le Gall
    • F. Saulnier
    • X. Castella

    Abstract Pages: S48 - S48

49. Mortality of ventilated children in a paediatric ICU in zimbabwe

    • I. -E. Pazvakavambwa

    Abstract Pages: S49 - S49

50. Value of color doppler ultrasonography for assessing fulminant hepatitis

    • M. Mitani
    • K. Hatamoto
    • M. Kaneko

    Abstract Pages: S50 - S50