Severe community-acquired pneumonia: What do we need to know to effectively manage patients? M. S. Niederman Editorial Pages: 1285 - 1287
Prognosis factors in severe community-acquired pneumonia: A step forward A. TorresM. El-Ebiary Editorial Pages: 1288 - 1290
A predictive model for the treatment approach to community-acquired pneumonia in patients needing ICU admission P. M. OlaecheaJ. M. QuintanaB. Alvarez Original Pages: 1294 - 1300
The intensive care management, mortality and prognostic indicators in severe community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia P. D. PotgieterJ. M. J. Hammond Original Pages: 1301 - 1306
Severe community-acquired pneumonia in ICUs: Prospective validation of a prognostic score O. LeroyH. GeorgesG. Beaucaire Original Pages: 1307 - 1314
Outcome of ICU treatment in invasive aspergillosis J. J. W. M. JanssenR. J. M. Strack van SchijndelP. C. Huijgens Original Pages: 1315 - 1322
Treatment of respiratory failure using minitracheotomy and intratracheal oxygenation in selected patients with chronic lung disease P. AndrivetG. RichardC. Vu Ngoc Original Pages: 1323 - 1327
New aspects of pulmonary mechanics: ‘slowly” distensible compartments of the respiratory system, identified by a PEEP step maneuver R. FretschnerT. P. LaubscherJ. X. Brunner Original Pages: 1328 - 1334
Routine daily chest radiography is not indicated for ventilated patients in a surgical ICU S. BhagwanjeeD. J. J. Muckart Original Pages: 1335 - 1338
Impaired gastric emptying in mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients D. K. HeylandG. TougasD. J. Cook Original Pages: 1339 - 1344
Effects of continuous (CPAP) and bi-level positive airway pressure (BiPAP) on extravascular lung water after extubation of the trachea in patients following coronary artery bypass grafting R. GustH. SchmidtA. Gottcchalk Original Pages: 1345 - 1350
Intrapleural administration of streptokinase in complicated purulent pleural effusion: A CT-guided strategy E. RoupieK. BouabdallahL. Brochard Original Pages: 1351 - 1353
Splanchnic blood flow is greater in septic shock treated with norepinephrine than in severe sepsis A. Meier-HellmannM. SpechtK. Reinhart Original Pages: 1354 - 1359
Effect of hemofiltration on hemodynamics and systemic concentrations of anaphylatoxins and cytokines in human sepsis J. N. HoffmannW. H. HartlD. Inthorn Original Pages: 1360 - 1367
The performance of SAPS II in a cohort of patients admitted to 99 Italian ICUs: Results from GiViTI G. ApoloneG. BertoliniR. M. Melotti Original Pages: 1368 - 1378
Measuring health and health state preferences among critically ill patients X. BadiaA. Díaz-PrietoD. L. Patrick Original Pages: 1379 - 1384
Assessment of depth of midazolam sedation using objective parameters C. HaberthürF. LehmannR. Ritz Original Pages: 1385 - 1390
Severe head injuries: An outcome prediction and survival analysis P. CombesB. FauvageC. Jacquot Original Pages: 1391 - 1395
Changes in cardiac output during air ambulance repatriation I. MalagonR. M. GroundsE. D. Bennett Original Pages: 1396 - 1399
Therapeutic trial of diazepam versus placebo in acute chloroquine intoxications of moderate gravity J. -L. ClemessyG. AngelF. J. Baud Original Pages: 1400 - 1405
Long-term management of acute respiratory failure in metabolic myopathy G. PfeifferG. WinklerK. Kunze Brief Report Pages: 1406 - 1409
Atrial septostomy under transesophageal guidance in a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension and absent right superior vena cava P. UngerE. StoupelD. De Backer Brief Report Pages: 1410 - 1411
Lung lavage with a saline volume similar to functional residual capacity followed by surfactant administration in newborns with severe meconium aspiration syndrome F. MoscaM. ColnaghiF. Castoldi Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Pages: 1412 - 1413
Continuous arterial gas monitoring: Initial experience with the Paratrend 7 in children I. K. WeissS. FinkK. Donnelly Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Pages: 1414 - 1417
Initial postoperative serum lactate levels predict survival in children after open heart surgery L. B. SiegelH. J. DaltonG. J. Hauser Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Pages: 1418 - 1423
Intensive care management of paediatric organ donors and its effect on post-transplant organ function S. FinferD. BohnG. Barker Neonatal and Pediatric intensive Care Pages: 1424 - 1432
Meningococcal disease: A comparison of eight severity scores in 125 children H. H. F. DerkxJ. van den HoekP. M. M. Bossuyt Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Pages: 1433 - 1441
Gitaloxin poisoning in a child S. Hachimi-IdrissiL. CorneJ. Ramet Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Pages: 1442 - 1444
Pressure-limited ventilation with permissive hypercapnia and minimum PEEP in salinelavaged rabbits allows progressive improvement in oxygenation, but does not avoid ventilator-induced lung injury K. G. HicklingI. G. TownK. Laubscher Experimental Pages: 1445 - 1452
Prostacyclin counteracts the increase in capillary permeability induced by tumour necrosis factor-α J. JahrP. -O. Grände Experimental Pages: 1453 - 1460
Neurological failure in a patient with fat embolism demonstrating no lung dysfunction S. JacobsM. Y. A. Al ThagafiM. Zuleika Correspondence Pages: 1461 - 1461
Cardiac aspergillosis: Importance of transesophageal echocardiography M. Blanc-JouvanA. MercatelloJ. F. Moskovtchenko Correspondence Pages: 1462 - 1462
Acute metabolic acidosis in chronic alcoholism: Ketoacidosis as differential diagnosis T. FumeausP. de Werra Correspondence Pages: 1462 - 1463
Near fatal case of self-poisoning with thioridazine D. AnnaneF. GirardP. Gajdos Correspondence Pages: 1463 - 1464
Bouhaja et al., intensive care med (1994) 20:307–308 J. U. BascomB. BouhajaM. Yacoub Correspondence Pages: 1464 - 1465
Predictors for deterioration of respiratory function G. MarxH. RückoldtCh. Waydhas Correspondence Pages: 1466 - 1467
Tidal volume in acute respiratory distress syndrome Lluis BlanchRafael FernándezRitva Kiiski Correspondence Pages: 1467 - 1468
