1. Triage decisions for intensive care in terminally ill patients

   • C. L. Sprung
   • L. A. Eidelman

   EDITORIAL Pages: 1011 - 1014

2. Hypothermia: an adverse effect or a missing partner?

   • S. Faenza

   EDITORIAL Pages: 1015 - 1017

3. Septic shock in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

   • M. Thyrault
   • B. Gachot
   • M. Wolff

   ORIGINAL Pages: 1018 - 1023

4. Facial mask noninvasive mechanical ventilation reduces the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia

   • C. Guérin
   • R. Girard
   • G. Fournier

   ORIGINAL Pages: 1024 - 1032

5. Short-term effects of prone position in critically ill patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

   • L. Blanch
   • J. Mancebo
   • E. Bak

   ORIGINAL Pages: 1033 - 1039

6. Is endotoxin and cytokine release related to a decrease in gastric intramucosal pH after hemorrhagic shock?

   • C. Charpentier
   • G. Audibert
   • M. C. Laxenaire

   ORIGINAL Pages: 1040 - 1048

7. Comparison of electrocardiograms recorded with standard leads and derived from the vectorcardiographic Frank leads in high-risk patients

   • P. E. Gannedahl
   • O. H. Ljungqvist
   • M. Edner

   ORIGINAL Pages: 1049 - 1055

8. The ability of the Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS II) to predict outcome in coronary care patients

   • H. P. Schuster
   • F. P. Schuster
   • K. F. Bodmann

   ORIGINAL Pages: 1056 - 1061

9. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: antenatal prognostic factors

   • B. Thébaud
   • A. Azancot
   • F. Beaufils

   NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 1062 - 1069

10. Surfactant nebulisation: lung function, surfactant distribution and pulmonary blood flow distribution in lung lavaged rabbits

    • P. H. Dijk
    • A. Heikamp
    • S. Bambang Oetomo

    NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 1070 - 1076

11. Surfactant nebulisation prevents the adverse effects of surfactant therapy on blood pressure and cerebral blood flow in rabbits with severe respiratory failure

    • P. H. Dijk
    • A. Heikamp
    • S. Bambang Oetomo

    NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 1077 - 1081

12. Interaction between haematocrit and pulmonary blood volume on pulmonary vascular flow resistance and pressure-flow relationships

    • S. A. Loer
    • T. W. L. Scheeren
    • J. Peters

    EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1082 - 1088

13. Inhaled nitric oxide in patients with pulmonary embolism

    • G. Capellier
    • T. Jacques
    • F. Barale

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1089 - 1092

14. Communication in the ICU

    • J.-L. Vincent

    SPECIAL ARTICLE Pages: 1093 - 1098

15. Correspondence

    Correspondence Pages: 1099 - 1099

16. Erratum: Assessment of lung function in the ventilated patient

    • P. D. Macnaughton

    ERRATUM Pages: 1103 - 1103