1. Revisiting the Glasgow Coma Scale and Coma Score

   • G. M Teasdale
   • L. Murray

   EDITORIAL Pages: 153 - 154

2. A clear view: the way forward for eye care on ICU

   • B. Parkin
   • S. Cook

   EDITORIAL Pages: 155 - 156

3. Glasgow Coma Scale: variation in mortality among permutations of specific total scores

   • L. S. G. Teoh
   • J. R. Gowardman
   • DC Galletly

   ORIGINAL Pages: 157 - 161

4. Eye care for the critically ill

   • P. Suresh
   • F. Mercieca
   • A. B. Tullo

   ORIGINAL Pages: 162 - 166

5. Incidence and mortality of severe sepsis in surgical intensive care patients: the influence of patient gender on disease process and outcome

   • M. W. Wichmann
   • D. Inthorn
   • F. W. Schildberg

   ORIGINAL Pages: 167 - 172

6. Monitoring the circulatory responses of shocked patients during fluid resuscitation in the emergency department

   • P. M. Dark
   • H. H. Delooz
   • R. A. Little

   ORIGINAL Pages: 173 - 179

7. Assessment of cardiac preload and extravascular lung water by single transpulmonary thermodilution

   • S. G. Sakka
   • C. C. Rühl
   • A. Meier-Hellmann

   ORIGINAL Pages: 180 - 187

8. Inhaled prostacyclin and platelet function after cardiac surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass

   • Å. Haraldson
   • N. Kieler-Jensen
   • S. -E. Ricksten

   ORIGINAL Pages: 188 - 194

9. Experiences with severe P. falciparum malaria in the intensive care unit

   • H. Losert
   • K. Schmid
   • H. Burgmann

   ORIGINAL Pages: 195 - 201

10. Cerebral blood flow and metabolism in severe brain injury: the role of pressure autoregulation during cerebral perfusion pressure management

    • L. Mascia
    • P. J.D. Andrews
    • I. R. Piper

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 202 - 205

11. Sonoclot signature during normal pregnancy

    • U. Kjellberg
    • M. Hellgren

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 206 - 211

12. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole-induced aseptic meningitis: case report and literature review

    • C. Capra
    • G. M. Monza
    • G. Ramella

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 212 - 214

13. Zinc chloride smoke inhalation: a rare cause of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome

    • V. Pettilä
    • O. Takkunen
    • P. Tukiainen

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 215 - 217

14. Transient EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia in a patient with sepsis

    • M. Mori
    • H. Kudo
    • T. Noguchi

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 218 - 220

15. Effect of inhaled nitric oxide in combination with almitrine on ventilation-perfusion distributions in experimental lung injury

    • R. Dembinski
    • M. Max
    • R. Rossaint

    EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 221 - 228

16. Mitigation of endotoxin-induced acute lung injury in ventilated rabbits by surfactant and inhaled nitric oxide

    • D. H. Zhao
    • B. Sun
    • B. Robertson

    EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 229 - 238

17. Meta-analyses versus randomised controlled trials in intensive care medicine

    • L. Brazzi
    • G. Bertolini
    • C. Minelli

    CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 239 - 241

18. Non-invasive ventilation in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure

    • M. S. Miletin
    • A. S. Detsky
    • S. Mehta

    CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 242 - 245

19. Anti-microbial or antiseptic impregnated central venous catheters: update on a “central” debate

    • C. C. dos Santos
    • T. E. Stewart
    • A. McGeer

    CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 246 - 249

20. Neck ties as vectors for nosocomial infection

    • M. Dixon

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 250 - 250

21. Primary heart angiosarcoma: an infrequent cause of acute respiratory failure

    • E. Palazón Sánchez
    • C. Palazón Sánchez
    • F. Martínez Díaz

    Correspondence Pages: 251 - 251

22. Acute myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries during septic shock from Neisseria meningitidis

    • G. S. Filippatos
    • D. Kardara
    • C. Roussos

    Correspondence Pages: 252 - 252

23. Pericardial effusion: a rare complication of thermal burn

    • J. Barr
    • A. Sagi
    • L. Rosenberg

    Correspondence Pages: 253 - 253

24. Carcinoid crisis during transesophageal echocardiography

    • E. F. Salm
    • M. Janssen
    • J. R. T.C. Roelandt

    Correspondence Pages: 254 - 254

25. Successful resuscitation using nitroglycerin for refractory pulseless electrical activity in intensive care unit

    • M. Osada
    • Y. Tanaka
    • K. Tamura

    Correspondence Pages: 255 - 255

26. Esmolol in the treatment of severe arrhythmia after acute trichloroethylene poisoning

    • F. Moritz
    • A. de La Chapelle
    • G. Bonmarchand

    Correspondence Pages: 256 - 256

27. Life-threatening magnesium toxicity

    • St. J. Fletcher
    • M.J.A. Parr

    Correspondence Pages: 257 - 257

28. A very early onset of respiratory failure due to phenytoin-associated hypersensitivity syndrome and concomitant glucocorticoid administration

    • U. Tröger
    • W. Brandt
    • W. Röse

    Correspondence Pages: 258 - 258

29. Hypocholesterolemia in critically ill patients

    • J. López-Martínez
    • M. Sánchez-Castilla
    • A. García-de-Lorenzo

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: A259 - A259

30. Authors' reply

    • I. Giovannini
    • G. Boldrini
    • G. Nuzzo

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: B259 - B260