1. Suspected central venous catheter-associated infection: can the catheter be safely retained?

   • Christian Brun-Buisson

   Editorial 02 March 2004 Pages: 1005 - 1007

2. Using ventilation-induced aortic pressure and flow variation to diagnose preload responsiveness

   • Michael R. Pinsky

   Editorial 06 March 2004 Pages: 1008 - 1010

3. Hyperbaric oxygen in systemic inflammatory response

   • Haim Bitterman
   • Claus-Martin Muth

   Editorial 18 March 2004 Pages: 1011 - 1013

4. What does chest physiotherapy do to sick infants and children?

   • Andrew C. Argent
   • Brenda M. Morrow

   Editorial 05 March 2004 Pages: 1014 - 1016

5. Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine—2003

   • Edward Abraham
   • Peter Andrews
   • Benoît Vallet

   Review 15 May 2004 Pages: 1017 - 1031

6. Coagulation in sepsis

   • André Amaral
   • Steven M. Opal
   • Jean-Louis Vincent

   Review 18 May 2004 Pages: 1032 - 1040

   

7. Safe paediatric intensive care

   • Bernhard Frey
   • Andrew Argent

   Review 22 April 2004 Pages: 1041 - 1046

8. Cyclic changes in arterial pressure during mechanical ventilation

   • François Jardin

   Physiological Note 30 March 2004 Pages: 1047 - 1050

   

9. Endocrine abnormalities in critical care patients with moderate-to-severe head trauma: incidence, pattern and predisposing factors

   • Ioanna Dimopoulou
   • Stylianos Tsagarakis
   • Charis Roussos

   Original 07 April 2004 Pages: 1051 - 1057

   

10. R3-Survey of traumatic brain injury management in European Brain IT centres year 2001

    • P. Enblad
    • P. Nilsson
    • I. Piper

    Original 16 March 2004 Pages: 1058 - 1065

11. Severe agitation among ventilated medical intensive care unit patients: frequency, characteristics and outcomes

    • Jeffery C. Woods
    • Lorraine C. Mion
    • Alejandro C. Arroliga

    Original 14 February 2004 Pages: 1066 - 1072

12. Watchful waiting versus immediate catheter removal in ICU patients with suspected catheter-related infection: a randomized trial

    • Bart J. Rijnders
    • Willy E. Peetermans
    • Eric Van Wijngaerden

    Original 04 March 2004 Pages: 1073 - 1080

    

13. Combined skin disinfection with chlorhexidine/propanol and aqueous povidone-iodine reduces bacterial colonisation of central venous catheters

    • Julia Langgartner
    • Hans-Jörg Linde
    • Thomas Glück

    Original 15 April 2004 Pages: 1081 - 1088

    

14. Surveillance of antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in intensive care units (SARI): 1. Antimicrobial use in German intensive care units

    • Elisabeth Meyer
    • Frank Schwab
    • Franz D. Daschner

    Original 26 March 2004 Pages: 1089 - 1096

    

15. The clinical course of patients with septic abortion admitted to an intensive care unit

    • Javier Daniel Finkielman
    • Fabián Darío De Feo
    • Bekele Afessa

    Original 09 March 2004 Pages: 1097 - 1102

16. Effect of bicarbonate and lactate buffer on glucose and lactate metabolism during hemodiafiltration in patients with multiple organ failure

    • Marc-Daniel Bollmann
    • Jean-Pierre Revelly
    • René-Louis Chioléro

    Original 27 March 2004 Pages: 1103 - 1110

    

17. Screening of ARDS patients using standardized ventilator settings: influence on enrollment in a clinical trial

    • Niall D. Ferguson
    • Robert M. Kacmarek
    • Thomas E. Stewart

    Original 28 February 2004 Pages: 1111 - 1116

    

18. Does ICU-acquired paresis lengthen weaning from mechanical ventilation?

    • Bernard De Jonghe
    • Sylvie Bastuji-Garin
    • Laurent Brochard

    Original 06 February 2004 Pages: 1117 - 1121

    

19. A randomised controlled study of the efficacy of hypromellose and Lacri-Lube combination versus polyethylene/Cling wrap to prevent corneal epithelial breakdown in the semiconscious intensive care patient

    • Natasha Koroloff
    • Robert Boots
    • Fiona Coyer

    Original Article 10 March 2004 Pages: 1122 - 1126

20. Effects of dopexamine, dobutamine or dopamine on prolactin and thyreotropin serum concentrations in high-risk surgical patients

    • Thomas Schilling
    • Matthias Gründling
    • Thomas Hachenberg

    Original 11 May 2004 Pages: 1127 - 1133

    

21. Can the impact of bed closure in intensive care units be reliably monitored?

    • Jean-Blaise Wasserfallen
    • Jean-Pierre Revelly
    • René Chioléro

    Original 28 February 2004 Pages: 1134 - 1139

    

22. Intensive care physicians’ attitudes concerning distribution of intensive care resources

    • Sharon Einav
    • Ethan Soudry
    • Charles L. Sprung

    Original 06 April 2004 Pages: 1140 - 1143

23. Respiratory physiotherapy vs. suction: the effects on respiratory function in ventilated infants and children

    • Eleanor Main
    • Rosemary Castle
    • Janet Stocks

    Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care 06 May 2004 Pages: 1144 - 1151

    

24. The influence of physiotherapy and suction on respiratory deadspace in ventilated children

    • Eleanor Main
    • Janet Stocks

    Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care 08 May 2004 Pages: 1152 - 1159

    

25. Adverse events in a paediatric intensive care unit: relationship to workload, skill mix and staff supervision

    • Shane M. Tibby
    • Joanna Correa-West
    • Ian A. Murdoch

    Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care 06 April 2004 Pages: 1160 - 1166

    

26. Endotracheal suctioning: from principles to practice

    • Brenda M. Morrow
    • Merle J. Futter
    • Andrew C. Argent

    Neonatal And Pediatric Intensive Care 18 March 2004 Pages: 1167 - 1174

    

27. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy prevents vascular derangement during zymosan-induced multiple-organ-failure syndrome

    • Francesco Imperatore
    • Salvatore Cuzzocrea
    • Amelia Filippelli

    Experimental 12 February 2004 Pages: 1175 - 1181

    

28. Monitoring of respiratory variations of aortic blood flow velocity using esophageal Doppler

    • Michel Slama
    • Henri Masson
    • Michel Andréjak

    Experimental 05 March 2004 Pages: 1182 - 1187

    

29. Gut barrier dysfunction as detected by intestinal luminal microdialysis

    • Erik Solligård
    • Ingebjørg S. Juel
    • Petter Aadahl

    Experimental 28 February 2004 Pages: 1188 - 1194

    

30. Standardized lung recruitment during high frequency and conventional ventilation: similar pathophysiologic and inflammatory responses in an animal model of respiratory distress syndrome

    • Ramesh K. M. Krishnan
    • Pat A. Meyers
    • Mark C. Mammel

    Experimental 02 March 2004 Pages: 1195 - 1203

    

31. Apoptosis inhibition in P. aeruginosa-induced lung injury influences lung fluid balance

    • Rozenn Le Berre
    • Karine Faure
    • Benoit P. Guery

    Experimental 26 February 2004 Pages: 1204 - 1211

    

32. Use of percutaneous tracheostomy in intensive care units in Spain. Results of a national survey

    • José M. Añón
    • Maria Paz Escuela
    • Jorge López

    Brief Report 30 April 2004 Pages: 1212 - 1215

    

33. The low-dose corticotropin stimulation test in acute traumatic and non-traumatic brain injury: incidence of hypo-responsiveness and relationship to outcome

    • Ioanna Dimopoulou
    • Stylianos Tsagarakis
    • Charis Roussos

    Brief Report 21 April 2004 Pages: 1216 - 1219

34. A new concept for DRG-based reimbursement of services in German intensive care units: results of a pilot study

    • Aileen R. Neilson
    • Onnen Moerer
    • Heinz Schneider

    Brief Report 24 February 2004 Pages: 1220 - 1223

    

35. Analysis of terminal events in 109 successive deaths in a Belgian intensive care unit

    • Kalina Gajewska
    • Michele Schroeder
    • Jean-Louis Vincent

    Brief Report 23 April 2004 Pages: 1224 - 1227

    

36. A cluster of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome in a chest ward in southern Taiwan

    • Yi-Hsi Wang
    • An-Shen Lin
    • Meng-Chih Lin

    Brief Report 23 April 2004 Pages: 1228 - 1231

37. Successful treatment of severe bleeding with recombinant factor VIIa after kidney transplantation

    • S. E. M. J. Gielen-Wijffels
    • W. N. K. A. van Mook
    • G. Ramsay

    Brief Report 24 February 2004 Pages: 1232 - 1234

38. Thrombotic microangiopathy: an atypical cause of acute renal failure in patients with acute pancreatitis

    • Alexandre Boyer
    • Karim Chadda
    • Guy Bonmarchand

    Brief Report 07 April 2004 Pages: 1235 - 1239

39. Relapse of SARS upon tapering corticosteroid

    • Jung-Yien Chien
    • Po-Ren Hsueh
    • Pan-Chyr Yang

    Correspondence 01 May 2004 Pages: 1240 - 1241

    

40. Tracheal ring fracture and herniation with PercuTwist percutaneous dilator

    • John A. Kinnear
    • David J. Higgins

    Correspondence 21 April 2004 Pages: 1242 - 1243

    

41. Sufentanil in the ICU setting

    • Jordan Kountchev
    • Romuald Bellmann
    • Michael Joannidis

    Correspondence 12 March 2004 Pages: 1244 - 1244

42. Helicobacter pylori in intensive care

    • Peter H. J. van der Voort
    • Durk F. Zandstra
    • Guido N. J. Tytgat

    Correspondence 24 March 2004 Pages: 1245 - 1246

    

43. Drugs pharmacokinetics in ICU patients: consequences of hypoalbuminemia upon drugs monitoring and dosing scheme

    • Franck Lagneau
    • Sébastien Perbet
    • Jean Marty

    Correspondence 28 April 2004 Pages: 1247 - 1247

44. High infection rates in patients with severe acute necrotizing pancreatitis

    • Jan J. De Waele
    • Stijn I. Blot
    • Francis Colardyn

    Correspondence 23 April 2004 Pages: 1248 - 1248

45. Cuffed endotracheal tube for occlusion of a tracheo-oesophageal fistula in an extremely low birth-weight infant

    • Klaus Michael Lücking-Famira
    • Sven Schulzke
    • Jürg Hammer

    Correspondence 15 April 2004 Pages: 1249 - 1249

46. Peter Sjokvist

    • Charles L. Sprung
    • François Lemaire

    Obituary 13 May 2004 Pages: 1250 - 1251

    

47. Adult-population incidence of severe sepsis in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units

    • Simon Finfer
    • Rinaldo Bellomo
    • ANZICS Clinical Trials Group Sepsis Investigators

    Erratum 27 April 2004 Pages: 1252 - 1252

48. June 2004

    Announcements 19 May 2004 Pages: 1253 - 1253