1. Tracheostomy timing, enrollment and power in ICU clinical trials

   • Damon C. Scales
   • Jeremy M. Kahn

   Editorial 01 July 2008 Pages: 1743 - 1745

2. Weaning: can the computer help?

   • Franco Laghi

   Editorial 24 July 2008 Pages: 1746 - 1748

3. Hypertonic lactate solutions: a new horizon for fluid resuscitation?

   • Florian Wagner
   • Peter Radermacher
   • Hiroshi Morimatsu

   Editorial 18 June 2008 Pages: 1749 - 1751

4. Carbon dioxide and tissue oxygenation: is there sufficient evidence to support application of hypercapnia for hemodynamic stability and better tissue perfusion in sepsis?

   • Ozan Akça

   Editorial 25 June 2008 Pages: 1752 - 1754

5. The elusive microcirculation

   • Can Ince

   Editorial 07 May 2008 Pages: 1755 - 1756

6. Automating the weaning process with advanced closed-loop systems

   • Karen E. A. Burns
   • Francois Lellouche
   • Martin R. Lessard

   Review 03 June 2008 Pages: 1757 - 1765

7. Airway pressure release ventilation and biphasic positive airway pressure: a systematic review of definitional criteria

   • Louise Rose
   • Martyn Hawkins

   Review 17 July 2008 Pages: 1766 - 1773

   

8. Bryan Jennett and the field of traumatic brain injury. His intellectual and ethical heritage in neuro-intensive care

   • Nino Stocchetti
   • Giuseppe Citerio
   • Graham Teasdale

   Special Article 28 May 2008 Pages: 1774 - 1778

   

9. Early tracheotomy versus prolonged endotracheal intubation in unselected severely ill ICU patients

   • François Blot
   • Thomas Similowski
   • Agnès Laplanche

   Original 01 July 2008 Pages: 1779 - 1787

   

10. A randomised, controlled trial of conventional versus automated weaning from mechanical ventilation using SmartCare™/PS

    • Louise Rose
    • Jeffrey J. Presneill
    • John F. Cade

    Original 25 June 2008 Pages: 1788 - 1795

    

11. Half-molar sodium-lactate solution has a beneficial effect in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting

    • Xavier M. Leverve
    • Cindy Boon
    • Iqbal Mustafa

    Original 18 June 2008 Pages: 1796 - 1803

    

12. How many patients with severe sepsis are needed to confirm the efficacy of drotrecogin alfa activated? A Bayesian design

    • Andre C. Kalil
    • Junfeng Sun

    Original 27 May 2008 Pages: 1804 - 1811

13. High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin G improves systemic inflammation in a rat model of CLP-induced sepsis

    • Satoshi Hagiwara
    • Hideo Iwasaka
    • Takayuki Noguchi

    Original 24 May 2008 Pages: 1812 - 1819

    

14. Indwelling time and risk of colonization of peripheral arterial catheters in critically ill patients

    • Raphael Khalifa
    • Claire Dahyot-Fizelier
    • Olivier Mimoz

    Original 06 May 2008 Pages: 1820 - 1826

    

15. The impact of perioperative atelectasis on antibiotic penetration into lung tissue: an in vivo microdialysis study

    • Doris Hutschala
    • Christian Kinstner
    • Edda Tschernko

    Original 14 May 2008 Pages: 1827 - 1834

    

16. Complications of endotracheal intubation in the critically ill

    • Donald E. G. Griesdale
    • T. Laine Bosma
    • Dean R. Chittock

    Original 05 July 2008 Pages: 1835 - 1842

17. Tight glycemic control does not affect asymmetric-dimethylarginine in septic patients

    • Gaetano Iapichino
    • Maura Albicini
    • Luciano Gattinoni

    Ôriginal 27 May 2008 Pages: 1843 - 1850

    

18. Plasma angiopoietin-2 levels increase in children following cardiopulmonary bypass

    • John S. Giuliano Jr
    • Patrick M. Lahni
    • Derek S. Wheeler

    Original 31 May 2008 Pages: 1851 - 1857

    

19. Secretory phospholipase A2 and neonatal respiratory distress: pilot study on broncho-alveolar lavage

    • Daniele De Luca
    • Silvia Baroni
    • Enrico Zecca

    Pediatric Original 22 July 2008 Pages: 1858 - 1864

    

20. Nasal continuous positive airway pressure decreases respiratory muscles overload in young infants with severe acute viral bronchiolitis

    • Gilles Cambonie
    • Christophe Milési
    • Stefan Matecki

    Pediatric Original 08 July 2008 Pages: 1865 - 1872

    

21. SAPS 3 admission score: an external validation in a general intensive care population

    • Didier Ledoux
    • Jean-Luc Canivet
    • Pierre Damas

    Brief Report 01 July 2008 Pages: 1873 - 1877

    

22. Ward mortality in patients discharged from the ICU with tracheostomy may depend on patient’s vulnerability

    • Rafael Fernandez
    • Nestor Bacelar
    • Antonio Artigas

    Brief Report 03 June 2008 Pages: 1878 - 1882

    

23. Orthogonal polarization spectroscopy to detect mesenteric hypoperfusion

    • Hendrik Bracht
    • Vladimir Krejci
    • Stephan M. Jakob

    Experimental 31 May 2008 Pages: 1883 - 1890

    

24. “Host tissue damage” signal ATP impairs IL-12 and IFNγ secretion in LPS stimulated whole human blood

    • Marek Nalos
    • Stephen Huang
    • Anthony S. McLean

    Experimental 03 June 2008 Pages: 1891 - 1897

    

25. Hypercapnia induces a concentration-dependent increase in gastric mucosal oxygenation in dogs

    • Ingo Schwartges
    • Lothar A. Schwarte
    • Olaf Picker

    Experimental 25 June 2008 Pages: 1898 - 1906

    

26. Understanding international differences in terminology for delirium and other types of acute brain dysfunction in critically ill patients

    • A. Morandi
    • P. Pandharipande
    • E. Wesley Ely

    Clinical Commentary 18 June 2008 Pages: 1907 - 1915

    

27. Mathematic coupling of data: a frequently misused concept

    • Pierre Squara

    Physiological and Technical Notes 18 June 2008 Pages: 1916 - 1921

    

28. Acute hyperammonemic encephalopathy in adult onset ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency

    • Ogee Mer Panlaqui
    • Khoa Tran
    • Hayden White

    Case Discussion 24 July 2008 Pages: 1922 - 1924

    

29. Quinine clearance during continuous veno-venous high-volume hemofiltration

    • Jérôme Liotier
    • Damien Richard
    • Bertrand Souweine

    Correspondence 17 May 2008 Pages: 1925 - 1926

    

30. Comment on “Clinical impact of vasopressin infusion on hemodynamics, liver and renal function in pediatric patients”

    • Sascha Meyer

    Correspondence 25 June 2008 Pages: 1927 - 1927

31. Reply to Meyer

    • Nameet Jerath
    • Helena Frndova
    • Tilman Humpl

    Correspondence 25 June 2008 Pages: 1928 - 1928

32. Comment on “Impact of recent intravenous chemotherapy on outcome in severe sepsis and septic shock patients with haematological malignancies” by Vandijck et al.

    • Sascha Meyer
    • Ludwig Gortner
    • Sven Gottschling

    Correspondence 18 July 2008 Pages: 1929 - 1929

33. Impact of recent intravenous chemotherapy on outcome in severe sepsis and septic shock patients with haematological malignancies: reply to letter by Meyer et al.

    • Dominique M. Vandijck
    • Dominique D. Benoit

    Correspondence 18 July 2008 Pages: 1930 - 1931

34. Protein C concentrate in adult septic patients

    • Alex P. Betrosian
    • Nikolaos Memos
    • Emmanuel E. Douzinas

    Correspondence 16 July 2008 Pages: 1932 - 1932

35. “Host tissue damage” signal ATP impairs IL-12 and IFNγ secretion in LPS stimulated whole human blood

    • Marek Nalos
    • Stephen Huang
    • Anthony S. McLean

    Erratum 11 July 2008 Pages: 1933 - 1933