1. The use of sodium bicarbonate in the therapy of organic acidosis

   • H. Graf
   • A. I. Arieff

   Editorial Review Pages: 285 - 288

2. Burn therapy 1985: Acute management

   • R. G. Tompkins
   • J. F. Burke

   Review Article Pages: 289 - 295

3. A retrospective study of 130 consecutive multiple trauma patients in an intensive care unit

   • L. F. Lauwers
   • P. Rosseel
   • L. Baute

   Original Articles Pages: 296 - 301

4. Prognostic evaluation in meningococcal disease

   • B. Gårdlund

   Original Articles Pages: 302 - 307

5. Critical care of the cancer patient

   • A. Naysmith

   Book Review Pages: 307 - 307

6. Main nitrogen balance determinants in malnourished patients

   • D. Radrizzani
   • G. Iapichino
   • G. Damia

   Original Articles Pages: 308 - 311

7. Case studies in critical care medicine

   • R. S. Bingham

   Book Review Pages: 311 - 311

8. Artifacts in the assessment of metabolic gas exchange

   • B. W. A. Feenstra
   • J. J. B. van Lanschot
   • H. A. Bruining

   Original Articles Pages: 312 - 316

9. Intensive therapy for life-threatening medical complications of haematological malignancy

   • A. R. Lloyd-Thomas
   • H. S. Dhaliwal
   • C. J. Hinds

   Original Articles Pages: 317 - 324

10. A simple system of intracranial pressure monitoring for use by non-neurosurgeons

    • P. G. Richards
    • R. D. Illingworth

    Methods and Devices Pages: 325 - 327

11. Portable lung ventilators: the potential risk from bacterial colonisation

    • M. P. Shelly
    • G. R. Park
    • R. J. Whetstone

    Methods and Devices Pages: 328 - 331

12. Hypochloruria associated with hypovolemia

    • M. Parini

    Case Reports Pages: 332 - 334

13. The critically ill obstetric patient

    • G. Chamberlain

    Book Review Pages: 334 - 334

14. A scoring system for ARDS?

    • A. Gilston

    Correspondence Pages: 335 - 335

15. Thoracostomy tube pleurodysis by collagen instillation

    • K. Atassi
    • A. Pilorget
    • J. Bignon

    Correspondence Pages: 335 - 336

16. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 336 - 336