1. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Phosphodiesterase-inhibitors enoximone and piroximone in cardiac surgery: Influence on platelet count and function

   • J. Boldt
   • Ch. Knothe
   • G. Hempelmann

   Originals 01 January 2005 Pages: 449 - 454

2. Cerebral blood flow and cerebral oxygen consumption in patients with COPD on mechanical ventilation

   • A. Sari
   • S. Oshiata
   • A. Yonei

   Originals Pages: 455 - 458

3. The effect of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on gastrointestinal enterococcal colonization in ITU patients

   • H. Humphreys
   • R. Winter
   • A. Pick

   Originals Pages: 459 - 463

4. Electron-microscopic description of accretions occurring on tips of infected and non-infected central venous catheters

   • D. M. Poisson
   • S. Touquet
   • B. Arbeille

   Originals Pages: 464 - 468

5. Possible risk for cardiac arrhythmia related to intravenous erythromycin

   • W. E. Haefeli
   • R. A. Schoenenberger
   • R. Ritz

   Originals Pages: 469 - 473

6. The influence of different levels of PEEP on peripheral tissue perfusion measured by subcutaneous and transcutaneous oxygen tension

   • M. Hartmann
   • B. Rosberg
   • K. Jönsson

   Originals Pages: 474 - 478

7. Differential lung ventilation with a double-lumen tracheostomy tube in unilateral refractory atelectasis

   • A. Alberti
   • S. Valenti
   • E. Vincenti

   Originals Pages: 479 - 484

8. Failure of thiamphenicol in a penicillin-allergic patient with listeria meningoencephalitis — delayed cure following penicillin desensitization

   • D. Malvy
   • P. H. Dessalles
   • J. B. Bonhoure

   Case Reports Pages: 485 - 487

9. Clostridial sepsis with massive intravascular hemolysis: Rapid diagnosis and successful treatment

   • B. Bätge
   • W. Filejski
   • H. Djonlagic

   Case Reports Pages: 488 - 490

10. Rare procedures during delivery room resuscitation — cardioversion of ventricular tachycardia in an asphyctic neonate

    • K. M. Heinonen

    Case Reports Pages: 491 - 492

11. Hemodynamic responses to noxious stimuli in brain-dead organ donors

    • H. -J. Gramm
    • J. Zimmermann
    • K. Voigt

    Case Reports Pages: 493 - 495

12. Acute myocardial infarction in a young woman: Possible relationship with sustainedrelease theophylline acute averdose?

    • Ph. Hantson
    • Ph. Gautier
    • P. Mahieu

    Correspondence Pages: 496 - 496

13. Unrecognised chloralose poisoning

    • V. Dardaine
    • A. Legras
    • Y. Furet

    Correspondence Pages: 497 - 497

14. Concerning the definition of ARDS

    • D. E. N. Wardle
    • E. Nigel Wardle

    Correspondence Pages: 497 - 497

15. The effect of sedation with propofol on postoperative bronchoconstriction in patients with hyperactive airway disease

    • A. Borgeat
    • A. Borgeat
    • Charles M. Pederson

    Correspondence Pages: 498 - 498

16. Errata

    • C. Jackson
    • A. R. Webb

    Erratum Pages: 498 - 498

17. Acknowledgement to referees

    Acknowledgments Pages: 499 - 500