1. Intracorporeal gas exchange: Current status and future development

   • A. Bidani
   • J. B. Zwischenberger
   • V. Cardenas

   Editorial Pages: 91 - 93

2. Non-invasive mechanical ventilation in severe chronic obstructive lung disease and acute respiratory failure: short-and long-term prognosis

   • M. Vitacca
   • E. Clini
   • N. Ambrosino

   Original Pages: 94 - 100

3. Pulmonary oedema, pneumonia and mortality in submersion victims; a retrospective study in 125 patients

   • M. van Berkel
   • J. J. L. M. Bierens
   • A. E. Meinders

   Original Pages: 101 - 107

4. Hydroxocobalamin vs cobalt toxicity on rat cardiac and diaphragmatic muscles

   • N. Péry-Man
   • P. Houeto
   • Y. Lecarpentier

   Original Pages: 108 - 115

5. Calcium free hemodialysis: Experience in the treatment of 33 patients with severe hypercalcemia

   • C. Camus
   • C. Charasse
   • R. Thomas

   Original Pages: 116 - 121

6. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Circulating adhesion molecules in the critically ill: A comparison between trauma and sepsis patients

   • J. Boldt
   • M. Müller
   • G. Hempelmann

   Original 01 February 1996 Pages: 122 - 128

7. Intratracheal administration of fentanyl: Pharmacokinetics and local tissue effects

   • J. E. Irazuzta
   • U. Ahmed
   • K. J. S. Anand

   Original Pages: 129 - 133

8. Announcements

   Announcement Pages: 133 - 133

9. Fatigue of the respiratory muscles

   • C. Roussos
   • S. Zakynthinos

   Review Article Pages: 134 - 155

10. International comparisons of intensive care: Meeting the challenges of different worlds of intensive care

    • G. Vazquez Mata
    • K. Rowan
    • W. A. Knaus

    Meeting Report Pages: 156 - 157

11. The role of nitric oxide in sepsis and ARDS: Synopsis of a roundtable conference held in Brussels on 18–20 March 1995

    • M. P. Fink
    • D. Payen

    Meeting Report Pages: 158 - 165

12. Guidelines for a training programme in intensive care medicine

    • European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
    • European Society of Pediatric Intensive Care
    • F. K. Tegtmeyer

    Meeting Report Pages: 166 - 172

13. Reversible hepatic cytolysis during almitrine bismesylate treatment for posttraumatic ARDS

    • J. C. Sicsic
    • F. Jugan
    • K. Samii

    Correspondence Pages: 173 - 174

14. Nocturnal hypoxemia and oxygen desaturation events in neutropenic patients with sepsis or pneumonia

    • M. von Eiff
    • E. Gröne
    • J. van der Loo

    Correspondence Pages: 174 - 174

15. Prognosis of stroke patients undergoing mechanical ventilation

    • H. Lessire
    • B. Denis
    • P. Weyers

    Correspondence Pages: 174 - 175

16. Long-term intravenous cimetidine treatment does not alter cortisol response in hemodynamically stable intensive care unit patients

    • H. Spapen
    • M. Diltoer
    • L. Huyghens

    Correspondence Pages: 175 - 176

17. Enhancement of hypoxemia by right-to-left atrial shunting in severe asthma. Intensive Care Med 20:585–587

    • E. S. Boon

    Correspondence Pages: 176 - 176

18. Reference accuracy inIntensive Care Medicine

    • K. Mikawa
    • K. Nishina
    • H. Obara

    Correspondence Pages: 176 - 177

19. Editor's note

    • H. Gerlach

    EditorialNotes Pages: 177 - 177

20. Procedures and techniques in intensive care medicine

    • R. Kuhlen

    Book Review Pages: 178 - 178