1. Does an analysis of exhaled air indicate the metabolic state of critically ill patients?

   • U. Börner
   • M. Klimek

   EDITORIAL 26 February 2014 Pages: 403 - 404

2. Opioids and the cardiovascular responses to haemorrhage and injury

   • R. A. Little
   • E. Kirkman
   • M. Ohnishi

   REVIEW 26 February 2014 Pages: 405 - 414

3. Application of a new method for analysis of exhaled gas in critically ill patients

   • J. K. Schubert
   • W. P. E. Müller
   • K. Geiger

   ORIGINAL 26 February 2014 Pages: 415 - 421

4. Oxygen tolerance in patients with acute respiratory failure

   • G. Capellier
   • P. Beuret
   • F. Barale

   ORIGINAL 26 February 2014 Pages: 422 - 428

5. Transesophageal echocardiography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with acute cor pulmonale: a comparison with radiological procedures

   • A. Vieillard-Baron
   • S. D. Qanadli
   • O. Dubourg

   ORIGINAL 26 February 2014 Pages: 429 - 433

6. Elevation of serum human hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) level in patients with pneumonectomy during a perioperative period

   • K. Sugahara
   • M. Matsumoto
   • T. Kawamoto

   ORIGINAL 26 February 2014 Pages: 434 - 437

7. Prognostic importance of gram-negative intestinal colonization preceding pancreatic infection in severe acute pancreatitis

   • E. J. T. Luiten
   • W. C. J. Hop
   • H. A. Bruining

   ORIGINAL 26 February 2014 Pages: 438 - 445

8. A standardized neurosurgical/neurointensive therapy directed toward vasogenic edema after severe traumatic brain injury: clinical results

   • S. Naredi
   • E. Edén
   • B. Rydenhag

   ORIGINAL 26 February 2014 Pages: 446 - 451

9. Role of replacement fluids in the immediate complications of plasma exchange

   • J.-M. Korach
   • P. Berger
   • French Registry Cooperative Group

   ORIGINAL 26 February 2014 Pages: 452 - 458

10. Standard calculation of ethanol elimination rate is not sufficient to provide ethanol substitution therapy in the postoperative course of alcohol-dependent patients

    • L. Wilkens
    • H. Ruschulte
    • M. Leuwer

    ORIGINAL 26 February 2014 Pages: 459 - 463

11. Comparison of measured and predicted energy expenditure in mechanically ventilated children

    • J. J. Verhoeven
    • J. A. Hazelzet
    • K. F. M. Joosten

    NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE 26 February 2014 Pages: 464 - 468

12. Assessment of functional residual capacity using nitrogen washout and plethysmographic techniques in infants with and without bronchopulmonary dysplasia

    • R. R. Wauer
    • T. Maurer
    • G. Schmalisch

    NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE 26 February 2014 Pages: 469 - 475

13. A scoring system to predict the evolution of respiratory distress syndrome into chronic lung disease in preterm infants

    • C. Romagnoli
    • E. Zecca
    • G. Tortorolo

    NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE 26 February 2014 Pages: 476 - 480

14. Interleukin-6 levels in serum and lung lavage fluid of children undergoing open heart surgery correlate with postoperative morbidity

    • G. J. Hauser
    • J. Ben-Ari
    • S. M. Walker

    NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE 26 February 2014 Pages: 481 - 486

15. Determination of functional residual capacity (FRC) by multibreath nitrogen washout in a lung model and in mechanically ventilated patients

    • H. Wrigge
    • M. Sydow
    • H. Burchardi

    EXPERIMENTAL 26 February 2014 Pages: 487 - 493

16. Bronchoalveolar lavage with a diluted surfactant suspension prior to surfactant instillation improves the effectiveness of surfactant therapy in experimental acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

    • D. Gommers
    • E. P. Eijking
    • B. Lachmann

    EXPERIMENTAL 26 February 2014 Pages: 494 - 500

17. Perfluorocarbon broncho-alveolar lavage and liquid ventilation versus saline broncho-alveolar lavage in adult guinea pig experimental model of meconium inhalation

    • G. Marraro
    • M. Bonati
    • A. Croce

    EXPERIMENTAL 26 February 2014 Pages: 501 - 508

18. Effects of fenoldopam on systemic and splanchnic haemodynamics and oxygen delivery/consumption relationship during hyperdynamic ovine endotoxaemia

    • I. M. Schwieger
    • E. R. Schiffer
    • D. R. Morel

    EXPERIMENTAL 26 February 2014 Pages: 509 - 518

19. Modulation of rat brain synaptosomal plasma membrane achieved by atracurium and its metabolite laudanosine

    • E. F. Kamper
    • J. Siafaka
    • J. Stavridis

    EXPERIMENTAL 26 February 2014 Pages: 519 - 525

20. Intraventricular streptokinase infusion in acute post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus

    • R. Luciano
    • L. Tortorolo
    • G. Polidori

    BRIEF REPORT 26 February 2014 Pages: 526 - 529

21. Timing of recovery of lung function after severe hypoxemic respiratory failure in children

    • N. D. B. Golder
    • R. Lane
    • R. C. Tasker

    BRIEF REPORT 26 February 2014 Pages: 530 - 533

22. Variation of inhaled nitric oxide concentration with the use of a phasic flow ventilator

    • T. Hoehn
    • M. Krause

    CORRESPONDENCE 26 February 2014 Pages: 534 - 534

23. Early prediction of neurologic prognosis after post-anoxic coma

    • S. Pifferi
    • D. Codazzi
    • M. Langer

    CORRESPONDENCE 26 February 2014 Pages: 535 - 536

24. Severe noninfectious acute lung injury in early phase of bone marrow transplantation

    • D. Gruson
    • G. Hilbert
    • J. P. Cardinaud

    CORRESPONDENCE 26 February 2014 Pages: 536 - 536

25. Gatekeeping in the ICU

    • C. Sprung

    Book Review 26 February 2014 Pages: 537 - 537

26. Announcements

    Announcement 26 February 2014 Pages: 538 - 538