1. Antithrombin III and sepsis

   • E. F. Mammen

   Editorial 27 December 2013 Pages: 649 - 650

2. More respect for the CVP

   • S. Magder

   Editorial 27 December 2013 Pages: 651 - 653

3. Atrial tachyarrhythmia after cardiac surgery

   • K. H. Stricker
   • H. U. Rothen
   • J. Fuhrer

   Review 27 December 2013 Pages: 654 - 662

4. Antithrombin III in patients with severe sepsis

   • B. Eisele
   • H. Heinrichs
   • F. Fourrier

   Original 27 December 2013 Pages: 663 - 672

5. Effect of l-NAME, an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis, on plasma levels of IL-6, IL-8, TNFα and nitrite/nitrate in human septic shock

   • J. A. M. Avontuur
   • T. C. Stam
   • J. G. C. van Amsterdam

   Original 27 December 2013 Pages: 673 - 679

6. Postoperative plasma concentrations of procalcitonin after different types of surgery

   • M. Meisner
   • K. Tschaikowsky
   • C. Schick

   Original 27 December 2013 Pages: 680 - 684

7. Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy — early results and long-term outcome of 326 critically ill patients

   • M. K. Walz
   • K. Peitgen
   • F. W. Eigler

   Original 27 December 2013 Pages: 685 - 690

8. Proxy-perceived prior health status and hospital outcome among the critically ill: is there any relationship?

   • A. Diaz-Prieto
   • M. T. Gorriz
   • R. Abos

   Original 27 December 2013 Pages: 691 - 698

9. Acute hypoxemic respiratory failure in children: case mix and the utility of respiratory severity indices

   • M. J. Peters
   • R. C. Tasker
   • D. J. Hatch

   Neonatal And Pediatric Intensive Care 27 December 2013 Pages: 699 - 705

10. NADH-diaphorase deficiency identified in a patient with congenital methaemoglobinaemia detected by pulse oximetry

    • K. Sugahara
    • T. Sadohara
    • T. Hirano

    Neonatal And Pediatric Intensive Care 27 December 2013 Pages: 706 - 708

11. Activation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in oleic acid-induced lung injury

    • H. Moriuchi
    • M. Zaha
    • T. Yuizono

    Experimental 27 December 2013 Pages: 709 - 715

12. Biochemical and ultra-structural reactions to parenteral nutrition with two different fat emulsions in rats

    • B. Roth
    • M. Ekelund
    • P. Nilsson-Ehle

    Experimental 27 December 2013 Pages: 716 - 724

13. Endotoxin reduces maximal oxygen consumption in hepatocytes independent of any hypoxic insult

    • D. M. Rosser
    • M. Manji
    • G. Bellingan

    Experimental 27 December 2013 Pages: 725 - 729

14. Near fatal anticholinergic intoxication after routine fundoscopy

    • G. A. Brunner
    • S. Fleck
    • G. J. Krejs

    Brief Report 27 December 2013 Pages: 730 - 731

15. Engraftment syndrome and survival after respiratory failure post-bone marrow transplantation

    • D. Marín
    • J. Berrade
    • J. L. Ventura

    Brief Report 27 December 2013 Pages: 732 - 735

16. Ethylene glycol poisoning treated by intravenous 4-methylpyrazole

    • P. Hantson
    • P. Hantson
    • P. Mahieu

    Brief Report 27 December 2013 Pages: 736 - 739

17. Survival in a case of life-threatening flecainide overdose

    • N. A. Hanley
    • J. P. Bourke
    • A. D. Gascoigne

    Brief Report 27 December 2013 Pages: 740 - 742

18. Extensive pectoral muscle necrosis after defibrillation: nonthermal skeletal muscle damage caused by electroporation

    • U. Vogel
    • B. Bültmann
    • T. Wanner

    Brief Report 27 December 2013 Pages: 743 - 745

19. Poisoning and severe ventilatory depression after oral ingestion of the industrially produced analgesic mixture tilidine with naloxone (Valoron N solution)

    • M. Krüger
    • R. Regenthal
    • R. Preiss

    Correspondence 27 December 2013 Pages: 746 - 746

20. Inhaled nitric oxide and pulmonary embolism

    • J. E. Tanus-Santos
    • G. Capellier
    • F. Barale

    Correspondence 27 December 2013 Pages: 747 - 748

21. Endogenous endotoxemia of intestinal origin during cardiopulmonary bypass — role of type of flow and protective effect of selective digestive decontamination

    • S. M. Jakob
    • J. Takala
    • A. E. Martinez-Pellús

    Correspondence 27 December 2013 Pages: 748 - 748

22. Reply

    • A. E. Martinez-Pellús

    Correspondence 27 December 2013 Pages: 749 - 749

23. Announcements

    Announcement 27 December 2013 Pages: 750 - 750