ICU discharge decision-making: are we able to decrease post-ICU mortality? R. MorenoD. Agthé EDITORIAL Pages: 1035 - 1036
Respiratory physiology and acute lung injury: the miracle of Lazarus V. M. RanieriA. S. Slutsky EDITORIAL Pages: 1040 - 1043
TISS and mortality after discharge from intensive care L. SmithC. M. OrtsS. V. Baudouin ORIGINAL Pages: 1061 - 1065
Nosocomial sinusitis with isolation of anaerobic bacteria in ICU patients G. Le MoalD. LemerreR. Robert ORIGINAL Pages: 1066 - 1071
Implications of endotracheal tube biofilm for ventilator-associated pneumonia C. G. AdairS. P. GormanK. R. Milligan ORIGINAL Pages: 1072 - 1076
Weaning from mechanical ventilation: a model for extubation A. A. ZeggwaghR. AbouqalO. Kerkeb ORIGINAL Pages: 1077 - 1083
Volume-dependent compliance in ARDS: proposal of a new diagnostic concept G. MolsI. BrandesJ. Guttmann ORIGINAL Pages: 1084 - 1091
Effects of open heart surgery on respiratory mechanics G. PoleseP. LubliA. Rossi ORIGINAL Pages: 1092 - 1099
Vancomycin clearance during continuous venovenous haemofiltration in critically ill patients F. T. J. BoereboomF. F. T. VerversA. van Dijk ORIGINAL Pages: 1100 - 1104
Influence of prothrombin complex concentrates on plasma coagulation in critically ill patients T. StaudingerM. FrassH. Watzke ORIGINAL Pages: 1105 - 1110
Induced brain hypothermia in asphyxiated human newborn infants: a retrospective chart analysis of physiological and adverse effects G. SimbrunerC. HaberlA. E. Willeitner NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 1111 - 1117
Comparison of four methods for measuring elevation of FRC in mechanically ventilated infants Y. RiouL. StormeP. Lequien NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 1118 - 1125
Inhaled nitric oxide differentiates pulmonary vasospasm from vascular obstruction after surgery for congenital heart disease M. BeghettiK. MorrisI. Adatia NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 1126 - 1130
Emergency correction of coagulation for mitral valve replacement in an orally anticoagulated 17-year-old patient with pronounced hepatic dysfunction R. RauchM. HofbeckJ. Klinge NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 1131 - 1133
Orphenadrine poisoning in a child: clinical and analytical data I. Van HerrewegheK. MertensJ. Ramet NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 1134 - 1136
Pulse methylprednisolone therapy for impending cardiac tamponade in immunoglobulin-resistant Kawasaki disease P. G. DahlemI. A. von RosenstielT. W. Kuijpers NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 1137 - 1139
Elastic pressure-volume curves of the respiratory system reveal a high tendency to lung collapse in young pigs J. -M. LiuE. De RobertisB. Jonson EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1140 - 1146
Effect of aerosolized prostacyclin and inhaled nitric oxide on experimental hypoxic pulmonary hypertension M. MaxR. KuhlenR. Rossaint EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1147 - 1154
The effect of hyperthermic preconditioning on the immune system in rat peritonitis E. S. OzveriA. BekrakiA. O. Aktan EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1155 - 1159
Acute effects of vitamin A on the kinetics of endotoxin in conscious rabbits M. H. IversenR. G. Hahn EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1160 - 1164
Cardiac troponin: a new serum marker of myocardial injury in sepsis C.J. Fernandes Jr.N. AkamineE. Knobel BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1165 - 1168
Myoglobin clearance and removal during continuous venovenous hemofiltration S. -L. AmyotM. LeblancJ. Cardinal BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1169 - 1172
Successful treatment of a patient with ARDS after pneumonectomy using high-frequency oscillatory ventilation A. M. BrambrinkJ. BrachlowW. Heinrichs BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1173 - 1176
Emergency endovascular treatment of a life-threatening hemorrhage from traumatic rupture of the left extracranial vertebral artery F. SimionatoC. RighiG. Scotti BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1177 - 1179
Percutaneous central venous catheterization with a lethal complication T. BenterU. K. M. TeichgräberB. Dörken BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1180 - 1182
A case of Capgras delusion following critical illness C. JonesR. D. GriffithsG. Humphris BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1183 - 1184
Molecular biology for the intensivist J. VillarM. T. HerreraC. Toledo CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 1185 - 1187
Acute renal failure in critically ill patients L. GesualdoG. GrandalianoF. P. Schena CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 1188 - 1190
Corticosteroid therapy in acute respiratory distress syndrome T. MarrasM. HerridgeS. Mehta CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 1191 - 1193
New insights in mechanical ventilation for pediatric patients E. Calderini CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 1194 - 1196
The clearance of Procalcitonin (PCT) during continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration (CVVHD) T. Nishikura CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 1198 - 1199
Adult respiratory distress syndrome and medullary toxicity: two unusual complications of ethylene glycol intoxication M. PiagnerelliE. CarlierP. Lejeune CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 1200 - 1200
Use of omeprazole in life-threatening metabolic alkalosis R. HixsonD. Christmas CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 1201 - 1201