1. ICU discharge decision-making: are we able to decrease post-ICU mortality?

   • R. Moreno
   • D. Agthé

   EDITORIAL Pages: 1035 - 1036

2. Nosocomial sinusitis

   • H. K. Geiss

   EDITORIAL Pages: 1037 - 1039

3. Respiratory physiology and acute lung injury: the miracle of Lazarus

   • V. M. Ranieri
   • A. S. Slutsky

   EDITORIAL Pages: 1040 - 1043

4. Assessment of regional tissue oxygenation

   • M. Siegemund
   • J. van Bommel
   • C. Ince

   REVIEW Pages: 1044 - 1060

5. TISS and mortality after discharge from intensive care

   • L. Smith
   • C. M. Orts
   • S. V. Baudouin

   ORIGINAL Pages: 1061 - 1065

6. Nosocomial sinusitis with isolation of anaerobic bacteria in ICU patients

   • G. Le Moal
   • D. Lemerre
   • R. Robert

   ORIGINAL Pages: 1066 - 1071

7. Implications of endotracheal tube biofilm for ventilator-associated pneumonia

   • C. G. Adair
   • S. P. Gorman
   • K. R. Milligan

   ORIGINAL Pages: 1072 - 1076

8. Weaning from mechanical ventilation: a model for extubation

   • A. A. Zeggwagh
   • R. Abouqal
   • O. Kerkeb

   ORIGINAL Pages: 1077 - 1083

9. Volume-dependent compliance in ARDS: proposal of a new diagnostic concept

   • G. Mols
   • I. Brandes
   • J. Guttmann

   ORIGINAL Pages: 1084 - 1091

10. Effects of open heart surgery on respiratory mechanics

    • G. Polese
    • P. Lubli
    • A. Rossi

    ORIGINAL Pages: 1092 - 1099

11. Vancomycin clearance during continuous venovenous haemofiltration in critically ill patients

    • F. T. J. Boereboom
    • F. F. T. Ververs
    • A. van Dijk

    ORIGINAL Pages: 1100 - 1104

12. Influence of prothrombin complex concentrates on plasma coagulation in critically ill patients

    • T. Staudinger
    • M. Frass
    • H. Watzke

    ORIGINAL Pages: 1105 - 1110

13. Induced brain hypothermia in asphyxiated human newborn infants: a retrospective chart analysis of physiological and adverse effects

    • G. Simbruner
    • C. Haberl
    • A. E. Willeitner

    NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 1111 - 1117

14. Comparison of four methods for measuring elevation of FRC in mechanically ventilated infants

    • Y. Riou
    • L. Storme
    • P. Lequien

    NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 1118 - 1125

15. Inhaled nitric oxide differentiates pulmonary vasospasm from vascular obstruction after surgery for congenital heart disease

    • M. Beghetti
    • K. Morris
    • I. Adatia

    NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 1126 - 1130

16. Emergency correction of coagulation for mitral valve replacement in an orally anticoagulated 17-year-old patient with pronounced hepatic dysfunction

    • R. Rauch
    • M. Hofbeck
    • J. Klinge

    NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 1131 - 1133

17. Orphenadrine poisoning in a child: clinical and analytical data

    • I. Van Herreweghe
    • K. Mertens
    • J. Ramet

    NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 1134 - 1136

18. Pulse methylprednisolone therapy for impending cardiac tamponade in immunoglobulin-resistant Kawasaki disease

    • P. G. Dahlem
    • I. A. von Rosenstiel
    • T. W. Kuijpers

    NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 1137 - 1139

19. Elastic pressure-volume curves of the respiratory system reveal a high tendency to lung collapse in young pigs

    • J. -M. Liu
    • E. De Robertis
    • B. Jonson

    EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1140 - 1146

20. Effect of aerosolized prostacyclin and inhaled nitric oxide on experimental hypoxic pulmonary hypertension

    • M. Max
    • R. Kuhlen
    • R. Rossaint

    EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1147 - 1154

21. The effect of hyperthermic preconditioning on the immune system in rat peritonitis

    • E. S. Ozveri
    • A. Bekraki
    • A. O. Aktan

    EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1155 - 1159

22. Acute effects of vitamin A on the kinetics of endotoxin in conscious rabbits

    • M. H. Iversen
    • R. G. Hahn

    EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1160 - 1164

23. Cardiac troponin: a new serum marker of myocardial injury in sepsis

    • C.J. Fernandes Jr.
    • N. Akamine
    • E. Knobel

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1165 - 1168

24. Myoglobin clearance and removal during continuous venovenous hemofiltration

    • S. -L. Amyot
    • M. Leblanc
    • J. Cardinal

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1169 - 1172

25. Successful treatment of a patient with ARDS after pneumonectomy using high-frequency oscillatory ventilation

    • A. M. Brambrink
    • J. Brachlow
    • W. Heinrichs

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1173 - 1176

26. Emergency endovascular treatment of a life-threatening hemorrhage from traumatic rupture of the left extracranial vertebral artery

    • F. Simionato
    • C. Righi
    • G. Scotti

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1177 - 1179

27. Percutaneous central venous catheterization with a lethal complication

    • T. Benter
    • U. K. M. Teichgräber
    • B. Dörken

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1180 - 1182

28. A case of Capgras delusion following critical illness

    • C. Jones
    • R. D. Griffiths
    • G. Humphris

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1183 - 1184

29. Molecular biology for the intensivist

    • J. Villar
    • M. T. Herrera
    • C. Toledo

    CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 1185 - 1187

30. Acute renal failure in critically ill patients

    • L. Gesualdo
    • G. Grandaliano
    • F. P. Schena

    CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 1188 - 1190

31. Corticosteroid therapy in acute respiratory distress syndrome

    • T. Marras
    • M. Herridge
    • S. Mehta

    CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 1191 - 1193

32. New insights in mechanical ventilation for pediatric patients

    • E. Calderini

    CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 1194 - 1196

33. Book reviews

    Pages: 1197 - 1197

34. The clearance of Procalcitonin (PCT) during continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration (CVVHD)

    • T. Nishikura

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 1198 - 1199

35. Adult respiratory distress syndrome and medullary toxicity: two unusual complications of ethylene glycol intoxication

    • M. Piagnerelli
    • E. Carlier
    • P. Lejeune

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 1200 - 1200

36. Use of omeprazole in life-threatening metabolic alkalosis

    • R. Hixson
    • D. Christmas

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 1201 - 1201

37. Announcements

    Pages: 1202 - 1202