Do we need intermediate care units? J. L. VincentH. Burchardi EDITORIAL 01 December 1999 Pages: 1345 - 1349
Monitoring alarms – the key to patient's safety in the ICU? W. FriesdorfB. BussM. Göbel EDITORIAL 01 December 1999 Pages: 1350 - 1352
Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for weaning from invasive mechanical ventilation R. KuhlenR. Rossaint EDITORIAL 01 December 1999 Pages: 1355 - 1356
Multicentric study of monitoring alarms in the adult intensive care unit (ICU): a descriptive analysis M.-C. ChambrinP. RavauxB. Boniface ORIGINAL 01 December 1999 Pages: 1360 - 1366
Impact of standard procedures and clinical standards on cost-effectiveness and intensive care unit performance in adult patients after cardiac surgery H. KernW. J. Kox ORIGINAL 01 December 1999 Pages: 1367 - 1373
Effects of noninvasive positive pressure ventilatory support in non-COPD patients with acute respiratory insufficiency after early extubation E. KilgerJ. BriegelK. Peter ORIGINAL 01 December 1999 Pages: 1374 - 1380
Certain batches of albumin solutions influence the expression of endothelial cell adhesion molecules B. NohéH.-J. DieterichK. Unertl ORIGINAL 01 December 1999 Pages: 1381 - 1385
Kinetics and characteristics of an acute phase response following cardiac arrest M. OppertC. H. GleiterK.-U. Eckardt ORIGINAL 01 December 1999 Pages: 1386 - 1394
Changing use of intensive care for hematological patients: E. AzoulayC. RecherB. Schlemmer ORIGINAL 01 December 1999 Pages: 1395 - 1401
Activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in response to septic or non-septic diseases – implications for the euthyroid sick syndrome H. MönigT. ArendtB. Bewig ORIGINAL 01 December 1999 Pages: 1402 - 1406
Economic impact of a rational use of antibiotics in intensive care P. BlancB. E. Von ElmJ. Durand Gasselin ORIGINAL 01 December 1999 Pages: 1407 - 1412
Effects of pulmonary blood volume on vascular reactivity in the lung Z. P. DingT. W. L. ScheerenJ. O. Arndt EXPERIMENTAL 01 December 1999 Pages: 1413 - 1420
Stressors in ICU: perception of the patient, relatives and health care team M. A. F. P. NovaesE. KnobelM. Bosi Ferraz BRIEF REPORT 01 December 1999 Pages: 1421 - 1426
Pharmacokinetics of cefpirome in critically ill patients with renal failure treated by continuous veno-venous hemofiltration T. S. Van der WerfJ. W. FijenC. A. Stegeman BRIEF REPORT 01 December 1999 Pages: 1427 - 1431
Autonomic instability and hypertension resulting in subarachnoid haemorrhage in the Guillain-Barré syndrome A. R. GandeI. R. TaylorK. M. Nolan BRIEF REPORT 01 December 1999 Pages: 1432 - 1434
Prolonged sedation requiring mechanical ventilation and continuous flumazenil infusion after routine doses of clorazepam for alcohol withdrawal syndrome J. GuglielminottiE. MauryG. Offenstadt BRIEF REPORT 01 December 1999 Pages: 1435 - 1436
Reversible tetraplegia due to polyneuropathy in a diabetic patient with hyperosmolar non-ketotic coma D. D. KennedyS. N. FletcherC. J. Hinds BRIEF REPORT 01 December 1999 Pages: 1437 - 1439
Recommendations for intra-hospital transport of the severely head injured patient P. Ferdinandeon behalf of the Working Group on Neurosurgical Intensive Care of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine ESICM STATEMENT 01 December 1999 Pages: 1441 - 1443
International consensus conferences in intensive care medicine CONSENSUS CONFERENCE 01 December 1999 Pages: 1444 - 1452
Abdominal pressure in the critically ill: measurement and clinical relevance M. L. N. G. Malbrain CURRENT TOPICS 01 December 1999 Pages: 1453 - 1458
High Frequency oscillatory ventilation S. RiphagenD. Bohn CURRENT TOPICS 01 December 1999 Pages: 1459 - 1462
Management of cerebral vasospasm in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage M. Al-YamanyM. C. Wallace CURRENT TOPICS 01 December 1999 Pages: 1463 - 1466
Prone position in a spontaneously breathing near-drowning patient J. E. TullekenT. S. van der WerfJ. G. Zijlstra CORRESPONDENCE 01 December 1999 Pages: 1469 - 1470
Aborted sudden death caused by delayed ventricular arrhythmia in a patient with vasospastic angina J. TomcsányiJ. TenczerL. Jobbágy CORRESPONDENCE 01 December 1999 Pages: 1471 - 1472
Plasmapheresis in fatal overdose with verapamil U. KuhlmannH. SchoenemannH. Lange CORRESPONDENCE 01 December 1999 Pages: 1473 - 1473
Combination of inhaled nitric oxide and intravenous prostacyclin for successful treatment of severe pulmonary hypertension in a patient with ARDS P. Dahlem CORRESPONDENCE 01 December 1999 Pages: 1474 - 1474
Is SjvO2 monitoring useful in the management of head trauma patients? N. LatronicoF. A. RasuloR. Stefini CORRESPONDENCE 01 December 1999 Pages: 1476 - 1476
Assessment of medication errors: methodological details E. TissotC. CornetteE. Schmitt CORRESPONDENCE 01 December 1999 Pages: 1478 - 1478
