Continuous cardiac output monitoring – further applications of the thermodilution principle B. W. Böttiger EDITORIAL Pages: 131 - 133
Antioxidant status in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome T. Koch EDITORIAL Pages: 134 - 136
Severe community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia – what might be done better S. EwigA. Torres EDITORIAL Pages: 143 - 145
The management of severe acute necrotising pancreatitis: an evidence-based review of the literature D. L. Wyncoll REVIEW Pages: 146 - 156
Effects of early enteral nutrition on intestinal permeability and the development of multiple organ failure after multiple injury L. KompanB. KremžvarM. Prošek ORIGINAL Pages: 157 - 161
Advantages of endoscopic therapy of gastrojejunal dissociation in critical care patients E. ShangG. KählerJ. Scheele ORIGINAL Pages: 162 - 165
Continuous thermodilution cardiac output: clinical validation against a reference technique of known accuracy E. R. SchmidD. SchmidlinB. Seifert ORIGINAL Pages: 166 - 172
A new simple method to perform pressure-volume curves obtained under quasi-static conditions during mechanical ventilation L. RodriguezB. MarquerB. Garrigues ORIGINAL Pages: 173 - 179
Antioxidant status in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome P. G. H. MetnitzC. BartensW. Druml ORIGINAL Pages: 180 - 185
Use of sedatives, analgesics and neuromuscular blocking agents in Danish ICUs 1996/97 B. V. ChristensenL. P. Thunedborg ORIGINAL Pages: 186 - 191
Prognostic performance and customization of the SAPS II: results of a multicenter Austrian study P. G. H. MetnitzA. ValentinM. Hiesmayr ORIGINAL Pages: 192 - 197
Epidemiological features and prognosis of severe community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia H. GeorgesO. LeroyG. Beaucaire ORIGINAL Pages: 198 - 206
D-dimer assay predicts mortality in critically ill patients without disseminated intravascular coagulation or venous thromboembolic disease A. F. ShorrR. F. TrottaL. F. Diehl ORIGINAL Pages: 207 - 210
Does bronchial thermodilution allow estimation of cardiac output? S. A. LoerJ. K. G. WietaschT. W. L. Scheeren EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 211 - 215
Extravascular lung water and intrathoracic blood volume: double versus single indicator dilution technique P. Neumann BRIEF REPORT Pages: 216 - 219
Moderately severe anaphylactoid reaction to pentastarch (200/0.5) in a patient with acute severe asthma S. KannanK. R. Milligan BRIEF REPORT Pages: 220 - 222
Successful treatment of severe myocardial failure after postpartum haemorrhage with the use of an intra-aortic balloon pump A. MayrW. LedererN. Mutz BRIEF REPORT Pages: 223 - 225
ARDS in a patient with homozygous beta-thalassemia due to yersiniosis P. MavrommatiV. LadisT. Hatzis BRIEF REPORT Pages: 226 - 229
Septic shock caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a non-HIV patient D. AngoulvantI. MohammediP. Bouletreau CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 238 - 238
Atrial tachyarrhythmia after cardiac surgery A. MayrH. KnotzerW. Hasibeder CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 242 - 243
The Omega system can underestimate medical activity in the ICU E. PautasM. Wysocki CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 245 - 245
Atrial tachyarrhythmia after cardiac surgery: role of magnesium infusion K. M. Ho CORRESPONDENCE Pages: A243 - A243
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus right-sided infective endocarditis in a non-addict patient with ventricular septal defect E. VillarI. MohammediP. Bouletreau CORRESPONDENCE Pages: B236 - B237
Comparison of the breathing workload imposed by different ventilators R. KuhlenM. MaxR. Rossaint CORRESPONDENCE Pages: B239 - B240
Ventilator-induced lung inflammation: is it always harmful? F. B. PlötzH. van VughtC. J. Heijnen CORRESPONDENCE Pages: A236 - A236
Vasogenic oedema and brain trauma F. Murillo-CabezasM. A. Muñoz-SánchezJ. M. Flores-Cordero CORRESPONDENCE Pages: A244 - A244