Mechanical ventilation with PEEP – a unique therapy for failing hearts J. Peters EDITORIAL Pages: 778 - 780
Continuous renal replacement therapy in the intensive care unit R. BellomoClaudio Ronco REVIEW Pages: 781 - 789
Proportional assist versus pressure support ventilation: effects on breathing pattern and respiratory work of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease H. WriggeW. GolischH. Burchardi ORIGINAL Pages: 790 - 798
Flow-volume curves as measurement of respiratory mechanics during ventilatory support: the effect of the exhalation valve M. S. LourensB. van den BergJ. M. Bogaard ORIGINAL Pages: 799 - 804
Outcome in post-traumatic acute renal failure when continuous renal replacement therapy is applied early vs. late L. G. GettingsH. N. ReynoldsT. Scalea ORIGINAL Pages: 805 - 813
Outcome of critically ill patients treated with intermittent high-volume haemofiltration: a prospective cohort analysis H. M. Oudemans-van StraatenR. J. BosmanD. F. Zandstra ORIGINAL Pages: 814 - 821
Application of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography for the diagnosis of brain death M. HadaniB. BrukE. Segal ORIGINAL Pages: 822 - 828
Cervical necrotizing fasciitis: 10 years' experience at a single institution I. MohammediP. CeruseP. Boulétreau ORIGINAL Pages: 829 - 834
Mechanical ventilation in conjunction with the intra-aortic balloon pump improves the outcome of patients in profound cardiogenic shock D. A. KontoyannisJ. N. NanasS. D. Moulopoulos BRIEF REPORT Pages: 835 - 838
Predicting patients' responses to changes in mechanical ventilation: a comparison between physicians and a physiological simulator N. M. BedforthJ. G. Hardman BRIEF REPORT Pages: 839 - 842
Comparison of pulmonary artery and arterial thermodilution cardiac output in critically ill patients S. G. SakkaK. ReinhartA. Meier-Hellmann BRIEF REPORT Pages: 843 - 846
Exposure of the critically ill patient to extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields in the intensive care environment N. Petrucci BRIEF REPORT Pages: 847 - 851
Toxicological analysis in agitated patients F. MoritzJ.-P. GoulléJ.-M. Muller BRIEF REPORT Pages: 852 - 854
Severe head injury patients in a multidisciplinary ICU: are they a burden? S. KannanK. S. MarudachalamP. Chari BRIEF REPORT Pages: 855 - 858
Delayed admission for ethylene glycol poisoning: lack of elevated serum osmol gap B. DarchyL. AbruzzeseY. Domart BRIEF REPORT Pages: 859 - 861
Surfactant replacement in reperfusion injury after clinical lung transplantation M. StrüberS. W. HirtA. Haverich BRIEF REPORT Pages: 862 - 864
Severe non-infectious circulatory shock related to hypopituitarism E. HazouardR. PiquemalA. Legras BRIEF REPORT Pages: 865 - 868
Prognostic performance and customization of the SAPS II R. J. BosmanN. F. de Keizer CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 878 - 878