Inhaled nitric oxide in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome R. P. Dellinger EDITORIAL Pages: 881 - 883
Improved outcome of ARDS patients: are we really performing better? H. SteltzerP. Krafft EDITORIAL Pages: 887 - 889
From tissue perfusion to metabolic marker: assessing organ competition and co-operation in critically ill patients? X. M. Leverve EDITORIAL Pages: 890 - 892
Hematopoietic growth factors as an adjunct for neutropenic patients in the ICU: still a controversial issue S. Serke EDITORIAL Pages: 901 - 902
Can inflammatory cytokines be removed efficiently by continuous renal replacement therapies? A. S. De VrieseR. C. VanholderF. A. Colardyn REVIEW Pages: 903 - 910
Inhalation of nitric oxide in acute lung injury: results of a European multicentre study S. LundinH. Mangfor the European Study Group of Inhaled Nitric Oxide ORIGINAL Pages: 911 - 919
Prevalence, etiologies and outcome of the acute respiratory distress syndrome among hypoxemic ventilated patients E. RoupieE. Lepagefor the SRLF Collaborative Group on Mechanical Ventilation ORIGINAL Pages: 920 - 929
Current definitions of acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome do not reflect their true severity and outcome Jesus VillarL. Pérez-MéndezR. M. Kacmarek ORIGINAL Pages: 930 - 935
Improved prognosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome 15 years on F. JardinJ.-L. FellahiB. Page ORIGINAL Pages: 936 - 941
Comparison of systemic and regional effects of dobutamine and dopexamine in norepinephrine-treated septic shock B. LevyL. NaceA. Larcan ORIGINAL Pages: 942 - 948
Withdrawal of life support – who should decide? P. SjökvistT. NilstunL. Berggren ORIGINAL Pages: 949 - 954
Feasibility and safety of ultrasound-aided thoracentesis in mechanically ventilated patients D. LichtensteinJ.-S. HulotG. Mezière ORIGINAL Pages: 955 - 958
Whole body hyperthermia: a secure procedure for patients with various malignancies? T. KernerM. DejaH. Riess ORIGINAL Pages: 959 - 965
Lactate measurements in critically ill patients with a hand-held analyser W. BrinkertJ. H. RommesJ. Bakker ORIGINAL Pages: 966 - 969
Application of mortality prediction systems to individual intensive care units P. A. PatelB. J. B. Grant ORIGINAL Pages: 977 - 982
Inhaled nitric oxide improves hemodynamics during a venous air infusion (VAI) in dogs J. E. Tanus-SantosH. Moreno JrG. de Nucci EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 983 - 989
The open lung concept: pressure controlled ventilation is as effective as high frequency oscillatory ventilation in improving gas exchange and lung mechanics in surfactant-deficient animals G. F. Vazquez de AndaA. HartogB. Lachmann EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 990 - 996
Determination of airway humidification in high-frequency oscillatory ventilation using an artificial neonatal lung model H. SchiffmannS. SingerK. Züchner EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 997 - 1002
Hematopoietic colony-stimulating factors for neutropenic patients in the ICU A. BouchamaB. KhanK. Shukri BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1003 - 1005
Induced hypertension after head injury M. FerringJ. BerréJ. L. Vincent BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1006 - 1009
Influences of alternate therapy protocol and continuous infectious disease consultation on antibiotic susceptibility in ICU H. AkalınF. KahveciO. Töre BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1010 - 1012
Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome induced by whole body hyperthermia and polychemotherapy in a patient with disseminated leiomyosarcoma of the uterus A. M. Pereira AriasJ. P. J. WesterR. C. Rietbroek BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1013 - 1016
Septic shock after liver transplantation for Caroli's disease: clinical improvement after treatment with C1-esterase inhibitor G. MarxB. NashanH. Rueckoldt BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1017 - 1020
Inhaled nitric oxide in ARDS: modulator of lung injury? S. SinghJ. WortT. W. Evans CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 1024 - 1026
Ultrasound-guided thoracentesis in surgical intensive care patients S. PetersenM. FreitagK. Ludwig CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 1029 - 1029
Successful treatment of severe legionella pneumonia with imipenem M. PiagnerelliO. JacobsP. Lejeune CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 1030 - 1030
Procalcitonin (PCT) production in a thyroidectomized patient T. Nishikura CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 1031 - 1031
Liver rupture after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and thrombolysis A. PezziG. PasettiG. Iapichino CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 1032 - 1032
Concerning “Human albumin administration in critically ill patients” A. D. Walder CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 1033 - 1033