VO2/DO2 relationship: how to get rid of methodological pitfalls? Daniel De Backer Editorial 18 November 2000 Pages: 1719 - 1722
Hydrocortisone and the reduction of vasopressors in septic shock: therapy or only chart cosmetics? J. Briegel Editorial 18 November 2000 Pages: 1723 - 1726
The state of research on multipurpose severity of illness scoring systems: are we on target? Giovanni Apolone Editorial 17 November 2000 Pages: 1727 - 1729
Intravenous amiodarone in intensive care Martin HughesAlexander Binning Review 22 September 2000 Pages: 1730 - 1739
Different dosages of dobutamine in septic shock patients: determining oxygen consumption with a metabolic monitor integrated in a ventilator Walter SchaffartzikCarsten SanftClaudia Spies Original 18 November 2000 Pages: 1740 - 1746
Plasma cortisol levels before and during "low-dose" hydrocortisone therapy and their relationship to hemodynamic improvement in patients with septic shock Michael OppertAlbrecht ReinickeKai-Uwe Eckardt Original 18 November 2000 Pages: 1747 - 1755
Low flow inflation pressure-time curve in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome Eumorfia KondiliGeorge PrinianakisDimitris Georgopoulos Original 09 November 2000 Pages: 1756 - 1763
Continuous positive airway pressure facilitates spontaneous breathing in weaning chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients by improving breathing pattern and gas exchange Hajo K. ReissmannV. Marco RanieriStewart B. Gottfried Original 18 November 2000 Pages: 1764 - 1772
Sampling rate causes bias in APACHE II and SAPS II scores Matti SuistomaaAarno KariJukka Takala Original 14 October 2000 Pages: 1773 - 1778
Validation of severity scoring systems SAPS II and APACHE II in a single-center population M. CapuzzoV. ValpondiR. Alvisi Original 19 October 2000 Pages: 1779 - 1785
Comparison of Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score and CIS (cellular injury score) for scoring of severity for patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) Shigeto OdaHiroyuki HirasawaTakeshi Hirano Original 31 October 2000 Pages: 1786 - 1793
Retrospective evaluation of the simplified Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS-28) in a surgical intensive care unit Rolf LeferingMichael ZartEdmund A.M. Neugebauer Original 16 November 2000 Pages: 1794 - 1802
A comparison of severity of illness scoring systems for elderly patients with severe pneumonia Pawan SikkaWafaa M. JaafarAli A. El-Solh Original 09 November 2000 Pages: 1803 - 1810
Predictive factors of death in primary lung cancer patients on admission to the intensive care unit S. BoussatT. El'riniG. Capellier Original 15 November 2000 Pages: 1811 - 1816
Predictors of short-term mortality in critically ill patients with solid malignancies E. AzoulayD. MoreauB. Schlemmer ORIGINAL 18 November 2000 Pages: 1817 - 1823
Costs of care, long-term prognosis and quality of life in patients requiring renal replacement therapy during intensive care Maarit KorkeilaEsko RuokonenJukka Takala Original 17 November 2000 Pages: 1824 - 1831
Low seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with stress ulcer bleeding Dieter SchillingGünter HaischJürgen F. Riemann Original 07 November 2000 Pages: 1832 - 1836
Accuracy of totally implanted ports, tunnelled, single- and multiple-lumen central venous catheters for measurement of central venous pressure François BlotAgnès LaplancheGérard Nitenberg Original 23 November 2000 Pages: 1837 - 1842
Hypothermia with indoor occurrence is associated with a worse outcome Bruno MégarbaneOlivier AxlerFrançois G. Brivet Original 09 November 2000 Pages: 1843 - 1849
Outcome of bedside percutaneous tracheostomy with bronchoscopic guidance R. HinermanF. AlvarezC.A. Keller Original 21 November 2000 Pages: 1850 - 1856
ICU nurse-to-patient ratio is associated with complications and resource use after esophagectomy Ravi K. AmaravadiJustin B. DimickPamela A. Lipsett Original 07 November 2000 Pages: 1857 - 1862
Management of coagulative disorders in the critically ill D. PaparellaL. de Luca Tupputi Schinosa CURRENT TOPICS 18 November 2000 Pages: 1863 - 1866
Pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum, pericarditis and mediastinal abscess secondary to diverticulitis of the sigmoid J. A. H. van OersH. H. PonssenW. L. E. M. Hesp Correspondence 31 October 2000 Pages: 1867 - 1868
Ammonium chloride poisoning: a misunderstood cause of metabolic acidosis with normal anion gap Bruno MégarbaneFabrice BruneelBernard Régnier Correspondence 09 November 2000 Pages: 1869 - 1869
Definition for septic syndrome should be re-evaluated R. Zahorec Correspondence 18 November 2000 Pages: 1870 - 1870
Erratum to Inhaled endothelin A antagonist improves arterial oxygenation in experimental acute lung injury Udo KaisersThilo BuschWillehad Boemke Erratum 21 November 2000 Pages: 1871 - 1871
Erratum to Investigating the relationship between intrathoracic blood volume index and cardiac index A. McLuckieD. Bihari Erratum 18 November 2000 Pages: 1872 - 1872