1. The effects of positive end-expiratory pressure on the splanchnic circulation

   • D. De Backer

   EDITORIAL Pages: 361 - 363

2. The inflammatory balance in human sepsis

   • C. Adrie
   • M. R. Pinsky

   REVIEW Pages: 364 - 375

3. Effect of positive end-expiratory pressure on splanchnic perfusion in acute lung injury

   • P. Kiefer
   • S. Nunes
   • J. Takala

   ORIGINAL Pages: 376 - 383

4. Non-invasive ventilatory approach to treatment of acute respiratory failure in neuromuscular disorders. A comparison with endotracheal intubation

   • A. Vianello
   • M. Bevilacqua
   • E. Serra

   ORIGINAL Pages: 384 - 390

5. Nasal, pulmonary and autoinhaled nitric oxide at rest and during moderate exercise

   • T. Busch
   • R. Kuhlen
   • H. Gerlach

   ORIGINAL Pages: 391 - 399

6. Acute renal failure in patients over 80 years old: 25-years' experience

   • K. Akposso
   • A. Hertig
   • J. -D. Sraer

   ORIGINAL Pages: 400 - 406

7. Bioethical issues related to continuous renal replacement therapy in intensive care patients

   • N. Zamperetti
   • C. Ronco
   • M. Dan

   ORIGINAL Pages: 407 - 415

8. Clostridium difficile-associated diseases

   • M. Siemann
   • M. Koch-Dörfler
   • G. Rabenhorst

   ORIGINAL Pages: 416 - 421

9. Atropine test and circulatory arrest in the fossa posterior assessed by transcranial Doppler

   • E. Hüttemann
   • C. Schelenz
   • K. Reinhart

   ORIGINAL Pages: 422 - 425

10. Sleep-related breathing disorders following discharge from intensive care

    • A. Chishti
    • A. M. Batchelor
    • S. V. Baudouin

    ORIGINAL Pages: 426 - 433

11. Dose-dependent effects of almitrine on hemodynamics and gas exchange in an animal model of acute lung injury

    • A. Sommerer
    • U. Kaisers
    • R. Rossaint

    EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 434 - 441

12. Functioning of ICU ventilators under hyperbaric conditions – comparison of volume- and pressure-controlled modes

    • W. Stahl
    • P. Radermacher
    • E. Calzia

    EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 442 - 448

13. The hemodynamic effects of prolonged respiratory alkalosis in anesthetized newborn piglets

    • K. Jundi
    • K. J. Barrington
    • N. N. Finer

    EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 449 - 456

14. Translaryngeal tracheostomy: two modified techniques versus the basic technique – early experience in 75 critically ill adults

    • C. Byhahn
    • H. J. Wilke
    • K. Westphal

    TECHNIQUE Pages: 457 - 461

15. Pressure signal transmission of five commercially available oesophageal balloon catheters

    • H. Buscher
    • P. Valta
    • H. Burchardi

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 462 - 465

16. Unilateral pulmonary oedema complicating mitral regurgitation: diagnosis and demonstration by transoesophageal echocardiography

    • O. Lesieur
    • R. Lorillard
    • L. Ledain

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 466 - 470

17. Meningococcal septicaemia: treatment with protein C concentrate

    • R.C.N. Clarke
    • J. R. Johnston
    • E. E. Mayne

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 471 - 473

18. Oxygen free radicals in ARDS, septic shock and organ dysfunction

    • H. Zhang
    • A. S. Slutsky
    • J. -L. Vincent

    CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 474 - 476

19. Mechanisms of pulmonary edema clearance: from basic research to clinical implication

    • J. E. Dematte
    • J. I. Sznajder

    CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 477 - 480

20. Acute severe asthma after immunotherapy with Friedmann's vaccine

    • N. Boisseau
    • M. Bouregba
    • D. Grimaud

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 481 - 481

21. Treatment of brain metastasis in patients with significant impairment of consciousness

    • F. L. Ampil
    • A. Nanda
    • B. K. Willis

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 482 - 482

22. Transient complete heart block during pulmonary artery catheter removal

    • C. A. Bashour
    • D. Fitzpatrick
    • N. J. Starr

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 483 - 484

23. Chylous ascites following radical nephrectomy: efficiency of octreotide as treatment of a ruptured thoracic duct

    • M. Ferrandière
    • E. Hazouard
    • C. Mercier

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 484 - 485

24. Decreased soluble L-selectin levels do not indicate leukocyte activation

    • E. Atalar
    • K. Aytemir
    • F. Özmen

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 486 - 486

25. Reply

    • S. Gando

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 487 - 487