A role for plasma removal during sepsis? M. P. C. GrootemanA. B. J. Groeneveld EDITORIAL Pages: 493 - 495
The continuing story of corticosteroids in the treatment of septic shock J. J. SpijkstraA. R. J. Girbes REVIEW Pages: 496 - 500
Effects of periodic lung recruitment maneuvers on gas exchange and respiratory mechanics in mechanically ventilated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients G. FotiM. CeredaA. Pesenti ORIGINAL Pages: 501 - 507
The impact of respiratory variables on mortality in non-ARDS and ARDS patients requiring mechanical ventilation O. R. LuhrM. KarlssonC. G. Frostell ORIGINAL Pages: 508 - 517
Bioelectrical impedance analysis in estimating nutritional status and outcome of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and acute respiratory failure C. FaisyA. RabbatJ.-P. Laaban ORIGINAL Pages: 518 - 525
Late steroid therapy in primary acute lung injury T. VarpulaV. PettiläV. Valtonen ORIGINAL Pages: 526 - 531
Plasmapheresis combined with continuous venovenous hemofiltration in surgical patients with sepsis J. SchmidtS. MannH. Zirngibl ORIGINAL Pages: 532 - 537
Endotoxaemia in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock C. VenetF. ZeniJ. C. Bertrand ORIGINAL Pages: 538 - 544
Plasma cortisol is often decreased in patients treated in an intensive care unit A. RydvallA.-K. BrändströmB. G. Stegmayr ORIGINAL Pages: 545 - 551
Control of fever by continuous, low-dose diclofenac sodium infusion in acute cerebral damage patients M. CormioG. CiterioA. Pesenti ORIGINAL Pages: 552 - 557
The increase in CO2 production induced by NaHCO3 depends on blood albumin and hemoglobin concentrations J. LevrautP. GarciaD. Grimaud ORIGINAL Pages: 558 - 564
Acute renal failure following cardiopulmonary bypass: a changing picture M. E. OstermannD. TaubeT. W. Evans ORIGINAL Pages: 565 - 571
Pericardiocentesis: differential aspects of a common procedure A. BastianA. MeißnerR. Simon ORIGINAL Pages: 572 - 576
The added value that increasing levels of diagnostic information provide in prognostic models to estimate hospital mortality for adult intensive care patients N. F. de KeizerG. J. BonselK. M. Rowan ORIGINAL Pages: 577 - 584
Effect of hypothermia on ventilation in anesthetized, spontaneously breathing rats: theoretical implications for mechanical ventilation D. TorbatiM. T. CamachoJ. Wolfsdorf EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 585 - 591
Subcutaneous oxygen tensions provide similar information to ileal luminal CO2 tensions in an animal model of haemorrhagic shock B. VenkateshT. J. MorganJ. Lipman EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 592 - 600
Accuracy and reproducibility of long-term implanted transit-time ultrasound flow probes in dogs O. PickerA. SchindlerT. W. L. Scheeren EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 601 - 607
Determination of the clearance factor for transmissible spongiform encephalopathy agents during the manufacturing process of polygeline S. PeanoG. ReinerK.-J. Abel EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 608 - 612
Report from the meeting: Gastrointestinal Tonometry: State of the Art M. V. ChapmanM. G. MythenJ. L. Vincent REPORT OF MEETING Pages: 613 - 622
Fulminant Guillain-Barré syndrome mimicking cerebral death: case report and literature review F. VargasG. HilbertJ. P. Cardinaud BRIEF REPORT Pages: 623 - 627
Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome: an unusual cause of respiratory failure in the medical intensive care unit V. DiFrescoM. LandmanA. C. White BRIEF REPORT Pages: 628 - 630
Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS): diagnosis and management P. MyrianthefsC. LadakisG. Baltopoulos BRIEF REPORT Pages: 631 - 634
Goal-oriented haemodynamic therapy: a plea for a closer look at using peri-operative oxygen transport optimisation M. PoezeJ. W. M. GreveG. Ramsay CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 635 - 637
Mechanotransduction, ventilator-induced lung injury and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome C. C. dos SantosA. S. Slutsky CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 638 - 642
Intravenous insecticide injection-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome successfully treated with steroid therapy J.-L. LinK.-F. Lin CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 644 - 645
Milky-white pleural effusion in a patient with acute respiratory failure: a case report K. ValassiadouG. PrinianakisD. Georgopoulos CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 645 - 646
Fulminant disease simulating bacterial sepsis with disseminated intravascular coagulation after a trip to East Africa B. M. SannerC. DoberauerW. Zidek CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 646 - 647
Noradrenaline as a vasoactive agent in septic shock S. G. TordoffJ. L. ThompsonA. W. Williams CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 648 - 648
Severe cardiogenic shock, after cardioversion, reversed by the intraaortic balloon pump D. A. KontoyannisJ. N. NanasS. F. Stamatelopoulos CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 649 - 649
Re: Lemaire F (2000) ARDS and PV curves: the inseparable duet. Intensive Care Med 26: 1–2 H.-B. Hopf CORRESPONDENCE Pages: A650 - A650