Evaluation of organ failure: we are making progress J.-L. VincentF. Lopes Ferreira EDITORIAL Pages: 1023 - 1024
Assessment of intestinal tissue oxygenation: the canary sings – but was does the twitter tell us? B. Temmesfeld-WollbrückK. MayerF. Grimminger EDITORIAL Pages: 1025 - 1027
Cerebrovenous oxygen saturation monitoring: practical considerations and clinical relevance C. S. A. MacmillanP. J. D. Andrews REVIEW Pages: 1028 - 1036
Evaluation of the SOFA score: a single-center experience of a medical intensive care unit in 303 consecutive patients with predominantly cardiovascular disorders U. JanssensC. GrafP. Hanrath ORIGINAL Pages: 1037 - 1045
Regional distribution of gas and tissue in acute respiratory distress syndrome. II. Physiological correlations and definition of an ARDS Severity Score J.-J. RoubyL. Puybassetand the CT Scan ARDS Study Group ORIGINAL Pages: 1046 - 1056
Linear and nonlinear analysis of pressure and flow during mechanical ventilation M. P. VassiliouL. PetriP. K. Behrakis ORIGINAL Pages: 1057 - 1064
Anterior magnetic phrenic nerve stimulation: laboratory and clinical evaluation M. I. PolkeyA. DuguetJ. Moxham ORIGINAL Pages: 1065 - 1075
Immediate IL-10 expression following major orthopaedic trauma: relationship to anti-inflammatory response and subsequent development of sepsis P. V. GiannoudisR. M. SmithM. C. Bellamy ORIGINAL Pages: 1076 - 1081
Serum and ascitic procalcitonin levels in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: diagnostic value and relationship to pro-inflammatory cytokines A. ViallonF. ZeniJ.-C. Bertrand ORIGINAL Pages: 1082 - 1088
Pharmacokinetics of milrinone in patients with congestive heart failure during continuous venovenous hemofiltration T. TaniguchiK. ShibataK. Okeie ORIGINAL Pages: 1089 - 1093
Cost analysis of plasma-exchange therapy for the treatment of Guillain-Barré syndrome H. EspérouM.-C. Jars-Guincestreand the French Cooperative Group ¶on Plasma Exchange ¶in Guillain-Barré Syndrome ORIGINAL Pages: 1094 - 1100
Early translaryngeal tracheostomy in patients with severe brain damage N. StocchettiA. ParmaL. Tognini ORIGINAL Pages: 1101 - 1107
Blood in the gastrointestinal tract delays and blunts the PCO2 response to transient mucosal ischaemia B. VenkateshT. J. Morgan EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1108 - 1115
Theoretical and experimental comparison of constant inspired concentration and pulsed delivery in NO therapy E. HeinonenM. HögmanP. Meriläinen EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1116 - 1123
Effects of haemoconcentration and haemodilution on acute hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension and changes in vascular compliance of isolated rabbit lungs S. A. LoerJ. Peters EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1124 - 1130
Glucose dilution can detect fluid redistribution following phentolamine infusion in dogs A. MatsuiH. IshiharaA. Matsuki EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1131 - 1138
The PstI polymorphism of the endotoxin-inducible heat-shock protein 70–2 gene does not affect messenger RNA level in human whole-blood cultures S. SchroederM. ReckF. Stüber EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1139 - 1143
Coma mimicking brain death following baclofen overdose M. E. OstermannBryan YoungM. W. Nicolle BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1144 - 1146
Inadvertent transpericardial insertion of a central venous line with cardiac tamponade failure of preventive practices H. LosertR. ProkeschM. Muhm BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1147 - 1150
Lung-protective mechanical ventilation strategies in ARDS W. L. LeeA. S. DetskyT. E. Stewart CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 1151 - 1155
Fever in patients with pacemakers: the necessity of performing transesophageal echocardiography early E. ZakynthinosT. VassilakopoulosS. G. Zakynthinos CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 1157 - 1158
ARDS as a complication of difficult airway management in a patient with Hunter syndrome J. EnglerA. WaltensdorferM. Zink CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 1159 - 1159
Subarachnoid hemorrhage and acute myocardial infarction J. P. BárcenaJ. I. A. RotaJ. I. Juve CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 1160 - 1161