1. Online First publication

   EDITORIAL 18 February 2014 Pages: 1163 - 1163

2. Breathinbg as exercise: The cardiovascular response to weaning from mechanical ventilation

   • M. R. Pinsky

   Editorial 10 August 2000 Pages: 1164 - 1166

3. What is the “best PEEP” in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

   • Hermann Wrigge
   • Christian Putensen

   EDITORIAL 10 August 2000 Pages: 1167 - 1169

4. Dear Sirs, What is your PCT?

   • J.-L. Vincent
   • D. Mercan

   Editorial 18 February 2014 Pages: 1170 - 1171

5. Quality of life following critical care: moving beyond survival

   • Daren K. Heyland
   • D. J. Kutsogiannis

   EDITORIAL 19 August 2000 Pages: 1172 - 1175

6. Hemofiltration in septic patients is not able to alter the plasma concentration of cytokines therapeutically

   • M. van Deuren
   • J. W. M. van der Meer

   EDITORIAL 10 August 2000 Pages: 1176 - 1178

7. Evidence of neuromuscular dysfunction in the early stages of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome

   • C. R. Bolton

   EDITORIAL 29 August 2000 Pages: 1179 - 1180

8. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Volume therapy in the intensive care patient – we are still confused, but...

   • Joachim Boldt

   Review 18 February 2014 Pages: 1181 - 1192

9. Procalcitonin as a marker of the systemic inflammatory response to infection

   • K. Reinhart
   • W. Karzai
   • M. Meisner

   Review 18 February 2014 Pages: 1193 - 1200

10. Hemodynamic responses to successful weaning from mechanical ventilation after cardiovascular surgery

    • D. De Backer
    • P. El Haddad
    • J.-L. Vincent

    ORIGINAL 18 February 2014 Pages: 1201 - 1206

11. Effect of PEEP on work of breathing in mechanically ventilated COPD patients

    • C. Guerin
    • J. Milic-Emili
    • G. Fournier

    ORIGINAL 18 February 2014 Pages: 1207 - 1214

12. Regional distribution of gas and tissue in acute respiratory distress syndrome. III. Consequences for the effects of positive end-expiratory pressure

    • L. Puybasset
    • P. Gusman
    • and CT Scan ARDS Study Group the Group

    ORIGINAL 18 February 2014 Pages: 1215 - 1227

13. Exhaled carbon monoxide in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients: influence of inspired oxygen fraction

    • R. Zegdi
    • R. Caïd
    • A. Tenaillon

    Original 18 February 2014 Pages: 1228 - 1231

14. Procalcitonin: a valuable indicator of infection in a medical ICU?

    • E. Suprin
    • C. Camus
    • R. Thomas

    Original 18 February 2014 Pages: 1232 - 1238

15. Effects of dental plaque antiseptic decontamination on bacterial colonization and nosocomial infections in critically ill patients

    • F. Fourrier
    • E. Cau-Pottier
    • C. Chopin

    Original 18 February 2014 Pages: 1239 - 1247

16. Bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) in sepsis correlates with the severity of sepsis and the outcome

    • Esa Rintala
    • Heikki Peuravuori
    • Timo Nevalainen

    Original 18 February 2014 Pages: 1248 - 1251

17. Evaluation of noninvasive determinants for capillary leakage syndrome in septic shock patients

    • G. Marx
    • B. Vangerow
    • H. Rueckoldt

    Original 18 February 2014 Pages: 1252 - 1258

18. Effect of sepsis and cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass on plasma level of nitric oxide metabolites, neopterin, and procalcitonin: correlation with mortality and postoperative complications

    • Barbara Adamik
    • Joanna Kübler-Kielb
    • Andrzej Kübler

    Original 18 February 2014 Pages: 1259 - 1267

19. A prospective study of gastric mucosal ischaemia in paracetamol-induced acute liver failure

    • A. Rhodes
    • S.M. Gabe
    • J.A. Wendon

    Original 18 February 2014 Pages: 1268 - 1271

20. Pre-operative tonometry is predictive for mortality and morbidity in high-risk surgical patients

    • M. Poeze
    • J. Takala
    • G. Ramsay

    Original 18 February 2014 Pages: 1272 - 1281

21. Assessment of hemodynamic and gastric mucosal acidosis with modified fluid gelatin versus 6% hydroxyethyl starch: a prospective, randomized study

    • Pierre Asfar
    • Nadia Kerkeni
    • Philippe Alquier

    Original 18 February 2014 Pages: 1282 - 1287

22. Quality of life before intensive care admission: agreement between patient and relative assessment

    • M. Capuzzo
    • C. Grasselli
    • R. Alvisi

    ORIGINAL 18 February 2014 Pages: 1288 - 1295

23. Validation of two quality of life questionnaires suitable for intensive care patients

    • Maurizia Capuzzo
    • Claudia Grasselli
    • Raffaele Alvisi

    Original 18 February 2014 Pages: 1296 - 1303

24. Pulmonary function and health-related quality of life in a sample of long-term survivors of the acute respiratory distress syndrome

    • G. Schelling
    • C. Stoll
    • J. Briegel

    ORIGINAL 18 February 2014 Pages: 1304 - 1311

25. Cortical arousal in critically ill patients: an evoked response study

    • I. Rundshagen
    • K. Schnabel
    • J. Schulte am Esch

    Original 18 February 2014 Pages: 1312 - 1318

26. Analyzing the impact of long-term patients on ICU bed utilization

    • Charles Weissman

    Original 18 February 2014 Pages: 1319 - 1325

27. Attitudinal patterns determining decision-making in the treatment of the elderly: a comparison between physicians and nurses in Germany and Sweden

    • J. Richter
    • M.R. Eisemann

    Original 18 February 2014 Pages: 1326 - 1333

28. Inhaled endothelin A antagonist improves arterial oxygenation in experimental acute lung injury

    • Udo Kaisers
    • Thilo Busch
    • Willehad Boemke

    Experimental 18 February 2014 Pages: 1334 - 1342

29. Accuracy and repeatability of blood volume measurement by pulse dye densitometry compared to the conventional method using ⁵¹Cr-labeled red blood cells

    • Takasuke Imai
    • Chieko Mitaka
    • Fumio Kunimoto

    Technique 18 February 2014 Pages: 1343 - 1349

30. The use of the arterial line as a source for blood cultures

    • Phillip D. Levin
    • Moshe Hersch
    • Amos M. Yinnon

    Technique 18 February 2014 Pages: 1350 - 1354

31. The effect of a hemofilter during extracorporeal circulation on hemodynamics in patients with SIRS

    • Y. Kamijo
    • K. Soma
    • T. Ohwada

    BRIEF REPORT 18 February 2014 Pages: 1355 - 1359

32. Early signs of critical illness polyneuropathy in ICU patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome or sepsis

    • A. Tennilä
    • T. Salmi
    • O. Takkunen

    Brief Report 18 February 2014 Pages: 1360 - 1363

33. Microalbuminuria as an early index of impairment of glomerular permeability in postoperative septic patients

    • A.R. De Gaudio
    • C. Adembri
    • G.P. Novelli

    Brief Report 18 February 2014 Pages: 1364 - 1368

34. Tracheal colonisation within 24 h of intubation in patients with head trauma: risk factor for developing early-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia

    • J.M. Sirvent
    • A. Torres
    • A. Bonet

    Brief Report 18 February 2014 Pages: 1369 - 1372

35. Central venous blood culture: a useful test for catheter colonisation?

    • R.N. Juste
    • M. Hannan
    • N. Soni

    Brief Report 18 February 2014 Pages: 1373 - 1375

36. Investigating the relationship between intrathoracic blood volume index and cardiac index

    • Angela McLuckie
    • David Bihari

    Brief Report 18 February 2014 Pages: 1376 - 1378

37. Ultrasound-guided percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy: a safe method to avoid cranial misplacement of the tracheostomy tube

    • A. Šustić
    • D. Kovač
    • B. Krstulović

    Brief Report 18 February 2014 Pages: 1379 - 1381

38. Impact of a bicarbonated saline solution on early resuscitation after major burns

    • Mette M. Berger
    • Anne Pictet
    • René L. Chioléro

    Brief Report 18 February 2014 Pages: 1382 - 1385

39. Endogenous Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis: a case report and literature review

    • Jeremiah S. Reedy
    • Kenneth E. Wood

    Brief Report 18 February 2014 Pages: 1386 - 1389

40. Ceftriaxone-induced immune haemolysis: two case reports and a concise review of the literature

    • A. Seltsam
    • A. Salama

    Brief Report 18 February 2014 Pages: 1390 - 1394

41. The role of nitric oxide in metabolism regulation: from basic sciences to the clinical setting

    • J. C. Osorio
    • F. A. Recchia

    CURRENT TOPICS 18 February 2014 Pages: 1395 - 1398

42. Near fatal case of atrioventricular block induced by amitriptyline at therapeutic dose

    • A. Lappa
    • A. Castagna
    • M. Fenga

    CORRESPONDENCE 15 August 2000 Pages: 1399 - 1399

43. A narrow escape: surviving massive pulmonary thromboembolism due to a persistently patent foramen ovale

    • Dirk-Jan Slebos
    • Jaap E. Tulleken
    • Tjip S. van der Werf

    CORRESPONDENCE 10 August 2000 Pages: 1400 - 1400

44. Acute pulmonary embolism with a serpentine thrombus in the right atrium traversing the foramen ovale

    • D. Matamis
    • A. Karasakalides
    • D. Riggos

    CORRESPONDENCE 16 August 2000 Pages: 1401 - 1402

45. Cross-contamination of infectious disease in CWH: a potential hazard

    • M. G. Vervloet
    • P. M. ter Wee
    • H. M. Oudemans-Van Straaten

    CORRESPONDENCE 12 August 2000 Pages: 1403 - 1403

46. Fulminant Pasteurella multocida lung abscess in a chronic alcohol abuser: diagnosis using intracavital lavage

    • E. Hazouard
    • M. Ferrandière
    • E. Lanotte

    CORRESPONDENCE 19 August 2000 Pages: 1404 - 1405

47. Central pontine myelinolysis and myocardial infarction following severe hypoglycemia

    • Edmund Purucker
    • Frank Lammert
    • Edmund Nguyen

    CORRESPONDENCE 10 August 2000 Pages: 1406 - 1407

48. Effects of acetaminophen administration to patients in intensive care

    • I. Mackenzie
    • K. Forrest
    • R. Marsh

    Original 18 February 2014 Pages: 1408 - 1408