European Society of Intensive Care Medicine statement: Intensive care medicine in Europe – structure, organisation and training guidelines of the Multidisciplinary Joint Committee of Intensive Care Medicine (MJCICM) of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) Simon De LangeHugo Van AkenHilmar Burchardi ESICM Statement Pages: 1505 - 1511
Position paper of the ESICM Working Group on Nutrition and Metabolism Gianni BioloGeorge GrimbleClaude Pichard ESICM Working Group Pages: 1512 - 1520
Statement of the 4th International Consensus Conference in Critical Care on ICU-Acquired Pneumonia – Chicago, Illinois, May 2002 R. Hubmayr Consensus Conference Pages: 1521 - 1536
The presence of shock defines the threshold to initiate thrombolytic therapy in patients with pulmonary embolism Kenneth E. Wood PRO/CON Debate Pages: 1537 - 1546
The case for thrombolysis in acute major pulmonary embolism: hemodynamic benefits and beyond Stavros Konstantinides PRO/CON Debate Pages: 1547 - 1551
Intrinsic (or auto-) positive end-expiratory pressure during spontaneous or assisted ventilation Laurent Brochard Physiological Note Pages: 1552 - 1554
Pyrexia in head-injured patients admitted to intensive care Nino StocchettiSandra RossiGiuseppe Citerio Original Pages: 1555 - 1562
Effects of therapeutic hypothermia on intracranial pressure and outcome in patients with severe head injury Kees H. PoldermanRudi Tjong Tjin JoeArmand R. Girbes Original Pages: 1563 - 1573
Acute haemodynamic effects of a hypertonic saline/dextran solution in stable patients with severe sepsis R. Oliveira R. Weingartner G. Friedman Original Pages: 1574 - 1581
Effect of the humidification device on the work of breathing during noninvasive ventilation François LelloucheSalvatore M. MaggioreLaurent Brochard Original Pages: 1582 - 1589
Comparison of the effects of heat and moisture exchangers and heated humidifiers on ventilation and gas exchange during non-invasive ventilation Samir JaberGérald ChanquesJean-Jacques Eledjam Original Pages: 1590 - 1594
Pulmonary gas exchange response to weaning with pressure-support ventilation in exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients Miquel FerrerRaquel IglesiaRobert Rodriguez-Roisin Original Pages: 1595 - 1599
Value of the plasma protein and hemoglobin concentration in the diagnosis of pulmonary edema in scorpion sting patients Mabrouk BahloulMounir BouazizHatem Kallel Original Pages: 1600 - 1605
Procalcitonin as a prognostic marker in meningococcal disease D. Van der Kaay E. De Kleijn J. Hazelzet Original Pages: 1606 - 1612
Soluble L-selectin levels predict survival in sepsis Jakob B. SeidelinOle H. NielsenJens Strøm Original Pages: 1613 - 1618
The Multiple Organ Dysfunction Score (MODS) versus the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score in outcome prediction Daliana Peres BotaChristian MelotJean-Louis Vincent Original Pages: 1619 - 1624
Death of terminally ill patients on a stretcher in the emergency department: a French speciality? B. Tardy C. Venet J. Bertrand Original Pages: 1625 - 1628
Duration of life-threatening antecedents prior to intensive care admission Ken M. HillmanPeter J. BristowGrant Simmons Original Pages: 1629 - 1634
Life-threatening hemorrhage in neonates: management with recombinant activated factor VII Alex VeldmanDoris FischerWolfhardt Kreuz Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Pages: 1635 - 1637
Pressurized bag pump and syringe pump arterial flushing systems: an unrecognized hazard in neonates? A. Cornelius J. Fischer M. Weiss Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Pages: 1638 - 1643
Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome at the intensive care unit of a general university hospital in Brazil Léa FialkowSilvia VieiraMary Bozzetti Brief Report Pages: 1644 - 1648
Conventional coagulation and thromboelastograph parameters and longevity of continuous renal replacement circuits Andrew W. HoltPetra BiererAndrew Bersten Brief Report Pages: 1649 - 1655
A randomized prospective trial of immediate vs. next-day feeding after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in intensive care patients Jurgen SteinArnd Schulte-BockholtMichael Keymling Brief Report Pages: 1656 - 1660
Top-down costing: problems in determining staff costs in intensive care medicine Luca BrazziGuido BertoliniDavide Luciani Brief Report Pages: 1661 - 1663
Clearance of vancomycin during high-volume haemofiltration: impact of pre-dilution Shigehiko UchinoLouise ColeRinaldo Bellomo Technical Note Pages: 1664 - 1667
Optimal lung volume strategy: comment on "High-frequency oscillatory ventilation in experimental lung injury: effects on gas exchange" by Dembinski et al H. van Genderingen A. van Vught Correspondence Pages: 1668 - 1668
Optimal lung volume strategy: comments on the letter by H. van Genderingen and A. van Vught Rolf DembinskiMartin MaxRolf Rossaint Correspondence Pages: 1669 - 1669
Comments on: A new prognostic scoring system for meningococcal septic shock in children P. Baines K. Thorburn Correspondence Pages: 1670 - 1670
Reply to the letter by Thorburn and Baines Álvaro Castellanos-OrtegaJavier LlorcaMiguel Delgado-Rodríguez Correspondence Pages: 1671 - 1672
Surgical re-intervention in postoperative peritonitis based on longitudinal scoring systems Bas LammeOddeke Van RulerMarja A. Boermeester Correspondence Pages: 1673 - 1673
Sample introduction mode: another source of error in saline PCO2 measurement Balasubramanian VenkateshThomas J. MorganJonathan Hall Correspondence Pages: 1676 - 1677
Towards the VI European community framework programme and the European research area Gilda Cinnella Correspondence Pages: 1678 - 1679
Abdominal compartment syndrome and intrahepatic portal venous gas: a possible complication of endoscopy Mineji HayakawaSatoshi GandoOsamu Kemmotsu Correspondence Pages: 1680 - 1681
Leptospirosis presenting with encephalitis-induced coma Ioanna DimopoulouPanagiotis PolitisCharis Roussos Correspondence Pages: 1682 - 1682
Tacrolimus-induced life-threatening arrhythmia in a pediatric liver-transplant patient Masaji NishimuraKeiwa KimTakashi Mashimo Correspondence Pages: 1683 - 1684
Early-onset Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia complicating Norwood II operation in a 3-month-old patient S. Dittrich O. Grollmuss D. Kececioglu Correspondence Pages: 1685 - 1686
Fatal catecholamine myocarditis in a child with severe scalding injury Thomas RiedelStephanie SojcicJürg Pfenninger Correspondence Pages: 1687 - 1688
Effect of the degree of tricuspid regurgitation on cardiac output measurements by thermodilution Martin BalikJan PachlJan Hendl Erratum Pages: 1689 - 1689