1. Is monocyte HLA-DR expression predictive for clinical outcome in sepsis?

   • Andreas Spittler
   • Erich Roth

   Editorial 12 June 2003 Pages: 1211 - 1213

2. Prospects for acute stroke— what can intensive care medicine offer?

   • Peter J. D. Andrews

   Editorial 18 June 2003 Pages: 1214 - 1217

3. Ventilator-induced lung injury, cytokines, PEEP, and mortality: implications for practice and for clinical trials

   • Arthur S. Slutsky
   • Yumiko Imai

   Editorial 15 July 2003 Pages: 1218 - 1221

4. Coupled plasma filtration adsorption

   • Rinaldo Bellomo
   • Ciro Tetta
   • Claudio Ronco

   Review 26 June 2003 Pages: 1222 - 1228

   

5. Alveolar ventilation and pulmonary blood flow: the V̇_A/Q̇ concept

   • Enrico Calzia
   • Peter Radermacher

   Physiological Note 10 July 2003 Pages: 1229 - 1232

   

6. The introduction of positive endexpiratory pressure into mechanical ventilation: a retrospective

   • Konrad J. Falke

   Seminal Studies in Intensive Care 11 July 2003 Pages: 1233 - 1236

   

7. Outcome prediction in terms of functional disability and mortality at 1 year among ICU-admitted severe stroke patients: a prospective epidemiological study in the south of the European Union (Evascan Project, Andalusia, Spain)

   • Pedro Navarrete-Navarro
   • Ricardo Rivera-Fernández
   • Guillermo Vázquez-Mata

   Original 16 May 2003 Pages: 1237 - 1244

8. Is low monocyte HLA-DR expression helpful to predict outcome in severe sepsis?

   • Sara E. Perry
   • Sobhy M. Mostafa
   • Paul J. McLaughlin

   Original 28 May 2003 Pages: 1245 - 1252

   

9. HLA-DR as a marker for increased risk for systemic inflammation and septic complications after cardiac surgery

   • Wolfgang Oczenski
   • Herbert Krenn
   • Robert D. Fitzgerald

   Original 12 June 2003 Pages: 1253 - 1257

   

10. Respiratory function after aortic aneurysm repair: a comparison between retroperitoneal and transperitoneal approaches

    • Carlo A. Volta
    • Enrico Ferri
    • Raffaele Alvisi

    Original 26 June 2003 Pages: 1258 - 1264

11. Alveolar recruitment of atelectasis under combined high-frequency jet ventilation: a computed tomography study

    • Paul Kraincuk
    • Günther Körmöczi
    • Alexander Aloy

    Original 17 July 2003 Pages: 1265 - 1272

    

12. Intravenous phosphate in the intensive care unit: More aggressive repletion regimens for moderate and severe hypophosphatemia

    • Thierry Charron
    • Francis Bernard
    • Martine Leblanc

    Original 05 July 2003 Pages: 1273 - 1278

13. Effect of cardiopulmonary bypass on lactate metabolism

    • Iqbal Mustafa
    • Hubert Roth
    • Xavier M. Leverve

    Original 05 July 2003 Pages: 1279 - 1285

    

14. Long-term outcome in ICU patients:

    • Francisca García Lizana
    • Daliana Peres Bota
    • Jean-Louis Vincent

    Original 08 July 2003 Pages: 1286 - 1293

    

15. Quality of life six years after intensive care

    • Anne Kaarlola
    • Ville Pettilä
    • Pertti Kekki

    Original 15 July 2003 Pages: 1294 - 1299

    

16. Relationship between injury severity and lactate levels in severely injured patients

    • Ognjen Cerović
    • Vesna Golubović
    • Gaj Vidmar

    Original 09 July 2003 Pages: 1300 - 1305

    

17. Clinically significant gastrointestinal bleeding in critically ill patients with and without stress-ulcer prophylaxis

    • Christophe Faisy
    • Emmanuel Guerot
    • Jean-Yves Fagon

    Original 26 June 2003 Pages: 1306 - 1313

18. Do lung recruitment maneuvers decrease gastric mucosal perfusion?

    • J. Claesson
    • S. Lehtipalo
    • O. Winsö

    Original 08 July 2003 Pages: 1314 - 1321

    

19. Effects of norepinephrine alone and norepinephrine plus dopamine on human intestinal mucosal perfusion

    • Andreas Nygren
    • Anders Thorén
    • Sven-Erik Ricksten

    Original 15 July 2003 Pages: 1322 - 1328

    

20. Correlation between neurotrophic factor expression and outcome of children with severe traumatic brain injury

    • Antonio Chiaretti
    • Marco Piastra
    • Luigi Aloe

    Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care 05 July 2003 Pages: 1329 - 1338

    

21. Admission plasma vasopressin levels in children with meningococcal septic shock

    • F. Leclerc
    • E. Walter-Nicolet
    • C. Fourier

    Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care 10 July 2003 Pages: 1339 - 1344

    

22. Positive end-expiratory pressure modulates local and systemic inflammatory responses in a sepsis-induced lung injury model

    • María Teresa Herrera
    • Claudia Toledo
    • Jesús Villar

    Experimental 16 April 2003 Pages: 1345 - 1353

    

23. Aerosolization of perfluorocarbons during mechanical ventilation: an in vitro study

    • Tobias Gregor
    • Gerd Schmalisch
    • Mario Rüdiger

    Experimental 16 April 2003 Pages: 1354 - 1360

    

24. Suspension of the NIH ARDS Network fluids and catheters treatment trial

    • François Lemaire

    News 15 July 2003 Pages: 1361 - 1363

25. Tubular proteinuria and enzymuria following open heart surgery

    • John Blaikley
    • Peter Sutton
    • Robert Unwin

    Brief Report 10 July 2003 Pages: 1364 - 1367

    

26. The systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) to identify infected patients in the emergency room

    • Fabián Jaimes
    • Jenny Garcés
    • Hiulber Leal

    Brief Report 26 June 2003 Pages: 1368 - 1371

27. Is elevated plasma lactate a useful marker in the evaluation of pure carbon monoxide poisoning?

    • M. Lamine Benaissa
    • Bruno Mégarbane
    • Frédéric J. Baud

    Brief Report 10 July 2003 Pages: 1372 - 1375

    

28. Fatal septic shock caused by Corynebacterium D2

    • Vincent Audard
    • Maité Garrouste-Orgeas
    • Jean Carlet

    Brief Report 26 June 2003 Pages: 1376 - 1379

    

29. Plasma oxidative parameters and mortality in patients with severe burn injury

    • Cristiane Ritter
    • Michael Andrades
    • Felipe Dal-Pizzol

    Brief Report 27 May 2003 Pages: 1380 - 1383

    

30. Usefulness of procalcitonin for diagnosing complicating sepsis in patients with cardiogenic shock

    • Alexander Geppert
    • Angela Steiner
    • Kurt Huber

    Brief Report 20 June 2003 Pages: 1384 - 1389

    

31. Tracheostomy for long-term ventilated patients: a postal survey of ICU practice in The Netherlands

    • Bernard G. Fikkers
    • Gerdine A. J. Fransen
    • Frank J. A. van den Hoogen

    Brief Report 22 July 2003 Pages: 1390 - 1393

    

32. Microalbuminuria: timing is everything!

    • Peter Gosling
    • Mav Manji
    • John Czyz

    Correspondence 22 May 2003 Pages: 1394 - 1394

33. Microalbuminuria in severe sepsis: timing is difficult, "normal" levels are uncertain

    • Zsolt Molnár
    • Tamás Szakmány
    • Péter Heigl

    Correspondence 22 May 2003 Pages: 1395 - 1395

34. Assessing cardiac preload or fluid responsiveness? It depends on the question we want to answer

    • Frédéric Michard
    • Daniel A. Reuter

    Correspondence 25 June 2003 Pages: 1396 - 1396

    

35. Reply to comment on "Fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients: a review of indices used in intensive care"

    • Karim Bendjelid
    • Jacques-A. Romand

    Correspondence 22 May 2003 Pages: 1397 - 1397

36. Case report medication error: oral antibiotics and simethicone accidentally injected intravenously

    • Rolf C. Mahne
    • Johan Damen
    • Frank G. A. Jansman

    Correspondence 12 June 2003 Pages: 1398 - 1398

37. Severe community-acquired pneumonia caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus: first reported case in the United Kingdom

    • J. L. Klein
    • Z. Petrovic
    • J. Edgeworth

    Correspondence 29 May 2003 Pages: 1399 - 1399

38. August 2003

    Announcements 06 August 2003 Pages: 1400 - 1400