1. Epidural analgesia in sepsis: too early to judge a new concept

   • Andreas W. Sielenkämper
   • Hugo Van Aken

   Editorial 24 September 2004 Pages: 1987 - 1989

2. Oxygen transport—the oxygen delivery controversy

   • Jean-Louis Vincent
   • Daniel De Backer

   Seminal Study 16 July 2004 Pages: 1990 - 1996

   

3. Clinical identification of cognitive impairment in ICU survivors: insights for intensivists

   • Sharon M. Gordon
   • James C. Jackson
   • Ramona O. Hopkins

   Review 02 October 2004 Pages: 1997 - 2008

   

4. Research issues in the evaluation of cognitive impairment in intensive care unit survivors

   • James C. Jackson
   • Sharon M. Gordon
   • Ramona O. Hopkins

   Review 15 September 2004 Pages: 2009 - 2016

5. Pulse oximetry

   • Amal Jubran

   Physiological Note 24 July 2004 Pages: 2017 - 2020

   

6. Effects of expiratory tracheal gas insufflation in patients with severe head trauma and acute lung injury

   • Melcior Martínez-Pérez
   • Francesca Bernabé
   • Lluís Blanch

   Original 14 September 2004 Pages: 2021 - 2027

   

7. Immune monitoring of patients with septic shock by measurement of intraleukocyte cytokines

   • Thierry Fumeaux
   • Julien Dufour
   • Jérôme Pugin

   Original 11 September 2004 Pages: 2028 - 2037

   

8. C-reactive protein used as an early indicator of infection in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome

   • Rafael Sierra
   • Jordi Rello
   • Sebastián Pedraza

   Original 11 September 2004 Pages: 2038 - 2045

   

9. Infective endocarditis in the intensive care unit: clinical spectrum and prognostic factors in 228 consecutive patients

   • Bruno Mourvillier
   • Jean-Louis Trouillet
   • Michel Wolff

   Original 15 September 2004 Pages: 2046 - 2052

   

10. Perioperative monitoring of circulating and central blood volume in cardiac surgery by pulse dye densitometry

    • Frank Bremer
    • Albert Schiele
    • Klaus Tschaikowsky

    Original 18 September 2004 Pages: 2053 - 2059

    

11. The validity of trans-esophageal Doppler ultrasonography as a measure of cardiac output in critically ill adults

    • Paul M. Dark
    • Mervyn Singer

    Original 11 September 2004 Pages: 2060 - 2066

12. Initial distribution volume of glucose as noninvasive indicator of cardiac preload: comparison with intrathoracic blood volume

    • Vincenzo Gabbanelli
    • Simona Pantanetti
    • Paolo Pelaia

    Original 21 September 2004 Pages: 2067 - 2073

    

13. Blood flow reductions during continuous renal replacement therapy and circuit life

    • Ian Baldwin
    • Rinaldo Bellomo
    • Bill Koch

    Original 24 September 2004 Pages: 2074 - 2079

    

14. Post mortem examination in the intensive care unit: still useful?

    • George Dimopoulos
    • Michael Piagnerelli
    • Jean-Louis Vincent

    Original 07 October 2004 Pages: 2080 - 2085

15. Static pressure-volume curve characteristics are moderate estimators of optimal airway pressures in a mathematical model of (primary/pulmonary) acute respiratory distress syndrome

    • Dick G. Markhorst
    • Huibert R. van Genderingen
    • Adrianus J. van Vught

    Neonatal And Pediatric Intensive Care 15 September 2004 Pages: 2086 - 2093

    

16. Effects of thoracic epidural anaesthesia on intestinal microvascular perfusion in a rodent model of normotensive endotoxaemia

    • Jörn Adolphs
    • Diego K. Schmidt
    • Martin Welte

    Experimental 26 August 2004 Pages: 2094 - 2101

    

17. Effect of increasing doses of magnesium in experimental pulmonary hypertension after acute pulmonary embolism

    • Nikolaus A. Haas
    • Jan Kemke
    • Peter E. Lange

    Experimental 09 September 2004 Pages: 2102 - 2109

    

18. Hydrochloric acid-induced lung injury: effects of early partial liquid ventilation on survival rate, gas exchange, and pulmonary neutrophil accumulation

    • Michael A. Pakulla
    • David Seidel
    • Stephan A. Loer

    Experimental 21 September 2004 Pages: 2110 - 2119

    

19. A law for end of life care in France?

    • François J. P. Lemaire

    News 21 September 2004 Pages: 2120 - 2120

20. Effects of positive end-expiratory pressure on the sigmoid equation in experimental acute lung injury

    • Frederique Bayle
    • Claude Guerin
    • Guy Annat

    Brief Report 10 September 2004 Pages: 2121 - 2125

    

21. Mode of death after admission to an intensive care unit following cardiac arrest

    • Stephen Laver
    • Catherine Farrow
    • Jerry Nolan

    Brief Report 09 September 2004 Pages: 2126 - 2128

22. Volumetric capnography as a bedside monitoring of thrombolysis in major pulmonary embolism

    • Franck Verschuren
    • Erkki Heinonen
    • Giuseppe Liistro

    Experimental 18 September 2004 Pages: 2129 - 2132

    

23. Calculated global end-diastolic volume does not correspond to the largest heart blood volume: a bias for cardiac function index?

    • François Gilles Brivet
    • Frédéric Jacobs
    • Patrice Colin

    Correspondence 11 September 2004 Pages: 2133 - 2134

24. Authors’ reply

    • Alain Combes

    Correspondence 10 September 2004 Pages: 2135 - 2135

25. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: correction of severe bleeding complication with intravenous immune globulin

    • Alex P. Betrosian
    • George Theodossiades
    • George Georgiades

    Correspondence 10 September 2004 Pages: 2136 - 2136

26. Reply to the comment on “Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia” by Betrosian et al. - The treatment of severe hemorrhage in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in serious illness

    • J. P. J. Wester
    • F. J. L. M. Haas
    • G. Veth

    Correspondence 10 September 2004 Pages: 2137 - 2137

27. A role for negative fluid balance in septic patients with abdominal compartment syndrome?

    • Roman Kula
    • Pavel Szturz
    • Jan Jahoda

    Correspondence 11 September 2004 Pages: 2138 - 2139

    

28. Pattern of lung emptying and expiratory resistance in mechanically ventilated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • Eumorfia Kondili
    • Christina Alexopoulou
    • Dimitris Georgopoulos

    Erratum 17 August 2004 Pages: 2140 - 2140

29. November 2004

    Announcements 12 October 2004 Pages: 2141 - 2142