1. D-dimer for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: a call for sticking to evidence

   • Grégoire Le Gal
   • Henri Bounameaux

   Editorial 14 October 2004 Pages: 1 - 2

2. Neurological outcome after bacterial meningitis: bridging the gap from molecules to behavior

   • Uwe Senftleben

   Editorial 17 December 2004 Pages: 3 - 4

3. Efficacy of heat and moisture exchangers in preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

   • Axel Kola
   • Tim Eckmanns
   • Petra Gastmeier

   Review 11 September 2004 Pages: 5 - 11

   

4. Parenteral vs. enteral nutrition in the critically ill patient: a meta-analysis of trials using the intention to treat principle

   • Fiona Simpson
   • Gordon Stuart Doig

   Systematic Review 09 December 2004 Pages: 12 - 23

   

5. Effects of body temperature on blood gases

   • Andreas Bacher

   Physiological Note 24 June 2004 Pages: 24 - 27

   

6. Year in review in intensive care medicine, 2004. I. Respiratory failure, infection, and sepsis

   • Peter Andrews
   • Elie Azoulay
   • Benoit Vallet

   Year in Review 2004 18 December 2004 Pages: 28 - 40

7. Prediction of responses to various stimuli during sedation: a comparison of three EEG variables

   • Matsuyuki Doi
   • Koji Morita
   • Gavin N. C. Kenny

   Original 01 December 2004 Pages: 41 - 47

   

8. Neither baseline tests of molecular hypercoagulability nor D-dimer levels predict deep venous thrombosis in critically ill medical-surgical patients

   • M. A. Crowther
   • D. J. Cook
   • G. Guyatt

   Original 09 December 2004 Pages: 48 - 55

   

9. Post-ICU mortality in critically ill infected patients: an international study

   • Élie Azoulay
   • Corinne Alberti
   • for the European Sepsis Group

   Original 04 November 2004 Pages: 56 - 63

   

10. Risk factors for late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia in trauma patients receiving selective digestive decontamination

    • Marc Leone
    • Stéphane Delliaux
    • Claude Martin

    Original 02 December 2004 Pages: 64 - 70

    

11. Outcome of severe adult thrombotic microangiopathies in the intensive care unit

    • Frédéric Pene
    • Cécile Vigneau
    • Jean-Paul Mira

    Original 03 December 2004 Pages: 71 - 78

    

12. Differential effects of human atrial natriuretic peptide and furosemide on glomerular filtration rate and renal oxygen consumption in humans

    • Kristina Swärd
    • Felix Valsson
    • Sven-Erik Ricksten

    Original 23 November 2004 Pages: 79 - 85

13. Returning home after intensive care: A comparison of symptoms of anxiety and depression in ICU and elective cardiac surgery patients and their relatives

    • Ellen Young
    • Jane Eddleston
    • Lesley Glover

    Original 23 November 2004 Pages: 86 - 91

14. Characteristics and immediate outcome of childhood meningitis treated in the pediatric intensive care unit

    • Folafoluwa O. Odetola
    • Susan L. Bratton

    Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care 23 November 2004 Pages: 92 - 97

15. Goal-directed medical therapy and point-of-care testing improve outcomes after congenital heart surgery

    • Anthony F. Rossi
    • Danyal M. Khan
    • Redmond Burke

    Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care 01 December 2004 Pages: 98 - 104

    

16. Effects of continuous negative extra-abdominal pressure on cardiorespiratory function during abdominal hypertension: an experimental study

    • Franco Valenza
    • Manuela Irace
    • Luciano Gattinoni

    Original 26 October 2004 Pages: 105 - 111

    

17. Acute hemodynamic changes during lung recruitment in lavage and endotoxin-induced ALI

    • Helena Odenstedt
    • Anders Åneman
    • Stefan Lundin

    Experimental 17 December 2004 Pages: 112 - 120

    

18. Active transforming growth factor-β1 activates the procollagen I promoter in patients with acute lung injury

    • G. R. Scott Budinger
    • Navdeep S. Chandel
    • Manu Jain

    Experimental 24 November 2004 Pages: 121 - 128

    

19. Characterization of membrane N-glycan binding sites of lysozyme for cardiac depression in sepsis

    • Hans Jacobs
    • Steven N. Mink
    • R. Bruce Light

    Experimental 17 December 2004 Pages: 129 - 137

    

20. Measurement of the liver tissue oxygenation by near-infrared spectroscopy

    • Gunnar Naulaers
    • Bart Meyns
    • Hugo Devlieger

    Experimental 05 November 2004 Pages: 138 - 141

    

21. Analysis of blood glucose measurements using capillary and arterial blood samples in intensive care patients

    • Atul Kulkarni
    • Manoj Saxena
    • John A. Myburgh

    Technical Note 23 November 2004 Pages: 142 - 145

    

22. Dexamethasone decreases neurological sequelae and caspase activity

    • Jose Irazuzta
    • Robert K. Pretzlaff
    • Basilia Zingarelli

    Brief Report 16 October 2004 Pages: 146 - 150

    

23. Total and ionized serum magnesium in critically ill patients

    • Maria Paz Escuela
    • Manuel Guerra
    • Sebastian Celaya

    Brief Report 17 December 2004 Pages: 151 - 156

    

24. Steroid-induced myopathy in patients intubated due to exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • Rosario Amaya-Villar
    • Jose Garnacho-Montero
    • Carlos Ortiz-Leyba

    Brief Report 04 December 2004 Pages: 157 - 161

25. Length of weaning from mechanical ventilation

    • Carlos Campillo
    • Joan Maria Raurich
    • Jordi Ibáñez

    Correspondence 06 November 2004 Pages: 162 - 162

26. Authors’ reply

    • Sylvie Bastuji-Garin
    • Bernard De Jonghe
    • on the behalf of the authors

    Correspondence 19 November 2004 Pages: 163 - 163

27. Levosimendan in septic cardiac failure

    • A. Noto
    • M. Giacomini
    • G. Iapichino

    Correspondence 03 December 2004 Pages: 164 - 165

28. Exceptional nonfatal metabolic alkalosis (blood base excess +48 mEq/l)

    • Ivo Giovannini
    • Francesco Greco
    • Gennaro Nuzzo

    Correspondence 26 November 2004 Pages: 166 - 167

29. Treatment of severe subcutaneous emphysema by fenestrated angiocatheter

    • Mehmet Ozdogan
    • Ahmet Gurer
    • Raci Aydin

    Correspondence 15 September 2004 Pages: 168 - 168

    

30. January 2005

    Announcements 30 December 2004 Pages: 169 - 169