1. Pressure, flow and Occam’s Razor: a matter of “steal”?

   • Peter J. D. Andrews

   Editorial 18 February 2005 Pages: 323 - 324

2. ICU physicians should abandon the use of etomidate!

   • Djillali Annane

   Editorial 27 January 2005 Pages: 325 - 326

3. Antioxidant nutrients: a systematic review of trace elements and vitamins in the critically ill patient

   • Daren K. Heyland
   • Rupinder Dhaliwal
   • Mette M. Berger

   Systematic Review 17 December 2004 Pages: 327 - 337

   

4. Will ethical requirements bring critical care research to a halt?

   • Robert D. Truog

   Clinical Commentary 04 November 2004 Pages: 338 - 344

   

5. Is it better to consent to an RCT or to care?

   • Didier Dreyfuss

   Clinical Commentary 17 December 2004 Pages: 345 - 355

6. Year in review in intensive care medicine, 2004. III. Outcome, ICU organisation, scoring, quality of life, ethics, psychological problems and communication in the ICU, immunity and hemodynamics during sepsis, pediatric and neonatal critical care, experimental studies

   • Peter Andrews
   • Elie Azoulay
   • Benoit Vallet

   Year in Review 2004 18 February 2005 Pages: 356 - 372

7. Cerebro-pulmonary interactions during the application of low levels of positive end-expiratory pressure

   • Luciana Mascia
   • Salvatore Grasso
   • Alessandro Ducati

   Original 25 January 2005 Pages: 373 - 379

   

8. Withdrawal following sufentanil/propofol and sufentanil/midazolam

   • Maria Korak-Leiter
   • Rudolf Likar
   • Enno C. Freye

   Original 16 February 2005 Pages: 380 - 387

   

9. Risk factors of relative adrenocortical deficiency in intensive care patients needing mechanical ventilation

   • Gabriel Malerba
   • Florence Romano-Girard
   • Pierre-Edouard Bollaert

   Original 10 February 2005 Pages: 388 - 392

   

10. Candida spp. colonization significance in critically ill medical patients: a prospective study

    • Pierre Emmanuel Charles
    • Frédéric Dalle
    • Bernard Blettery

    Original 12 February 2005 Pages: 393 - 400

    

11. High interleukin 12 and low interleukin 10 production after in vitro stimulation detected in sepsis survivors

    • Spaska A. Stanilova
    • Zhivko T. Karakolev
    • Noyko S. Stanilov

    Original 18 February 2005 Pages: 401 - 407

    

12. Impact of two different comorbidity measures on the 6-month mortality of critically ill cancer patients

    • Márcio Soares
    • Jorge I. F. Salluh
    • José R. Rocco

    Original 28 January 2005 Pages: 408 - 415

    

13. SAPS II revisited

    • Philippe Aegerter
    • Ariane Boumendil
    • Bertrand Guidet

    Original 28 January 2005 Pages: 416 - 423

    

14. Breath-to-breath analysis of abdominal and rib cage motion in surfactant-depleted piglets during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation

    • Dick G. Markhorst
    • Jos R. C. Jansen
    • Huibert R. van Genderingen

    Experimental 20 January 2005 Pages: 424 - 430

    

15. Suctioning through a double-lumen endotracheal tube helps to prevent alveolar collapse and to preserve ventilation

    • Hajo Reissmann
    • Stephan H. Böhm
    • Göran Hedenstierna

    Experimental 03 February 2005 Pages: 431 - 440

    

16. Direct vs. mediated effects of scorpion venom: an experimental study of the effects of a second challenge with scorpion venom

    • Lamia Ouanes-Besbes
    • Souhail El Atrous
    • Fekri Abroug

    Experimental 28 January 2005 Pages: 441 - 446

    

17. Subcutaneous gas tensions closely track ileal mucosal gas tensions in a model of endotoxaemia without anaerobism

    • Bala Venkatesh
    • Thomas J. Morgan
    • Desley Willgoss

    Experimental 10 February 2005 Pages: 447 - 453

    

18. The haemodynamic and metabolic effects of epinephrine in experimental hyperdynamic septic shock

    • David Di Giantomasso
    • Rinaldo Bellomo
    • Clive N. May

    Experimental 15 February 2005 Pages: 454 - 462

    

19. HFOV in premature neonates: effects on pulmonary mechanics and epithelial lining fluid cytokines. A randomized controlled trial

    • Giovanni Vento
    • Piero G. Matassa
    • Costantino Romagnoli

    Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care 17 February 2005 Pages: 463 - 470

20. Comparison of indirect methods of measuring intra-abdominal pressure in children

    • Peter J. Davis
    • Satajyit Koottayi
    • Warwick W. Butt

    Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care 28 January 2005 Pages: 471 - 475

    

21. The European Union Directive on Clinical Research: present status of implementation in EU member states’ legislations with regard to the incompetent patient

    • ESICM Task Force on Legislation Affecting Clinical Research in the Critically Ill Patient
    • F. Lemaire
    • M. Ranieri

    News 15 February 2005 Pages: 476 - 479

22. Withdrawal of feeding-tubes from incompetent patients: the Terri Schiavo case raises new issues regarding who decides in end-of-life decision making

    • Henry J. Silverman

    News 22 January 2005 Pages: 480 - 481

23. Sedation in the critically ill ventilated patient: possible role of enteral drugs

    • Marco Cigada
    • Angelo Pezzi
    • Gaetano Iapichino

    Brief Report 16 February 2005 Pages: 482 - 486

24. Animal model of unilateral ventilator-induced lung injury

    • Ramon Farre
    • Susana Granell
    • Daniel Navajas

    Brief Report 25 January 2005 Pages: 487 - 490

    

25. Coronary artery bypass graft surgery for persistent weaning failure

    • Apostolos Koroneos
    • Panagiotis Dedeilias
    • Charis Roussos

    Correspondence 27 January 2005 Pages: 491 - 492

    

26. Unexpected recovery from prolonged hypoglycemic coma: a protective role of metformin?

    • Jean-Daniel Lalau
    • Kamel Masmoudi

    Correspondence 28 January 2005 Pages: 493 - 493

    

27. Procalcitonin in hypoxic brain damage

    • Aisha Lateef
    • S. M. Khoo
    • K. H. Lee

    Correspondence 21 January 2005 Pages: 494 - 494

28. Hanging causing severe reversible left ventricular dysfunction

    • I. Mohammedi
    • X. Perret
    • D. Robert

    Correspondence 15 February 2005 Pages: 495 - 495

    

29. Safety of endotoxin challenge in healthy volunteers: bradycardia

    • Bernd Jilma

    Correspondence 12 February 2005 Pages: 496 - 496

30. March 2005

    Announcements 02 March 2005 Pages: 497 - 497