1. Does the brain become heavier or lighter after trauma? The long story of brain water content and its direct or indirect measurement

   • Nino Stocchetti

   Editorial 01 July 2005 Pages: 1009 - 1011

2. Prone positioning: do not turn it off!

   • Claude Guerin

   Editorial 06 July 2005 Pages: 1012 - 1013

3. Inhaled nitric oxide therapy in adults – opinions and evidence

   • Luca M. Bigatello
   • H. Thomas Stelfox
   • Dean Hess

   Editorial 23 June 2005 Pages: 1014 - 1016

4. Mechanisms of hypoxemia

   • Robert Rodríguez-Roisin
   • Josep Roca

   Physiological Note 14 June 2005 Pages: 1017 - 1019

   

5. Hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction in critically ill patients with traumatic and nontraumatic brain injury

   • Ioanna Dimopoulou
   • Stylianos Tsagarakis

   Review 15 June 2005 Pages: 1020 - 1028

   

6. Inhaled nitric oxide therapy in adults: European expert recommendations

   • Peter Germann
   • Antonio Braschi
   • Roman Ullrich

   Special Article 23 June 2005 Pages: 1029 - 1041

7. A quantitative computed tomography assessment of brain weight, volume, and specific gravity in severe head trauma

   • Thomas Lescot
   • Marie-Pierre Bonnet
   • Louis Puybasset

   Original 01 July 2005 Pages: 1042 - 1050

   

8. Successful long-term program for controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care units

   • Jean-Christophe Lucet
   • Xavier Paoletti
   • Bernard Regnier

   Original 01 July 2005 Pages: 1051 - 1057

   

9. Safety and efficacy of colistin in Acinetobacter and Pseudomonas infections: a prospective cohort study

   • Rosa Reina
   • Elisa Estenssoro
   • Carlos Ramos

   Original 28 June 2005 Pages: 1058 - 1065

   

10. Hemodynamic variables related to outcome in septic shock

    • Marjut Varpula
    • Minna Tallgren
    • Ville Pettilä

    Original 23 June 2005 Pages: 1066 - 1071

    

11. Temporal changes in whole-blood and plasma glutathione in ICU patients with multiple organ failure

    • U. B. Fläring
    • O. E. Rooyackers
    • J. Wernerman

    Original 06 July 2005 Pages: 1072 - 1078

    

12. Parenteral glutamine increases serum heat shock protein 70 in critically ill patients

    • Thomas R. Ziegler
    • Lorraine G. Ogden
    • Paul E. Wischmeyer

    Original 23 June 2005 Pages: 1079 - 1086

    

13. Critically ill obstetric patients in an American and an Indian public hospital: comparison of case-mix, organ dysfunction, intensive care requirements, and outcomes

    • Uma Munnur
    • Dilip R. Karnad
    • Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli

    Original 13 July 2005 Pages: 1087 - 1094

14. Effect of the Y-piece of the ventilation circuit on ventilation requirements in extremely low birth weight infants

    • M. Wald
    • Valerie Jeitler
    • Lieselotte Kirchner

    Pediatric Original 06 July 2005 Pages: 1095 - 1100

    

15. Antithrombin ameliorates endotoxin-induced organ dysfunction more efficiently when combined with danaparoid sodium than with unfractionated heparin

    • Toshiaki Iba
    • Akio Kidokoro
    • Yukiko Ida

    Experimental 02 July 2005 Pages: 1101 - 1108

    

16. Candesartan improves survival following severe hypovolemia in pigs; a role for the angiotensin II type 2 receptor?

    • Mats Laesser
    • Emma Spak
    • Lars Fandriks

    Experimental 28 June 2005 Pages: 1109 - 1115

    

17. Nosocomial viral ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study

    • Cédric Daubin
    • Sophie Vincent
    • Pierre Charbonneau

    Brief Report 06 July 2005 Pages: 1116 - 1122

    

18. Changes in acid-base balance following bolus infusion of 20% albumin solution in humans

    • Dirk Bruegger
    • Matthias Jacob
    • Markus Rehm

    Brief Report 06 July 2005 Pages: 1123 - 1127

    

19. Short-term effects of prone position in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with severe acute hypoxemic and hypercapnic respiratory failure

    • Jean Reignier
    • Olivier Lejeune
    • Laurent Martin-Lefevre

    Brief Report 06 July 2005 Pages: 1128 - 1131

    

20. Differential inducible nitric oxide synthase activity in circulating neutrophils vs. mononuclears of septic shock patients

    • Moshe Hersch
    • Jeremy A. Scott
    • William J. Sibbald

    Brief Report 15 June 2005 Pages: 1132 - 1135

    

21. Tight glycaemic control: a survey of intensive care practice in large English hospitals

    • Iain Mackenzie
    • Susan Ingle
    • Simon Buczaski

    Correspondence 14 June 2005 Pages: 1136 - 1136

22. Are nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents truly a risk factor for late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia?

    • Dave A. Dongelmans
    • Marcus J. Schultz

    Correspondence 02 June 2005 Pages: 1137 - 1137

23. Surprising results deserve consideration

    • Marc Leone
    • François Antonini
    • Claude Martin

    Correspondence 02 June 2005 Pages: 1138 - 1138

24. Comment on “Prognostic value of relative adrenal insufficiency after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest” by Pene et al.

    • Ioanna Dimopoulou

    Correspondence 02 July 2005 Pages: 1139 - 1139

25. Authors’ reply

    • Frédéric Pene
    • Alain Cariou
    • Jean-Paul Mira

    Correspondence 02 July 2005 Pages: 1140 - 1140

26. Indirect estimates of cardiac index

    • Randolph P. Cole

    Correspondence 05 July 2005 Pages: 1141 - 1141

27. Acute purulent pericarditis in pneumococcal meningitis

    • Martin E. G. Blohm
    • Horst Schroten
    • Thomas Hoehn

    Correspondence 24 June 2005 Pages: 1142 - 1142

    

28. Acute pancreatitis, incomplete thrombotic microangiopathy and cocaine abuse: an unusual pathogenic link

    • J. Alcázar-Guijo
    • M. Jiménez-Sáenz
    • J. M. Herrerías-Gutiérrez

    Correspondence 16 June 2005 Pages: 1143 - 1143

29. August 2005

    Announcements 19 July 2005 Pages: 1144 - 1144