1. The management of plasma glucose in acute cerebral ischaemia and traumatic brain injury: more research needed

   • Anthony J. Strong

   Editorial 05 March 2008 Pages: 1169 - 1172

2. Intracranial pressure and outcome in severe traumatic brain injury: the quest for evidence continues

   • G. Citerio
   • N. Stocchetti

   Editorial 26 March 2008 Pages: 1173 - 1174

3. Aprotinin and microvascular thrombosis in cardiac surgery

   • Marco Ranucci

   Editorial 27 February 2008 Pages: 1175 - 1176

4. Understanding organ dysfunction in hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

   • Caroline Créput
   • Lionel Galicier
   • Elie Azoulay

   Review 22 April 2008 Pages: 1177 - 1187

   

5. Physiotherapy for adult patients with critical illness: recommendations of the European Respiratory Society and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Task Force on Physiotherapy for Critically Ill Patients

   • R. Gosselink
   • J. Bott
   • J. L. Vincent

   ESICM Statement 19 February 2008 Pages: 1188 - 1199

   

6. Hyperglycemia and cerebral glucose in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

   • Florian Schlenk
   • Alexandra Nagel
   • Asita S. Sarrafzadeh

   Original 05 March 2008 Pages: 1200 - 1207

   

7. Monitoring of intracranial pressure in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: an Austrian prospective multicenter study

   • Walter Mauritz
   • Heinz Steltzer
   • Philipp Metnitz

   Original 26 March 2008 Pages: 1208 - 1215

8. Elevated pulmonary dead space and coagulation abnormalities suggest lung microvascular thrombosis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

   • Barry Dixon
   • Duncan J. Campbell
   • John D. Santamaria

   Original 27 February 2008 Pages: 1216 - 1223

   

9. Tight glycaemic control by an automated algorithm with time-variant sampling in medical ICU patients

   • Christoph Pachler
   • Johannes Plank
   • Roman Hovorka

   Original 23 February 2008 Pages: 1224 - 1230

   

10. Increase in plasma protein concentration for diagnosing weaning-induced pulmonary oedema

    • Nadia Anguel
    • Xavier Monnet
    • Jean-Louis Teboul

    Original 23 February 2008 Pages: 1231 - 1238

    

11. Hemodynamic effects of passive leg raising: an echocardiographic study in patients with shock

    • Vincent Caille
    • Julien Jabot
    • Antoine Vieillard-Baron

    Original 20 March 2008 Pages: 1239 - 1245

    

12. Diminished functional association between proximal and distal gastric motility in critically ill patients

    • Nam Q. Nguyen
    • Robert J. Fraser
    • Richard H. Holloway

    Original 23 February 2008 Pages: 1246 - 1255

    

13. Visiting policies in Italian intensive care units: a nationwide survey

    • Alberto Giannini
    • Guido Miccinesi
    • Stefania Leoncino

    Original 23 February 2008 Pages: 1256 - 1262

    

14. Implementation, reliability testing, and compliance monitoring of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit in trauma patients

    • Stacie L. Soja
    • Pratik P. Pandharipande
    • E. Wesley Ely

    Original 23 February 2008 Pages: 1263 - 1268

    

15. Decision making in interhospital transport of critically ill patients: national questionnaire survey among critical care physicians

    • Erik Jan van Lieshout
    • Rien de Vos
    • Margreeth B. Vroom

    Original Open access 19 February 2008 Pages: 1269 - 1273

    

16. Clinical impact of vasopressin infusion on hemodynamics, liver and renal function in pediatric patients

    • Nameet Jerath
    • Helena Frndova
    • Tilman Humpl

    Pediatric Original 19 March 2008 Pages: 1274 - 1280

17. The application of risk-adjusted control charts using the Paediatric Index of Mortality 2 for monitoring paediatric intensive care performance in Australia and New Zealand

    • Peter A. Baghurst
    • Lynda Norton
    • for the ANZICS Paediatric Study Group

    Pediatric Original 22 April 2008 Pages: 1281 - 1288

    

18. Neuropsychological function in children following admission to paediatric intensive care: a pilot investigation

    • Sarah Elison
    • Dan Shears
    • M. Elena Garralda

    Brief Report 05 April 2008 Pages: 1289 - 1293

19. Disparity between skin perfusion and sublingual microcirculatory alterations in severe sepsis and septic shock: a prospective observational study

    • E. Christiaan Boerma
    • Michael A. Kuiper
    • Can Ince

    Brief Report Open access 04 March 2008 Pages: 1294 - 1298

    

20. The effect of different reference transducer positions on intra-abdominal pressure measurement: a multicenter analysis

    • Jan J. De Waele
    • Inneke De laet
    • Michael Cheatham

    Brief Report 04 April 2008 Pages: 1299 - 1303

    

21. Pioglitazone reduces systematic inflammation and improves mortality in apolipoprotein E knockout mice with sepsis

    • Go Haraguchi
    • Hisanori Kosuge
    • Mitsuaki Isobe

    Experimental 19 February 2008 Pages: 1304 - 1312

    

22. Systemic and hepatosplanchnic macro- and microcirculatory dose response to arginine vasopressin in endotoxic rabbits

    • Tal Kopel
    • Marie-Reine Losser
    • Didier Payen

    Experimental 26 March 2008 Pages: 1313 - 1320

    

23. Dose-response effects of milrinone on hemodynamics of newborn pigs with hypoxia-reoxygenation

    • Chloë Joynt
    • David L. Bigam
    • Po-Yin Cheung

    Experimental 21 March 2008 Pages: 1321 - 1329

    

24. Clinical research in critically ill patients: the situation in Italy

    • Nereo Zamperetti
    • Nicola Latronico

    News 04 April 2008 Pages: 1330 - 1332

25. End-of-life: still an Italian dilemma

    • Giuseppe Servillo
    • Pasquale Striano

    News 19 March 2008 Pages: 1333 - 1335

26. Understanding wasted/ineffective efforts in mechanically ventilated COPD patients using the Campbell diagram

    • Theodoros Vassilakopoulos

    Physiological and Technical Notes 04 April 2008 Pages: 1336 - 1339

    

27. Evaluation of a transcutaneous carbon dioxide monitor in severe obesity

    • Mauro Maniscalco
    • Anna Zedda
    • Matteo Sofia

    Physiological and Technical Notes 26 March 2008 Pages: 1340 - 1344

    

28. Vacuum-assisted closure in the treatment of perineal necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections

    • Régis Bronchard
    • Cyrille de Vaumas
    • Philippe Montravers

    Case Discussion 04 April 2008 Pages: 1345 - 1347

    

29. Torsade de pointes: an unknown complication of hypertensive encephalopathy

    • Elena Caresta
    • Paola Papoff
    • Corrado Moretti

    Correspondence 05 February 2008 Pages: 1348 - 1349

    

30. Influence of continuous veno-venous hemofiltration on argatroban clearance in a patient with septic shock

    • N. Schusterschitz
    • R. Bellmann
    • M. Joannidis

    Correspondence 23 February 2008 Pages: 1350 - 1351

    

31. Brain death: what's in a name?

    • Nicola Latronico
    • Nereo Zamperetti
    • Carlo Alberto Defanti

    Correspondence 20 March 2008 Pages: 1352 - 1352

32. Gastric diverticulum: a rare cause of hemorrhagic shock

    • Sébastien Perbet
    • Jean-Michel Constantin
    • Jean-Etienne Bazin

    Correspondence 12 March 2008 Pages: 1353 - 1354

    

33. End-of-life decision in a paediatric intensive care unit: decision making in light of the parents' religious beliefs

    • Frans B. Plötz
    • Marc van Heerde
    • Dick G. Markhorst

    Correspondence Open access 22 April 2008 Pages: 1355 - 1355