1. Strong ion gap and outcome after cardiac arrest: another nail in the coffin of traditional acid–base quantification

   • Patrick M. Honore
   • Olivier Joannes-Boyau
   • Willem Boer

   Editorial 14 October 2008 Pages: 189 - 191

2. Non-invasive ventilation: how far away from the ICU?

   • Alexandre Demoule

   Editorial 19 November 2008 Pages: 192 - 194

3. Cooling and reduced risk of clotting within the extracorporeal continuous renal replacement circuit

   • Sean M. Bagshaw
   • Andrew Davenport

   Editorial 08 October 2008 Pages: 195 - 197

4. Interactions between respiration and systemic hemodynamics. Part II: practical implications in critical care

   • François Feihl
   • Alain F. Broccard

   Review 30 September 2008 Pages: 198 - 205

   

5. Management of invasive candidiasis and candidemia in adult non-neutropenic intensive care unit patients: Part II. Treatment

   • Benoît P. Guery
   • Maiken C. Arendrup
   • Bart Jan Kullberg

   Review Open access 30 October 2008 Pages: 206 - 214

   

6. Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine, 2008: II. Experimental, acute respiratory failure and ARDS, mechanical ventilation and endotracheal intubation

   • Massimo Antonelli
   • Elie Azoulay
   • Haibo Zhang

   Year in Review 2008 Open access 06 January 2009 Pages: 215 - 231

7. The strong ion gap and outcome after cardiac arrest in patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia: a retrospective study

   • Georg-Christian Funk
   • Daniel Doberer
   • Philip Eisenburger

   Original 14 October 2008 Pages: 232 - 239

   

8. Donation after cardiac death: a survey of university student opinions on death and donation

   • Ari R. Joffe
   • Roisin Byrne
   • Allan R. deCaen

   Original 01 August 2008 Pages: 240 - 247

9. Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and clinical outcomes in patients with acute lung injury

   • Carolyn S. Calfee
   • Mark D. Eisner
   • and the NHLBI Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Clinical Trials Network

   Original 01 August 2008 Pages: 248 - 257

   

10. Physiotherapy does not prevent, or hasten recovery from, ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with acquired brain injury

    • Shane Patman
    • Sue Jenkins
    • Kathy Stiller

    Original 24 September 2008 Pages: 258 - 265

    

11. Adverse drug reactions and deliberate self-poisoning as cause of admission to the intensive care unit: a 1-year prospective observational cohort study

    • Lukas Schwake
    • Ines Wollenschläger
    • Jens Encke

    Original 12 August 2008 Pages: 266 - 274

    

12. Respiratory, metabolic and hemodynamic effects of clonidine in ventilated patients presenting with withdrawal syndrome

    • Domniki Liatsi
    • Basilis Tsapas
    • Dimitrios Matamis

    Original 16 August 2008 Pages: 275 - 281

    

13. Dexmedetomidine versus propofol/midazolam for long-term sedation during mechanical ventilation

    • Esko Ruokonen
    • Ilkka Parviainen
    • For the “Dexmedetomidine for Continuous Sedation” Investigators

    Original 16 September 2008 Pages: 282 - 290

    

14. Remifentanil-propofol analgo-sedation shortens duration of ventilation and length of ICU stay compared to a conventional regimen: a centre randomised, cross-over, open-label study in the Netherlands

    • F. Willem Rozendaal
    • Peter E. Spronk
    • On behalf of the other UltiSAFE investigators

    Original Open access 24 October 2008 Pages: 291 - 298

    

15. Mortality in acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema treated with continuous positive airway pressure

    • Roberto Cosentini
    • Stefano Aliberti
    • Anna Maria Brambilla

    Original 20 September 2008 Pages: 299 - 305

    

16. Sleep and non-invasive ventilation in patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency

    • Cristina Ambrogio
    • Xazmin Lowman
    • Sairam Parthasarathy

    Original 16 September 2008 Pages: 306 - 313

    

17. Chronic sleep disorders in survivors of the acute respiratory distress syndrome

    • Christie M. Lee
    • Margaret S. Herridge
    • Patrick J. Hanly

    Original 18 September 2008 Pages: 314 - 320

18. Bile acids cause secretory phospholipase A2 activity enhancement, revertible by exogenous surfactant administration

    • Daniele De Luca
    • Angelo Minucci
    • Ettore D. Capoluongo

    Pediatric Original 14 October 2008 Pages: 321 - 326

    

19. Disseminated intravascular coagulation score is associated with mortality for children with shock

    • Robinder G. Khemani
    • Robert D. Bart
    • Christopher J. L. Newth

    Pediatric Original 18 September 2008 Pages: 327 - 333

    

20. Specialist team retrieval of head injured patients: fact, fiction, or formula?

    • Clare Dieppe
    • T. Y. Milly Lo
    • David A. Rowney

    Pediatric Original 15 October 2008 Pages: 334 - 338

21. Medical emergency team and non-invasive ventilation outside ICU for acute respiratory failure

    • Luca Cabrini
    • Cristina Idone
    • Giorgio Torri

    Brief Report 19 November 2008 Pages: 339 - 343

22. Effect of SOD-1 over-expression on myocardial function during resuscitated murine septic shock

    • Katja Baumgart
    • Vladislava Simkova
    • Eberhard Barth

    Brief Report 15 October 2008 Pages: 344 - 349

    

23. Application of ultrasound-guided pigtail catheter for drainage of pleural effusions in the ICU

    • Shinn-Jye Liang
    • Chih-Yen Tu
    • Wu-Huei Hsu

    Brief Report 11 October 2008 Pages: 350 - 354

24. Pilot safety study of low-dose vasopressin in non-septic critically ill children

    • Elisa Baldasso
    • Pedro Celiny Ramos Garcia
    • Robert Charles Tasker

    Pediatric Brief Report 09 January 2009 Pages: 355 - 359

    

25. Acute respiratory failure after aspiration of activated charcoal with recurrent deposition and release from an intrapulmonary cavern

    • Roland C. E. Francis
    • Joerg C. Schefold
    • Steffen Weber-Carstens

    Case Discussion 16 September 2008 Pages: 360 - 363

    

26. Regional cooling of the extracorporeal blood circuit: a novel anticoagulation approach for renal replacement therapy?

    • Ales Krouzecky
    • Jiri Chvojka
    • Martin Matejovic

    Experimental Open access 18 September 2008 Pages: 364 - 370

    

27. High versus standard-volume haemofiltration in hyperdynamic porcine peritonitis: effects beyond haemodynamics?

    • Roman Sykora
    • Jiri Chvojka
    • Martin Matejovic

    Experimental Open access 14 October 2008 Pages: 371 - 380

    

28. Resuscitation with hyperoncotic colloids in the intensive care unit

    • Christian J. Wiedermann

    Correspondence 24 December 2008 Pages: 381 - 381

29. Reply to Wiedermann

    • Frédérique Schortgen
    • Laurent Brochard

    Correspondence 24 December 2008 Pages: 382 - 383

30. Prolonging resuscitation and postponing the death of activated protein C or is it?

    • Kaggere Shivalingaiah Paramesh
    • Jim Zwaal

    Correspondence 09 January 2009 Pages: 384 - 384

31. The PROWESS SHOCK trial: reply to Paramesh et al.

    • Simon Finfer
    • V. Marco Ranieri
    • Andrew Rhodes

    Correspondence 09 January 2009 Pages: 385 - 385

32. Time dependent decrease in blood glucose levels after sampling potentially affects intensive insulin therapy in the intensive care unit

    • D. Posthouwer
    • M. J. de Graaf
    • P. E. Spronk

    Correspondence 24 September 2008 Pages: 386 - 387

    

33. Controversies in intensive care medicine

    • Paolo Pelosi

    Book Review 13 January 2009 Pages: 388 - 389

34. Substance dependence and psychiatric disorders are related to outcomes in a mixed ICU population

    • Mary R. Suchyta
    • Callie J. Beck
    • Ramona O. Hopkins

    Erratum 16 December 2008 Pages: 390 - 390