1. Sepsis care bundles and clinicians

   • Robert G. Masterton

   Editorial 24 March 2009 Pages: 1149 - 1151

2. The impact of obesity on outcomes after critical illness: a meta-analysis

   • Charles W. Hogue Jr
   • Joshua D. Stearns
   • Dale M. Needham

   Review 03 February 2009 Pages: 1152 - 1170

   

3. Cuff-leak test for the diagnosis of upper airway obstruction in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Maria Elena Ochoa
   • Maria del Carmen Marín
   • Andres Esteban

   Review 28 April 2009 Pages: 1171 - 1179

   

4. Reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia: active versus passive guideline implementation

   • Caroline S. Hawe
   • Kirsteen S. Ellis
   • Andrew Longmate

   Original 24 March 2009 Pages: 1180 - 1186

   

5. Extended drotrecogin alfa (activated) treatment in patients with prolonged septic shock

   • Jean-Francois Dhainaut
   • Massimo Antonelli
   • Jonathan Janes

   Original 05 March 2009 Pages: 1187 - 1195

   

6. Comprehensive safety analysis of concomitant drotrecogin alfa (activated) and prophylactic heparin use in patients with severe sepsis

   • Mitchell Levy
   • Marcel Levi
   • Mariano Alejandro Mignini

   Original 15 April 2009 Pages: 1196 - 1203

7. Reversal of refractory septic shock with drotrecogin alpha (activated)

   • A. Vieillard-Baron
   • V. Caille
   • F. Jardin

   Original 16 June 2009 Pages: 1204 - 1209

   

8. Bacterial ventilator-associated pneumonia: bronchoalveolar lavage results are not influenced by dilution

   • Olivier Baldesi
   • Fabrice Michel
   • Laurent Papazian

   Original 03 February 2009 Pages: 1210 - 1215

   

9. Comparison of acceptability, skin tolerance, and compliance between handwashing and alcohol-based handrub in ICUs: results of a multicentric study

   • Bertrand Souweine
   • Alexandre Lautrette
   • Ousmane Traoré

   Original 15 April 2009 Pages: 1216 - 1224

   

10. Arterial blood pressure during early sepsis and outcome

    • Martin W. Dünser
    • Jukka Takala
    • Stephan M. Jakob

    Original 03 February 2009 Pages: 1225 - 1233

    

11. Admission blood glucose is an independent predictive factor for hospital mortality in polytraumatised patients

    • Janett Kreutziger
    • Volker Wenzel
    • Mihai Adrian Constantinescu

    Original 24 February 2009 Pages: 1234 - 1239

    

12. Short-term evaluation of sedation with sevoflurane administered by the anesthetic conserving device in critically ill patients

    • Maurizio Migliari
    • Giacomo Bellani
    • Giuseppe Foti

    Original 03 February 2009 Pages: 1240 - 1246

    

13. Glucocorticoid receptor mRNA levels are selectively decreased in neutrophils of children with sepsis

    • Erica L. T. van den Akker
    • Jan W. Koper
    • Anita C. S. Hokken-Koelega

    Original Open access 17 April 2009 Pages: 1247 - 1254

    

14. The effects of statin therapy on inflammatory cytokines in patients with bacterial infections: a randomized double-blind placebo controlled clinical trial

    • Victor Novack
    • Miruna Eisinger
    • Yaniv Almog

    Brief Report 11 February 2009 Pages: 1255 - 1260

    

15. The significance of non-sustained hypotension in emergency department patients with sepsis

    • Michael R. Marchick
    • Jeffrey A. Kline
    • Alan E. Jones

    Brief Report 24 February 2009 Pages: 1261 - 1264

    

16. Soluble Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells-1 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid is not predictive for ventilator-associated pneumonia

    • Guy J. Oudhuis
    • Judith Beuving
    • Annelies Verbon

    Brief Report Open access 03 April 2009 Pages: 1265 - 1270

    

17. Using midazolam to monitor changes in hepatic drug metabolism in critically ill patients

    • Christopher John Kirwan
    • Terry Lee
    • Barbara J. Philips

    Brief Report 07 February 2009 Pages: 1271 - 1275

    

18. Occurrence of delirium is severely underestimated in the ICU during daily care

    • Peter E. Spronk
    • Bea Riekerk
    • Johannes H. Rommes

    Brief Report Open access 07 April 2009 Pages: 1276 - 1280

19. Serum free cortisol index, free cortisol, and total cortisol in critically ill children

    • Preamrudee Poomthavorn
    • Rojjanee Lertbunrian
    • Pat Mahachoklertwattana

    Pediatric Brief Report 08 April 2009 Pages: 1281 - 1285

    

20. Role of arginine vasopressin and terlipressin as first-line vasopressor agents in fulminant ovine septic shock

    • Sebastian Rehberg
    • Christian Ertmer
    • Martin Westphal

    Experimental 10 April 2009 Pages: 1286 - 1296

    

21. Moderate hypercapnia exerts beneficial effects on splanchnic energy metabolism during endotoxemia

    • Alex Gnaegi
    • François Feihl
    • Lucas Liaudet

    Experimental 17 April 2009 Pages: 1297 - 1304

    

22. Total brain failure: a new contribution by the President’s Council on Bioethics to the definition of death according to the neurological standard

    • Nereo Zamperetti
    • Rinaldo Bellomo

    News 17 April 2009 Pages: 1305 - 1307

23. Comment on “Health-related quality of life as a prognostic factor of survival in critically ill patients”

    • Dominique M. Vandijck
    • Sandra G. Oeyen
    • Johan M. Decruyenaere

    Correspondence 03 April 2009 Pages: 1308 - 1308

24. Reply to Vandijck et al.

    • Sebastián Iribarren-Diarasarri
    • Felipe Aizpuru-Barandiaran
    • Cristina Vinuesa-Lozano

    Correspondence 03 April 2009 Pages: 1309 - 1309

25. Comment on “A comparison of epinephrine and norepinephrine in critically Ill patients”

    • Lavi Oud

    Correspondence 15 April 2009 Pages: 1310 - 1310

26. Reply to Oud

    • John A. Myburgh

    Correspondence 15 April 2009 Pages: 1311 - 1311

27. Acute renal failure due to severe rhabdomyolysis: a rare clinical manifestation of atrial myxoma

    • Gerrit Hagenah
    • Michael Klinger
    • Sabine Blaschke

    Correspondence Open access 24 January 2009 Pages: 1312 - 1313

    

28. Recurrent malaise and oedema in a 35-year-old female

    • R. King
    • E. Stenke
    • M. P. Keane

    Correspondence 21 January 2009 Pages: 1314 - 1315

29. Costs of intermittent measurement of central venous oxygen saturations by blood gas analysis

    • Frank Bloos
    • Florian Rissner
    • Gernot Marx

    Correspondence 23 January 2009 Pages: 1316 - 1317

30. Blood and tissue glucose level in critically ill patients: a comparison of different methods of measuring interstitial glucose levels

    • Andrea Vlkova
    • Pavel Dostal
    • Vladimir Cerny

    Correspondence 24 February 2009 Pages: 1318 - 1318

31. Extended drotrecogin alfa (activated) treatment in patients with prolonged septic shock

    • Jean-Francois Dhainaut
    • Massimo Antonelli
    • Jonathan Janes

    Erratum 14 May 2009 Pages: 1319 - 1321

32. Comprehensive safety analysis of concomitant drotrecogin alfa (activated) and prophylactic heparin use in patients with severe sepsis

    • Mitchell Levy
    • Marcel Levi
    • Mariano Alejandro Mignini

    Erratum 07 May 2009 Pages: 1322 - 1323