1. Haem oxygenase-1 polymorphism and ARDS, friend and foe?

   • Anna L. Lagan
   • Gregory J. Quinlan
   • Timothy W. Evans

   Editorial 13 June 2009 Pages: 1325 - 1327

2. The FINNALI study on acute respiratory failure: not the final cut

   • Elisa Estenssoro

   Editorial 13 June 2009 Pages: 1328 - 1330

3. RETRACTED ARTICLE: PRO: hydroxyethylstarch can be safely used in the intensive care patient—the renal debate

   • Joachim Boldt

   Special Article 17 June 2009 Pages: 1331 - 1336

4. CONTRA: Hydroxyethyl starch solutions are unsafe in critically ill patients

   • Christiane Hartog
   • Konrad Reinhart

   Special Article 17 June 2009 Pages: 1337 - 1342

5. Heme Oxygenase-1 microsatellite polymorphism and haplotypes are associated with the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome

   • Chau-Chyun Sheu
   • Rihong Zhai
   • David C. Christiani

   Original 13 June 2009 Pages: 1343 - 1351

   

6. Acute respiratory failure in intensive care units. FINNALI: a prospective cohort study

   • Rita Linko
   • Marjatta Okkonen
   • The FINNALI-study group

   Original 13 June 2009 Pages: 1352 - 1361

   

7. Lung volume calculated from electrical impedance tomography in ICU patients at different PEEP levels

   • Ido G. Bikker
   • Steffen Leonhardt
   • Diederik Gommers

   Original Open access 10 June 2009 Pages: 1362 - 1367

   

8. A bench study of intensive-care-unit ventilators: new versus old and turbine-based versus compressed gas-based ventilators

   • Arnaud W. Thille
   • Aissam Lyazidi
   • Laurent Brochard

   Original 08 April 2009 Pages: 1368 - 1376

   

9. Acid–base disorders evaluation in critically ill patients: we can improve our diagnostic ability

   • Márcio Manozzo Boniatti
   • Paulo Ricardo Cerveira Cardoso
   • Silvia Regina Rios Vieira

   Original 15 April 2009 Pages: 1377 - 1382

10. Impact of shock requiring norepinephrine on the accuracy and reliability of subcutaneous continuous glucose monitoring

    • Ulrike Holzinger
    • Joanna Warszawska
    • Christian Madl

    Original 07 April 2009 Pages: 1383 - 1389

    

11. Predictors of bacteraemia and mortality in patients with acute liver failure

    • Constantine J. Karvellas
    • Fred Pink
    • Julia A. Wendon

    Original 03 April 2009 Pages: 1390 - 1396

    

12. Hypoxic hepatitis: underlying conditions and risk factors for mortality in critically ill patients

    • Valentin Fuhrmann
    • Nikolaus Kneidinger
    • Christian Madl

    Original 09 June 2009 Pages: 1397 - 1405

13. ‘Liver function tests’ on the intensive care unit: a prospective, observational study

    • S. J. Thomson
    • M. L. Cowan
    • T. M. Rahman

    Original 10 June 2009 Pages: 1406 - 1411

    

14. Effects of intravenous and inhaled levosimendan in severe rodent sepsis

    • Patrick Scheiermann
    • Devan Ahluwalia
    • Christian Hofstetter

    Original 15 April 2009 Pages: 1412 - 1419

    

15. Noninvasive pressure-support ventilation in immunocompromised children with ARDS: a feasibility study

    • Marco Piastra
    • Daniele De Luca
    • Giorgio Conti

    Pediatric Original 23 June 2009 Pages: 1420 - 1427

    

16. Effect of tidal volume in children with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure

    • Robinder G. Khemani
    • David Conti
    • Christopher J. L. Newth

    Pediatric Original 17 June 2009 Pages: 1428 - 1437

    

17. Mechanical complications during central venous cannulations in pediatric patients

    • Corsino Rey
    • Francisco Álvarez
    • Juan Mayordomo-Colunga

    Pediatric Original 16 June 2009 Pages: 1438 - 1443

18. Teaching improves adherence to clinical guidelines in the treatment of oral anticoagulation-related severe bleeding in the emergency department

    • Benjamin Tremey
    • Karim Tazarourte
    • Bernard Vigué

    Brief Report 04 April 2009 Pages: 1444 - 1448

    

19. Danaparoid cross-reactivity with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia antibodies: report of 12 cases

    • B. Tardy-Poncet
    • M. Wolf
    • B. Tardy

    Brief Report 07 April 2009 Pages: 1449 - 1453

20. Early organ dysfunction course, cooling time and outcome in classic heatstroke

    • Sebastian Pease
    • Lila Bouadma
    • Michel Wolff

    Brief Report 29 April 2009 Pages: 1454 - 1458

    

21. Star fruit poisoning is potentially life-threatening in patients with moderate chronic renal failure

    • Alexandre Herbland
    • Ibrahim El Zein
    • Hossein Mehdaoui

    Brief Report 10 April 2009 Pages: 1459 - 1463

22. Tissue oxygenation index measured using spatially resolved spectroscopy correlates with changes in cerebral blood flow in newborn lambs

    • Flora Y. Wong
    • Makoto Nakamura
    • Adrian M. Walker

    Experimental 17 April 2009 Pages: 1464 - 1470

    

23. Antagonist of the Type-1 ANG II receptor prevents against LPS-induced septic shock in rats

    • Satoshi Hagiwara
    • Hideo Iwasaka
    • Takayuki Noguchi

    Experimental 16 June 2009 Pages: 1471 - 1478

    

24. Is there an optimal breath pattern to minimize stress and strain during mechanical ventilation?

    • Josef X. Brunner
    • Marc Wysocki

    Physiological and Technical Notes 20 June 2009 Pages: 1479 - 1483

    

25. Blood acidification enhances carbon dioxide removal of membrane lung: an experimental study

    • Alberto Zanella
    • Nicolò Patroniti
    • Antonio Pesenti

    Physiological and Technical Notes 16 June 2009 Pages: 1484 - 1487

    

26. Optic nerve ultrasound: artifacts and real images

    • Roberto Copetti
    • Luigi Cattarossi

    Correspondence 15 April 2009 Pages: 1488 - 1489

    

27. Reply to Copetti and Cattarossi

    • Thomas Geeraerts
    • Olivier Bergès
    • Jacques Duranteau

    Correspondence 15 April 2009 Pages: 1490 - 1491

    

28. Comment on: “An assessment of the accuracy of renal blood flow estimation by doppler ultrasound” by Wan et al.

    • Massimo Meco
    • Silvia Cirri

    Correspondence 07 May 2009 Pages: 1492 - 1492

29. Reply to Meco et al.

    • Li Wan
    • Natalie Yang
    • Rinaldo Bellomo

    Correspondence 07 May 2009 Pages: 1493 - 1493

30. Comment on “Statin administration did not influence the progression of lung injury or associated organ failures in a cohort of patients with acute lung injury”

    • Murali Shyamsundar
    • Thelma Craig
    • Danny McAuley

    Correspondence 14 May 2009 Pages: 1494 - 1495

31. Response to the letter of Shyamsundar et al.

    • Daryl J. Kor
    • Ognjen Gajic

    Correspondence 14 May 2009 Pages: 1496 - 1496