1. Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine 2012: III. Noninvasive ventilation, monitoring and patient–ventilator interactions, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sedation, paediatrics and miscellanea

   • Massimo Antonelli
   • Marc Bonten
   • Haibo Zhang

   Year in Review 2012 Open access 22 January 2013 Pages: 543 - 557

2. Fluid resuscitation with 6 % hydroxyethyl starch (130/0.4 and 130/0.42) in acutely ill patients: systematic review of effects on mortality and treatment with renal replacement therapy

   • David J. Gattas
   • Arina Dan
   • CHEST Management Committee

   Original 14 February 2013 Pages: 558 - 568

   

3. Acute kidney injury: new studies

   • Antoine G. Schneider
   • Rinaldo Bellomo

   What's New in Intensive Care 16 February 2013 Pages: 569 - 571

4. “Benign” superior vena cava syndrome

   • Cornelis P. C. de Jager
   • Matthieu J. C. M. Rutten
   • Daniel J. Lips

   Imaging in Intensive Care Medicine 16 February 2013 Pages: 572 - 573

   

5. Unusual cardiac tamponade

   • Joost M. R. Meijer
   • Dylan W. de Lange

   Imaging in Intensive Care Medicine 22 February 2013 Pages: 574 - 574

   

6. Intubation-related tracheal ischemic lesions: incidence, risk factors, and outcome

   • Lylia Touat
   • Clément Fournier
   • Saad Nseir

   Original 16 November 2012 Pages: 575 - 582

   

7. A universal definition of ARDS: the PaO₂/FiO₂ ratio under a standard ventilatory setting—a prospective, multicenter validation study

   • Jesús Villar
   • Lina Pérez-Méndez
   • Spanish Initiative for Epidemiology, Stratification, and Therapies for ARDS (SIESTA) Network

   Original 31 January 2013 Pages: 583 - 592

   

8. Prediction of fluid responsiveness in severe preeclamptic patients with oliguria

   • Clément Brun
   • Laurent Zieleskiewicz
   • Marc Leone

   Original 06 December 2012 Pages: 593 - 600

   

9. Stroke volume determination using transcardiopulmonary thermodilution and arterial pulse contour analysis in severe aortic valve disease

   • Martin Petzoldt
   • Carsten Riedel
   • Daniel A. Reuter

   Original 04 January 2013 Pages: 601 - 611

   

10. Microcirculatory blood flow as a tool to select ICU patients eligible for fluid therapy

    • Andrius Pranskunas
    • Matty Koopmans
    • E. Christiaan Boerma

    Original Open access 20 December 2012 Pages: 612 - 619

    

11. Predictors of external cooling failure after cardiac arrest

    • Sylvie Ricome
    • Florence Dumas
    • Alain Cariou

    Original 08 January 2013 Pages: 620 - 628

    

12. A pilot study on safety and clinical utility of a single-use 72-hour indwelling transesophageal echocardiography probe

    • Antoine Vieillard-Baron
    • Michel Slama
    • Philippe Vignon

    Original 04 January 2013 Pages: 629 - 635

    

13. Immature platelet fraction in predicting sepsis in critically ill patients

    • Roberto Alberto De Blasi
    • Patrizia Cardelli
    • Roberto Arcioni

    Original 24 October 2012 Pages: 636 - 643

    

14. Recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin in sepsis-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation: a multicenter propensity score analysis

    • Kazuma Yamakawa
    • Hiroshi Ogura
    • Takeshi Shimazu

    Original Open access 30 January 2013 Pages: 644 - 652

    

15. Colistin resistance in gram-negative bacteria during prophylactic topical colistin use in intensive care units

    • Evelien A. N. Oostdijk
    • Loek Smits
    • Marc J. M. Bonten

    Original 01 December 2012 Pages: 653 - 660

16. Effects of infection control measures on acquisition of five antimicrobial drug-resistant microorganisms in a tetanus intensive care unit in Vietnam

    • Constance Schultsz
    • Martinus C. J. Bootsma
    • Lam M. Yen

    Original Open access 10 January 2013 Pages: 661 - 671

    

17. Potentially resistant microorganisms in intubated patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia: the interaction of ecology, shock and risk factors

    • Ignacio Martin-Loeches
    • Maria Deja
    • EU-VAP Study Investigators

    Original 29 January 2013 Pages: 672 - 681

    

18. Clinical outcomes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia in intensive care unit patients

    • Mario Tumbarello
    • Gennaro De Pascale
    • Massimo Antonelli

    Original 01 February 2013 Pages: 682 - 692

    

19. Macrolide-based regimens in absence of bacterial co-infection in critically ill H1N1 patients with primary viral pneumonia

    • I. Martín-Loeches
    • J. F. Bermejo-Martin
    • SEMICYUC/REIPI/CIBERES H1N1 Working Group

    Original 24 January 2013 Pages: 693 - 702

    

20. Adaptive support ventilation with and without end-tidal CO₂ closed loop control versus conventional ventilation

    • Demet S. Sulemanji
    • Andrew Marchese
    • Robert M. Kacmarek

    Original 14 November 2012 Pages: 703 - 710

    

21. Assessment of the inflammatory effect of low-dose oxygen in mechanically ventilated patients

    • Rafael Fernandez
    • Gisela Gili
    • Antonio Artigas

    Original 08 January 2013 Pages: 711 - 716

    

22. The impact of early goal-directed fluid management on survival in an experimental model of severe acute pancreatitis

    • Constantin J. C. Trepte
    • Kai A. Bachmann
    • Daniel A. Reuter

    Experimental 04 January 2013 Pages: 717 - 726

    

23. Effect of a hypertonic balanced ketone solution on plasma, CSF and brain beta-hydroxybutyrate levels and acid–base status

    • Hayden White
    • Balasubramanian Venkatesh
    • Jenny Ordonez

    Experimental 05 January 2013 Pages: 727 - 733

    

24. Bench comparative evaluation of a new generation and standard helmet for delivering non-invasive ventilation

    • C. Olivieri
    • R. Costa
    • P. Navalesi

    Physiological and Technical Notes 06 December 2012 Pages: 734 - 738

    

25. Polygraphic respiratory events during sleep with noninvasive ventilation in children: description, prevalence, and clinical consequences

    • Valeria Caldarelli
    • Jean Christian Borel
    • Brigitte Fauroux

    Pediatric Original 24 January 2013 Pages: 739 - 746

    

26. Vasopressin and copeptin levels in children with sepsis and septic shock

    • Jan Hau Lee
    • Yoke Hwee Chan
    • Janil Puthucheary

    Pediatric Original 24 January 2013 Pages: 747 - 753

    

27. Pancreatic stone protein as a novel marker for neonatal sepsis

    • Luregn J. Schlapbach
    • Rolf Graf
    • Martin Stocker

    Pediatric Original 08 January 2013 Pages: 754 - 763

    

28. Everything started on a rainy day in Santiago

    • Glenn Hernandez

    From the Inside 22 February 2013 Pages: 764 - 765

29. In Memoriam: Bekele Afessa, M.D.

    • Ognjen Gajic
    • Kaiser G. Lim
    • Rolf D. Hubmayr

    Obituary 16 February 2013 Pages: 766 - 767

    

30. Critical care research in mainland China: more needed on the international stage

    • Penglin Ma
    • Bin Du

    Editorial 22 February 2013 Pages: 768 - 770

    

31. Intracranial pressure monitoring: headstone or a new head start. The BEST TRIP trial in perspective

    • Randall M. Chesnut

    Editorial 14 February 2013 Pages: 771 - 774

32. Defining ARDS: do we need a mandatory waiting period?

    • V. Marco Ranieri
    • Gordon D. Rubenfeld
    • B. Taylor Thompson

    Editorial 31 January 2013 Pages: 775 - 778

33. Adding risk factors for potentially resistant pathogens, increasing antibiotic pressure and risk creating the “untreatable bacteria”: time to change direction

    • José-Artur Paiva

    Editorial 29 January 2013 Pages: 779 - 781

34. Evidence-based fluid therapy

    • Anders Perner
    • Konrad Reinhart

    Editorial 14 February 2013 Pages: 782 - 783

35. Goal-directed fluid resuscitation in acute pancreatitis: shedding light on the penumbra by dynamic markers of preload?

    • Wolfgang Huber
    • Manu L. N. G. Malbrain

    Editorial 04 January 2013 Pages: 784 - 786

36. Cardiac output obtained by pulse pressure analysis: to calibrate or not to calibrate may not be the only question when used properly

    • Maurizio Cecconi
    • Manu L. N. G. Malbrain

    Editorial 04 January 2013 Pages: 787 - 789

37. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in the ICU: an emerging disease?

    • Dominic Wichmann
    • Stefan Kluge

    Correspondence 22 January 2013 Pages: 790 - 790

38. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in the ICU: reply to Wichmann et al.

    • Joost Wauters
    • Katrien Lagrou
    • Greet Hermans

    Correspondence 22 January 2013 Pages: 791 - 791

39. Tissue Doppler imaging, volume responsiveness and impaired relaxation

    • Ubbo Wiersema

    Correspondence 23 January 2013 Pages: 792 - 792

40. Tissue Doppler imaging, volume responsiveness and impaired relaxation: reply to comment by Wiersema

    • Yazine Mahjoub
    • Norair Airapetian
    • Hervé Dupont

    Correspondence 23 January 2013 Pages: 793 - 793

41. The artery behind the internal jugular vein: vertebral artery or transverse cervical artery?

    • Kenji Kayashima

    Correspondence 01 February 2013 Pages: 794 - 794

42. The artery behind the internal jugular vein: reply to comment by Kayashima

    • Andrew R. Bodenham
    • Massimo Lamperti
    • Mauro Pittiruti

    Correspondence 01 February 2013 Pages: 795 - 796

    

43. Erratum to: Bladder tissue oxygen tension monitoring in pigs subjected to a range of cardiorespiratory and pharmacological challenges

    • Alex Dyson
    • Florian Simon
    • Mervyn Singer

    Erratum 30 January 2013 Pages: 797 - 797

44. Erratum to: Incidence, risk factors and 90-day mortality of patients with acute kidney injury in Finnish intensive care units: the FINNAKI study

    • Sara Nisula
    • Kirsi-Maija Kaukonen
    • The FINNAKI Study Group

    Erratum 24 January 2013 Pages: 798 - 798

45. Correction

    • Iain Mackenzie
    • Tony Whitehouse
    • Peter Nightingale

    Correspondence 30 January 2013 Pages: 799 - 799