1. Risk prediction: judging the judges

   • D. C. Angus
   • M. R. Pinsky

   EDITORIAL Pages: 363 - 365

2. Platelet-neutrophil interactions in sepsis – platelet guilt by association?

   • J. E. Heffner

   EDITORIAL Pages: 366 - 368

3. Growth hormone and insulin- like growth factors in critical illness

   • F. A. M. Gibson
   • C. J. Hinds

   REVIEW Pages: 369 - 378

4. Platelet function in septic multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

   • M. Gawaz
   • T. Dickfeld
   • F. J. Neumann

   ORIGINAL Pages: 379 - 385

5. A non-derivative, non-surgical tracheostomy: the translaryngeal method

   • A. Fantoni
   • D. Ripamonti

   ORIGINAL Pages: 386 - 392

6. Ultrasonographic bedside evaluation of maxillary sinus disease in mechanically ventilated patients

   • V. Westergren
   • S. Berg
   • J. Lundgren

   ORIGINAL Pages: 393 - 398

7. Unfavorable mechanical effects of heat and moisture exchangers in ventilated patients

   • G. A. Iotti
   • M. C. Olivei
   • A. Braschi

   ORIGINAL Pages: 399 - 405

8. Radiographic detection of intrabronchial malpositions of nasogastric tubes and subsequent complications in intensive care unit patients

   • A. A. Bankier
   • M. N. Wiesmayr
   • C. J. Herold

   ORIGINAL Pages: 406 - 410

9. Relation of echocardiographic preload indices to stroke volume in critically ill patients with normal and low cardiac index

   • C.-A. Greim
   • N. Roewer
   • J. Schulte am Esch

   ORIGINAL Pages: 411 - 416

10. Reliability of anion gap as an indicator of blood lactate in critically ill patients

    • J. Levraut
    • T. Bounatirou
    • D. Grimaud

    ORIGINAL Pages: 417 - 422

11. Advantage of buffered solutions or automated capnometry in air-filled balloons for use in gastric tonometry

    • B. Temmesfeld-Wollbrück
    • A. Szalay
    • W. Seeger

    ORIGINAL Pages: 423 - 427

12. Use of 2 % propofol to produce diurnal sedation in critically ill patients

    • G. McLeod
    • C. Wallis
    • J. Colvin

    ORIGINAL Pages: 428 - 434

13. Informed consent for research purposes in intensive care patients in Europe – part II

    • F. Lemaire
    • L. Blanch
    • Working Group on Ethics

    ESICM STATEMENT Pages: 435 - 439

14. Pneumothorax following nasogastric feeding tube insertion in a tracheostomized patient after bilateral lung transplantation

    • C. Kolbitsch
    • A. Pomaroli
    • T. J. Luger

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 440 - 442

15. Major cellulitis following percutaneous tracheostomy

    • I. Mohammedi
    • J. M. Vedrinne
    • J. Motin

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 443 - 444

16. Endoscopic placement of a tracheal oxygen catheter: a new technique

    • B. Schönhofer
    • M. Geibel
    • D. Köhler

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 445 - 449

17. Generation of nitrogen dioxide during nitric oxide therapy and mechanical ventilation of children with a Servo 900C ventilator

    • M. Losa
    • J. Tibballs
    • M. P. Holt

    NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 450 - 455

18. Surfactant nebulisation: safety, efficiency and influence on surface lowering properties and biochemical composition

    • P. H. Dijk
    • A. Heikamp
    • S. Bambang Oetomo

    NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 456 - 462

19. Lower respiratory rates without decreases in oxygen consumption during neonatal synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation

    • K. M. Smith
    • T. M. Wahlig
    • M. C. Mammel

    NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 463 - 468

20. Quantitative estimation of errors in the indicator dilution measurement of extravascular lung water

    • C.-J. B. Wallin
    • P.-G. Rösblad
    • L. G. Leksell

    EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 469 - 475

21. Summary of round table conference: gut dysfunction in critical illness

    • J. L. Rombeau
    • J. Takala

    MEETING REPORT Pages: 476 - 479