RETRACTED ARTICLE: Prophylactic use of the phospodiesterase III inhibitor enoximone in elderly cardiac surgery patients: effect on hemodynamics, inflammation, and markers of organ function Joachim BoldtChristian BroschChristiane Werling Original Pages: 1462 - 1469
Is there a role for plasmapheresis/plasma exchange therapy in septic shock, MODS, and thrombocytopenia-associated multiple organ failure? We still do not know – but perhaps we are closer Joseph A. CarcilloJohn A. Kellum Editorial Pages: 1373 - 1375
Intrinsic (or auto-) PEEP during controlled mechanical ventilation Laurent Brochard Physiological Note Pages: 1376 - 1378
Pressure ulcers in intensive care patients: a review of risks and prevention Paul B. KellerJan WilleChristian van der Werken Review Pages: 1379 - 1388
A multicenter survey of visiting policies in French intensive care units Philippe QuinioChristophe SavryAnne de Tinténiac Original Pages: 1389 - 1394
A multidisciplinary quality management system for the early treatment of severely injured patients: implementation and results in two trauma centers Steffen RuchholtzChristian WaydhasDieter Nast-Kolb Original Pages: 1395 - 1404
Assessment of former ICU patients' quality of life: comparison of different quality-of-life measures Sonia FrickDominik E. UehlingerRegula M. Zürcher Zenklusen Original Pages: 1405 - 1410
Intermittent versus continuous renal replacement therapy for acute renal failure in intensive care units: results from a multicenter prospective epidemiological survey Claude GuérinRaphaele GirardLouis Ayzac Original Pages: 1411 - 1418
Citrate anticoagulation in continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration: a metabolic challenge Luca GabuttiClaudio MaroneCarlo Schönholzer Original Pages: 1419 - 1425
Effects of spontaneous breathing during airway pressure release ventilation on renal perfusion and function in patients with acute lung injury Rudolf HeringDoris PetersChristian Putensen Original Pages: 1426 - 1433
Plasmapheresis in severe sepsis and septic shock: a prospective, randomised, controlled trial Rolf BusundVladimir KouklineEdvard Nedashkovsky Original Pages: 1434 - 1439
Direct costs of severe sepsis in three German intensive care units based on retrospective electronic patient record analysis of resource use Onnen MoererAlexandra SchmidHilmar Burchardi Original Pages: 1440 - 1446
Inhibition of human neutrophil chemotaxis toward interleukin 8 with six clinical antithrombin concentrates in vitro Nicole C. KaneiderAndrea RabensteinerChristian J. Wiedermann Original Pages: 1447 - 1452
Effect of centre-, patient- and procedure-related factors on intensive care resource utilisation after cardiac surgery Andrea LassniggMichael HiesmayrMarkus Haisjackl Original Pages: 1453 - 1461
Evaluation of a noninvasive method for cardiac output measurement in critical care patients Gastón E. MuriasAna VillagráLluis Blanch Original Pages: 1470 - 1474
Blood alcohol concentration for monitoring ethanol treatment to prevent alcohol withdrawal in the intensive care unit Verena EggersJoke TioClaudia D. Spies Original Pages: 1475 - 1482
Early versus delayed surfactant administration in extremely premature neonates with respiratory distress syndrome ventilated by high-frequency oscillatory ventilation Richard PlavkaPavel KopeckýMartin Keszler Neonatal And Pediatric Intensive Care Pages: 1483 - 1490
Norepinephrine-induced hyperglycemia does not increase cortical lactate in brain-injured rats John F. StoverOliver W. SakowitzAndreas W. Unterberg Experimental Pages: 1491 - 1497
A standardisation of the ventilator terminology is needed S. Harboe Correspondence Pages: 1498 - 1498
Acute lactic acidosis with Wernicke's encephalopathy due to acute thiamine deficiency K. Chadda B. Raynard G. Nitenberg Correspondence Pages: 1499 - 1499
Cryptococcal meningitis in a patient with systemic immunosuppression 13 years after liver transplantation Wieland HermannPeter GüntherArmin Wagner Correspondence Pages: 1500 - 1500
Disseminated histoplasmosis in Switzerland: an unexpected cause of septic shock and multiple organ dysfunction Matthias CavassiniMattia LeporiOscar Marchetti Correspondence Pages: 1501 - 1502
