1. The 2003 European heat wave

   • Abderrezak Bouchama

   EditorialNotes 01 January 2004 Pages: 1 - 3

2. The epidemiologist in the intensive care unit

   • Gordon D. Rubenfeld
   • Jason D. Christie

   Editorial 01 January 2004 Pages: 4 - 6

3. Supply and demand of organs for donation

   • Gilbert Park

   Editorial 01 January 2004 Pages: 7 - 9

4. Is there a place for granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in non-neutropenic critically ill patients?

   • Élie Azoulay
   • Christophe Delclaux

   Clinical Commentary 01 January 2004 Pages: 10 - 17

5. Dosing of medications in morbidly obese patients in the intensive care unit setting

   • Brian L. Erstad

   Review 01 January 2004 Pages: 18 - 32

6. Defining acute renal failure: physiological principles

   • Rinaldo Bellomo
   • John A. Kellum
   • Claudio Ronco

   Physiological Note 01 January 2004 Pages: 33 - 37

   

7. A survey on patients admitted in severe coma: implications for brain death identification and organ donation

   • Kamel Senouci
   • Patrice Guerrini
   • Philippe Tuppin

   Original 01 January 2004 Pages: 38 - 44

   

8. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of dopamine and norepinephrine in critically ill head-injured patients

   • Andrew J. Johnston
   • Luzius A. Steiner
   • David K. Menon

   Original 01 January 2004 Pages: 45 - 50

   

9. Epidemiology and outcome of acute lung injury in European intensive care units

   • Christian Brun-Buisson
   • Cosetta Minelli
   • for the ALIVE Study Group

   Original 01 January 2004 Pages: 51 - 61

   

10. The pathogenesis of catheter-related bloodstream infection with noncuffed short-term central venous catheters

    • Nasia Safdar
    • Dennis G. Maki

    Original 01 January 2004 Pages: 62 - 67

    

11. Compartmentalisation of cytokines and cytokine inhibitors in ventilator-associated pneumonia

    • Julian L. Millo
    • Marcus J. Schultz
    • Christopher S. Garrard

    Original 01 January 2004 Pages: 68 - 74

    

12. Tissue Doppler imaging estimation of pulmonary artery occlusion pressure in ICU patients

    • Alain Combes
    • Florence Arnoult
    • Jean-Louis Trouillet

    Original 01 January 2004 Pages: 75 - 81

    

13. A comparative evaluation of thermodilution and partial CO₂ rebreathing techniques for cardiac output assessment in critically ill patients during assisted ventilation

    • Monica Rocco
    • Gustavo Spadetta
    • Paolo Pietropaoli

    Original 01 January 2004 Pages: 82 - 87

    

14. Predictors of prolonged ICU stay after on-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

    • Jan Bucerius
    • Jan F. Gummert
    • Friedrich W. Mohr

    Original 01 January 2004 Pages: 88 - 95

    

15. Influence of surgical intervention in the immune response of severely injured patients

    • Sascha Flohé
    • Sven Lendemans
    • Christian Waydhas

    Original 01 January 2004 Pages: 96 - 102

    

16. A novel method for insertion of post-pyloric feeding tubes at the bedside without endoscopic or fluoroscopic assistance: a prospective study

    • Cornelis Slagt
    • Richard Innes
    • Yahya Shehabi

    Original 01 January 2004 Pages: 103 - 107

    

17. The prognostic value of transcranial Doppler studies in children with moderate and severe head injury

    • Fabien Trabold
    • Philippe G. Meyer
    • Gilles A. Orliaguet

    Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care 01 January 2004 Pages: 108 - 112

    

18. Children with human immunodeficiency virus admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit in the United Kingdom over a 10-year period

    • Sian Cooper
    • Hermione Lyall
    • Simon Nadel

    Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care 01 January 2004 Pages: 113 - 118

    

19. Assessment of cardiac preload and left ventricular function under increasing levels of positive end-expiratory pressure

    • Thomas Luecke
    • Harry Roth
    • Michael Quintel

    Experimental 01 January 2004 Pages: 119 - 126

    

20. Measurement of lung volume in mechanically ventilated monkeys with an ultrasonic flow meter and the nitrogen washout method

    • Andreas Schibler
    • Jürg Hammer
    • Christopher J. L. Newth

    Experimental 01 January 2004 Pages: 127 - 132

    

21. Inhibition of inflammatory responses by ambroxol, a mucolytic agent, in a murine model of acute lung injury induced by lipopolysaccharide

    • Xiao Su
    • Ling Wang
    • Chunxue Bai

    Experimental 01 January 2004 Pages: 133 - 140

    

22. The role of hyperbaric oxygen in the management of subarachnoid hemorrhage

    • Yalçin Kocaoğullar
    • M. Erkan Üstün
    • Damirez Fossett

    Experimental 01 January 2004 Pages: 141 - 146

    

23. Noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure delivered by helmet in hematological malignancy patients with hypoxemic acute respiratory failure

    • Tiziana Principi
    • Simona Pantanetti
    • Pietro Leoni

    Original 01 January 2004 Pages: 147 - 150

    

24. Energy expenditure in ischemic stroke patients treated with moderate hypothermia

    • Juergen Bardutzky
    • Dimitrios Georgiadis
    • Stefan Schwab

    Brief Reports 01 January 2004 Pages: 151 - 154

    

25. Maximum FIO₂ in minimum time depending on the kind of resuscitation bag and oxygen flow

    • Salvador Quintana
    • Jesús Martínez Pérez
    • Juan Manuel Nava

    Brief Report 01 January 2004 Pages: 155 - 158

    

26. Neurochemical monitoring using intracerebral microdialysis during cardiac resuscitation

    • Richard Bauer
    • Michael Gabl
    • Iradj Mohsenipour

    Brief Report 01 January 2004 Pages: 159 - 161

    

27. Protein losing enteropathy in critically ill adult patients with burns: a preliminary report

    • Balasubramanian Venkatesh
    • Jenny Gough
    • Stuart Pegg

    Brief Report 01 January 2004 Pages: 162 - 166

    

28. Lessons from a heat wave

    • Cory M. Franklin

    News 01 January 2004 Pages: 167 - 167

29. ‘Treat first, ask later?’ Emergency research in acute neurology and neurotraumatology in the European Union

    • Erwin J. O. Kompanje
    • Andrew I. R. Maas

    News 01 January 2004 Pages: 168 - 169

30. Endovascular hypothermia for heat stroke: a case report

    • Bruno Mégarbane
    • Dabor Résière
    • Frédéric J. Baud

    Correspondence 01 January 2004 Pages: 170 - 170

    

31. Comment on: “Hemodynamic response to coupled plasmafiltration-adsorption in human septic shock” by Formica et al.

    • Massimo Girardis

    Correspondence 01 January 2004 Pages: 171 - 171

32. Reply to the comment on “Hemodynamic response to coupled plasmafiltration-adsorption in human septic shock”

    • M. Formica
    • S. Livigni
    • C. Tetta

    Correspondence 01 January 2004 Pages: 172 - 172

33. Norepinephrine compromises intestinal microvascular perfusion?

    • Peter E. Spronk
    • Durk F. Zandstra
    • Can Ince

    Correspondence 01 January 2004 Pages: 173 - 174

    

34. Reply to the comment on “Effects of norepinephrine alone and norepinephrine plus dopamine on human intestinal mucosal perfusion.”

    • Sven-Erik Ricksten
    • Andreas Nygren
    • Anders Thorén

    Correspondence 01 January 2004 Pages: 175 - 175

    

35. January 2004

    Announcements 01 January 2004 Pages: 176 - 176