Avoidance of tracheal intubation as a strategy to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia M. H. Kollef EDITORIAL Pages: 553 - 555
Does noninvasive ventilation reduce the ICU nosocomial infection risk? A prospective clinical survey K. NourdineP. CombesJ.-C. Ducreux ORIGINAL Pages: 567 - 573
Gastric acidity and duodenogastric reflux during nasojejunal tube feeding in mechanically ventilated patients A. DiveI. MichelE. Installé ORIGINAL Pages: 574 - 580
The prognostic significance of passing a daily screen of weaning parameters E. W. ElyA. M. BakerE. F. Haponik ORIGINAL Pages: 581 - 587
Alterations of soluble L- and P-selectins during cardiac arrest and CPR S. GandoS. NanzakiO. Kemmotsu ORIGINAL Pages: 588 - 593
Serum concentrations and clearances of folic acid and pyridoxal-5′-phosphate during venovenous continuous renal replacement therapy M.-C. FortinS.-L. AmyotM. Leblanc ORIGINAL Pages: 594 - 598
The continuous measurement of cerebrospinal fluid gas tensions in critically ill neurosurgical patients: a prospective observational study B. VenkateshR. BootsR. D. M. Jones ORIGINAL Pages: 599 - 605
Validation of “nine equivalents of nursing manpower use score” on an independent data sample H. U. RothenV. KüngB. Regli ORIGINAL Pages: 606 - 611
GM-CSF increases in vitro the respiratory burst of human neutrophils after liver transplantation K. JaegerD. ScheinichenM. Leuwer BRIEF REPORT Pages: 612 - 615
The use of the antioxidant tirilazad mesylate in human liver transplantation: is there a therapeutic benefit? W. PlöchlC. G. KrennH. Steltzer BRIEF REPORT Pages: 616 - 619
IV milrinone for cardiac output increase and maintenance: comparison in nonhyperdynamic SIRS/sepsis and congestive heart failure G. HeinzA. GeppertP. Siostrzonek BRIEF REPORT Pages: 620 - 624
Fluid therapy directly interferes with immunoassay for cardiac troponin I F. LagneauP. BeyneJ. Marty BRIEF REPORT Pages: 625 - 627
Emphysematous pyelonephritis related to specific gas-forming Escherichia coli without diabetes mellitus E. HazouardD. BaratD. Perrotin BRIEF REPORT Pages: 628 - 630
The necessity of performing transesophageal echocardiography in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome F. FalterR. KuhlenR. Rossaint CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 637 - 637
Severe hypoxemia and pulmonary hypertension during orthotopic liver transplantation: a successful use of inhaled nitric oxide M. GirardisA. PasqualottoA. Pasetto CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 638 - 638
Survival after massive “ecstasy” (MDMA) ingestion R. RegenthalM. KrügerR. Preiss CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 640 - 641
Repeat percutaneous tracheostomy with the Ciaglia technique after translaryngeal tracheostomy D. MazzonG. ZanardoA. P. Dei Tos CORRESPONDENCE Pages: A639 - A639
Acute reversible neurological and renal failure following acyclovir treatment C. GuittonE. MauryG. Offenstadt CORRESPONDENCE Pages: B639 - B640
