1. Factors affecting gastrointestinal luminal PCO₂ tonometry

   • A. B. J. Groeneveld
   • J. J. Kolkman

   EDITORIAL Pages: 249 - 251

2. About the relevance of dynamic intrinsic PEEP (PEEPi, dyn) measurement

   • L. Appendini

   EDITORIAL Pages: 252 - 254

3. Inflammatory cytokines in major surgery: a functional perspective

   • E. Lin
   • S. F. Lowry

   EDITORIAL Pages: 255 - 257

4. An international view of hydroxyethyl starches

   • J. Treib
   • J.-F. Baron
   • R. G. Strauss

   REVIEW Pages: 258 - 268

5. Influence of alveolar ventilation changes on calculated gastric intramucosal pH and gastric-arterial PCO₂ difference

   • G. Bernardin
   • P. Lucas
   • M. Mattéi

   ORIGINAL Pages: 269 - 273

6. Dynamic measurement of intrinsic PEEP does not represent the lowest intrinsic PEEP

   • Y. Fujino
   • M. Nishimura
   • I. Yoshiya

   ORIGINAL Pages: 274 - 278

7. Mixed agonistic-antagonistic cytokine response in whole blood from patients undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

   • T. Ziegenfuß
   • G. A. Wanner
   • M. Bauer

   ORIGINAL Pages: 279 - 287

8. Correlation between serum IL-6 and CRP levels and severity of head injury in children

   • P. Kalabalikis
   • K. Papazoglou
   • J. Papadatos

   NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 288 - 292

9. Haemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome: neurological course and predictors of outcome

   • B. Thébaud
   • B. Husson
   • G. Sebire

   NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 293 - 299

10. Dypiridamole, a cGMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor, transiently improves the response to inhaled nitric oxide in two newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

    • B. Thébaud
    • C. Saizou
    • J. C. Mercier

    NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 300 - 303

11. Detection of histamine-induced capillary protein leakage and hypovolaemia by determination of indocyanine green and glucose dilution method in dogs

    • A. Suzuki
    • H. Ishihara
    • A. Matsuki

    EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 304 - 310

12. Scintigraphy for evaluating early aspiration after oral feeding in patients receiving prolonged ventilation via tracheostomy

    • B. Schönhofer
    • T. Barchfeld
    • D. Köhler

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 311 - 314

13. Efficacy of blood purification therapy for heat stroke presenting rapid progress of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome: a comparison of five cases

    • Y. Ikeda
    • T. Sakemi
    • K. Taki

    BRIEF REPORTS Pages: 315 - 318

14. Diffuse recidivant alveolar hemorrhage in a patient with hepatitis C virus-related mixed cryoglobulinemia

    • V. Gómez-Tello
    • J. J. Oñoro-Cañaveral
    • L. C. Armas

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 319 - 322

15. Human albumin administration in critically ill patients

    • N. D. Ferguson
    • T. E. Stewart
    • E. E. Etchells

    CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 323 - 325

16. Tracheostomy in the critically ill: clinical impact of new procedures

    • M. Quintel
    • H. Roth

    CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 326 - 328

17. Tension pneumothorax following removal of a misplaced fine-bore feeding tube in an unintubated patient

    • K. M. Ho

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 331 - 332

18. Acute pulmonary edema following amphetamine ingestion

    • E. Maury
    • J. M. Darondel
    • G. Offenstadt

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 332 - 333

19. Pulsus paradoxus indicating heart failure in paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia: easy detection by pulse oximetry

    • B. Frey

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 333 - 334

20. Acute reversible cardiac involvement associated with systemic capillary leak syndrome

    • Y.-E. Claessens
    • L.-M. Joly
    • E. Oksenshendler

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 334 - 335

21. Peduncular hallucinosis related to propranolol self-poisoning: efficacy of intravenous glucagon

    • E. Hazouard
    • M. Ferrandière
    • B. de Toffol

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 336 - 337

22. Ether suicide poisoning by intravenous injection

    • N. Serrano
    • J. J. Jiménez
    • M. L. Mora

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 337 - 338

23. Toxic shock syndrome following influenza A infection

    • R. Sharkey
    • E. Mulloy
    • S. O'Neill

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: B335 - B336

24. Dextropropoxyphene-induced cardiogenic shock: treatment with intra-aortic balloon pump and milrinone

    • P. Gillard
    • M. Laurent

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: A335 - A335

25. The instillated surfactant in the treatment of sepsis-induced ARDS: case report

    • F. Imperatore
    • M. Postiglione
    • M. Pica

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: B330 - B331

26. Reply

    • B. Lambermont
    • V. D'Orio

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: A338 - A338

27. Value of abdominal computed tomography (CT) concerning the prognosis in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

    • J. Mäurer
    • J. Stützner
    • R. Felix

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: A330 - A330

28. The use of fibrinolytics in purulent pericarditis

    • D. D. M. Mann-Segal

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: B338 - B339