No good deed goes unpunished! Alfred AyalaDoreen E. Wesche-SoldatoMario Perl Editorial 01 April 2006 Pages: 637 - 638
A comparison of early gastric and post-pyloric feeding in critically ill patients: a meta-analysis Kwok M. HoGeoffrey J. DobbSteven A. R. Webb Systematic Review 29 March 2006 Pages: 639 - 649
Somatostatin or octreotide as treatment options for chylothorax in young children: a systematic review Charles C. RoehrAndreas JungRoland R. Wauer Systematic Review 11 March 2006 Pages: 650 - 657
Interpretation of airway pressure waveforms Evans R. Fernández-PérezRolf D. Hubmayr Physiological Note 21 March 2006 Pages: 658 - 659
Memory in relation to depth of sedation in adult mechanically ventilated intensive care patients Karin SamuelsonDag LundbergBengt Fridlund Original 07 March 2006 Pages: 660 - 667
Association between 4G/5G polymorphism of the plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 gene with stroke or encephalopathy after cardiac surgery Gonzalo SirgoJosé Luis Pérez-VelaJordi Rello Original 01 March 2006 Pages: 668 - 675
Validation of an algorithm based on direct examination of specimens in suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia Anne VeinsteinChristian Brun-BuissonFrançois Blot Original 07 March 2006 Pages: 676 - 683
The combination of the load/force balance and the frequency/tidal volume can predict weaning outcome Theodoros VassilakopoulosChristina RoutsiSpyros Zakynthinos Original 07 March 2006 Pages: 684 - 691
Respiratory load compensation during mechanical ventilation—proportional assist ventilation with load-adjustable gain factors versus pressure support Eumorfia KondiliGeorge PrinianakisDimitris Georgopoulos Original 08 March 2006 Pages: 692 - 699
Obstacles to organ donation in Swedish intensive care units Margareta A. SannerAnders NydahlMagnus Rizell Original 21 March 2006 Pages: 700 - 707
Are terminally ill patients dying in the ICU suitable for non-heart beating organ donation? Jean-Pierre RevellyLuca ImperatoriRené Chioléro Original 14 March 2006 Pages: 708 - 712
High-volume hemofiltration as salvage therapy in severe hyperdynamic septic shock Rodrigo CornejoPatricio DowneyGlenn Hernandez Original 21 March 2006 Pages: 713 - 722
Serum levels of seven cytokines in premature ventilated newborns: correlations with old and new forms of bronchopulmonary dysplasia Giovanni VentoEttore CapoluongoFranco Ameglio Pediatric Original 21 March 2006 Pages: 723 - 730
Dopamine affects cellular immune functions during polymicrobial sepsis Reiner OberbeckDaniel SchmitzMichael S. Exton Experimental 01 April 2006 Pages: 731 - 739
PEEP has beneficial effects on inflammation in the injured and no deleterious effects on the noninjured lung after unilateral lung acid instillation Torsten SchreiberLars HueterWaheedullah Karzai Experimental 14 March 2006 Pages: 740 - 749
Nutrition and hydration of patients in vegetative state: a statement of the Italian National Committee for Bioethics Nereo ZamperettiNicola Latronico News 21 March 2006 Pages: 750 - 751
A good death Brigitte C. BeuksAafke C. NijhofJan G. Zijlstra Brief Report 25 February 2006 Pages: 752 - 753
Outcome of assisted ventilation for acute respiratory failure in cystic fibrosis Martijn G. SliekerJosephus P. J. van GestelNicolaas J. G. Jansen Brief Report 02 March 2006 Pages: 754 - 758
Effects of 15-deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin-J2 during hyperdynamic porcine endotoxemia Balázs HauserJochen KickHendrik Bracht Brief Report 14 March 2006 Pages: 759 - 765
Relation between indocyanine green (ICG) plasma disappearance rate and ICG blood clearance in critically ill patients Samir G. SakkaNicole van Hout Brief Report 17 March 2006 Pages: 766 - 769
Emergency endovascular stent graft repair for acute blunt thoracic aortic injury: a retrospective case control study Christophe BrouxFrédéric ThonyClaude Jacquot Brief Report 21 March 2006 Pages: 770 - 774
Steady-state trough serum and epithelial lining fluid concentrations of teicoplanin 12 mg/kg per day in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia Olivier MimozDelphine RollandWilliam Couet Brief Report 21 March 2006 Pages: 775 - 779
Interleukin-10, T-lymphocytes, and cardiac output in children after ventricular septal defect repair: a pilot study Stefan GrosekJanez PrimozicMiro Kosin Pediatric Brief Report 21 March 2006 Pages: 780 - 784
In response to the Acute Care Undergraduate TEaching (ACUTE) initiative Paul FrostMatthew Wise Correspondence 07 March 2006 Pages: 785 - 785
The Acute Care Undergraduate TEaching (ACUTE) initiative: consensus development of core competencies in acute care for undergraduates in the United Kingdom Julian BionGavin D. Perkins Correspondence 21 March 2006 Pages: 786 - 786
Do we need (good) laws for end of life in ICUs? François Lemaire Correspondence 11 March 2006 Pages: 787 - 787
Tissue-oxygenation assessment using near-infrared spectroscopy during severe sepsis: confounding effects of tissue edema on StO2 values M. Poeze Correspondence 17 March 2006 Pages: 788 - 789
Effects of levosimendan on systemic and regional hemodynamics in septic myocardial depression Jacques CreteurYves BouckaertJean-Louis Vincent Correspondence 23 March 2006 Pages: 790 - 790
Effects of levosimendan on systemic and regional hemodynamics in septic myocardial depression Andrea MorelliJean-Louis Teboul Correspondence 23 March 2006 Pages: 791 - 792
Adrenal insufficiency after brain injury Francis BernardBasil F. Matta Correspondence 29 March 2006 Pages: 793 - 793
Adrenal insufficiency after brain injury Ioanna DimopoulouStylianos Tsagarakis Correspondence 29 March 2006 Pages: 794 - 794
Statins for sepsis: a cautionary note Angus VincentJames A. L. Miller Correspondence 21 March 2006 Pages: 795 - 795
SAPS 3—From evaluation of the patient to evaluation of the intensive care unit.Part 2: Development of a prognostic model for hospital mortality at ICU admission Rui P. MorenoPhillip G. H. MetnitzJean-Roger Le Gall Erratum 14 April 2006 Pages: 796 - 796
