1. The ‘Consent to Research’ paradigm in critical care: challenges and potential solutions

   • Karen E. A. Burns
   • Celia Zubrinich
   • Deborah Cook

   Editorial 07 July 2009 Pages: 1655 - 1658

2. The ART of caring for patients with HIV infection in the ICU

   • Krista Powell
   • Laurence Huang

   Editorial Open access 28 July 2009 Pages: 1659 - 1661

3. ICU mechanical ventilators, technological advances vs. user friendliness: the right picture is worth a thousand numbers

   • Jean Christophe Marie Richard
   • Robert M. Kacmarek

   Editorial 29 July 2009 Pages: 1662 - 1663

4. Progressive hemorrhage: administer oxygen or early resuscitation?

   • Emmanuel E. Douzinas

   Editorial 18 July 2009 Pages: 1664 - 1666

5. Patient safety in intensive care medicine: the Declaration of Vienna

   • Rui P. Moreno
   • Andrew Rhodes
   • Yoel Donchin

   ESICM Statement Open access 21 August 2009 Pages: 1667 - 1672

6. Cardiac death or circulatory arrest? Facts and values in organ retrieval after diagnosis of death by cardio-circulatory criteria

   • Nereo Zamperetti
   • Rinaldo Bellomo
   • Claudio Ronco

   Clinical Commentary 10 July 2009 Pages: 1673 - 1677

7. Etiologies and outcome of acute respiratory failure in HIV-infected patients

   • François Barbier
   • Isaline Coquet
   • Élie Azoulay

   Original 03 July 2009 Pages: 1678 - 1686

   

8. Evaluation of the user-friendliness of seven new generation intensive care ventilators

   • Laurence Vignaux
   • Didier Tassaux
   • Philippe Jolliet

   Original 29 July 2009 Pages: 1687 - 1691

   

9. Acute kidney injury in critically ill patients classified by AKIN versus RIFLE using the SAPS 3 database

   • Michael Joannidis
   • Barbara Metnitz
   • Philipp G. H. Metnitz

   Original 23 June 2009 Pages: 1692 - 1702

   

10. Patients’ preferences for enrolment into critical-care trials

    • Damon C. Scales
    • Orla M. Smith
    • Niall D. Ferguson

    Original 24 June 2009 Pages: 1703 - 1712

    

11. End-of-life decisions in an Indian intensive care unit

    • Raj Kumar Mani
    • Amit Kumar Mandal
    • Rajiv Uttam

    Original 01 July 2009 Pages: 1713 - 1719

12. Diurnal variation of melatonin and cortisol is maintained in non-septic intensive care patients

    • Asko Riutta
    • Pauli Ylitalo
    • Seppo Kaukinen

    Original 04 July 2009 Pages: 1720 - 1727

    

13. The relationship between nutritional intake and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients: results of an international multicenter observational study

    • Cathy Alberda
    • Leah Gramlich
    • Daren K. Heyland

    Original 02 July 2009 Pages: 1728 - 1737

    

14. A prospective randomised multi-centre controlled trial on tight glucose control by intensive insulin therapy in adult intensive care units: the Glucontrol study

    • Jean-Charles Preiser
    • Philippe Devos
    • René Chioléro

    Original 28 July 2009 Pages: 1738 - 1748

    

15. Measurement of end-expiratory lung volume in intubated children without interruption of mechanical ventilation

    • Ido G. Bikker
    • Thierry V. Scohy
    • Diederik Gommers

    Pediatric Original Open access 23 July 2009 Pages: 1749 - 1753

    

16. Decreased surfactant phosphatidylcholine synthesis in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

    • Daphne J. Janssen
    • Luc J. Zimmermann
    • Dick Tibboel

    Pediatric Original Open access 07 July 2009 Pages: 1754 - 1760

    

17. Point-of-care assessment of microvascular blood flow in critically ill patients

    • Ryan C. Arnold
    • Joseph E. Parrillo
    • Steven M. Hollenberg

    Brief Report 24 June 2009 Pages: 1761 - 1766

    

18. Results of short-term training of naïve physicians in focused general ultrasonography in an intensive-care unit

    • Ludivine Chalumeau-Lemoine
    • Jean-Luc Baudel
    • Eric Maury

    Brief Report 16 June 2009 Pages: 1767 - 1771

19. Interventions to decrease tube, line, and drain removals in intensive care units: the FRATER study

    • Silvia Calvino Günther
    • Carole Schwebel
    • Jean-François Timsit

    Brief Report 26 June 2009 Pages: 1772 - 1776

    

20. Dopamine therapy promotes cerebral flow-metabolism coupling in preterm infants

    • Flora Y. Wong
    • Charles P. Barfield
    • Adrian M. Walker

    Pediatric Brief Report 01 August 2009 Pages: 1777 - 1782

    

21. The impact of inspired oxygen concentration on tissue oxygenation during progressive haemorrhage

    • Alex Dyson
    • Ray Stidwill
    • Mervyn Singer

    Experimental 18 July 2009 Pages: 1783 - 1791

    

22. Nebulized ceftazidime in experimental pneumonia caused by partially resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    • Fabio Ferrari
    • Qin Lu
    • the Experimental ICU Study Group

    Experimental 04 August 2009 Pages: 1792 - 1800

    

23. Tracking changes in cardiac output: methodological considerations for the validation of monitoring devices

    • Pierre Squara
    • Maurizio Cecconi
    • Jean-Daniel Chiche

    Special Article 11 July 2009 Pages: 1801 - 1808

    

24. Evaluation of the catheter positioning for neurally adjusted ventilatory assist

    • Jürgen Barwing
    • Markus Ambold
    • Onnen Moerer

    Physiological and Technical Notes Open access 04 August 2009 Pages: 1809 - 1814

    

25. Physiology and technology hand in hand for clinical imaging of the microcirculation

    • Arnaldo Dubin

    Correspondence 07 March 2009 Pages: 1815 - 1815

26. The final gasp from the European experts

    • D. F. Zandstra
    • A. J. Petros
    • Hendrick K. F. van Saene

    Correspondence 02 July 2009 Pages: 1816 - 1816

27. Reply to van Saene et al.

    • Antoni Torres
    • Santiago Ewig

    Correspondence 02 July 2009 Pages: 1817 - 1817

28. Reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia: enhancing knowledge is important

    • Sonia O. Labeau
    • Dominique M. Vandijck
    • Stijn I. Blot

    Correspondence 31 July 2009 Pages: 1818 - 1819

29. Reply to Labeau et al.

    • Caroline S. Hawe
    • Kirsteen S. Ellis
    • Andrew Longmate

    Correspondence 31 July 2009 Pages: 1820 - 1820

30. The relationship between nutritional intake and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients: results of an international multicenter observational study

    • Cathy Alberda
    • Leah Gramlich
    • Daren K. Heyland

    Erratum 07 August 2009 Pages: 1821 - 1821

31. Introduction to bronchoscopy

    • Massimo Antonelli
    • Franco Cavaliere

    Book Review 31 July 2009 Pages: 1822 - 1823