1. Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia after cardiac surgery: prepare and defend!

   • Patrique Segers
   • Bas A. de Mol

   Editorial Open access 26 June 2009 Pages: 1497 - 1499

2. Candida pneumonia in the ICU: myth or reality?

   • Jean-Damien Ricard
   • Damien Roux

   Editorial 27 June 2009 Pages: 1500 - 1502

3. Factor replacement for Australian snakebite coagulopathy: a re-evaluation?

   • Julian White

   Editorial 23 June 2009 Pages: 1503 - 1504

4. Tight glycemic control and computerized decision-support systems: a systematic review

   • Saeid Eslami
   • Ameen Abu-Hanna
   • Nicolette F. de Keizer

   Review Open access 27 June 2009 Pages: 1505 - 1517

   

5. Incidence and risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia after major heart surgery

   • Javier Hortal
   • Maddalena Giannella
   • Patricia Muñoz

   Original 26 June 2009 Pages: 1518 - 1525

   

6. Significance of the isolation of Candida species from airway samples in critically ill patients: a prospective, autopsy study

   • W. Meersseman
   • K. Lagrou
   • E. Van Wijngaerden

   Original 09 April 2009 Pages: 1526 - 1531

   

7. Clotting factor replacement and recovery from snake venom-induced consumptive coagulopathy

   • Simon G. A. Brown
   • Ngaire Caruso
   • Geoffrey K. Isbister

   Original 23 June 2009 Pages: 1532 - 1538

   

8. Effects of a predominantly hydroxyethyl starch (HES)-based and a predominantly non HES-based fluid therapy on renal function in surgical ICU patients

   • Franziska Schabinski
   • Janaina Oishi
   • Konrad Reinhart

   Original 17 June 2009 Pages: 1539 - 1547

   

9. Relationships among haemoglobin level, packed red cell transfusion and clinical outcomes in patients after cardiac surgery

   • Eva Oliver
   • Maria L. Carrio
   • Josep L. Ventura

   Original 23 June 2009 Pages: 1548 - 1555

10. Intensive care of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: an international survey

    • Robert D. Stevens
    • Neeraj S. Naval
    • Peter J. Andrews

    Original 17 June 2009 Pages: 1556 - 1566

    

11. Circulating angiopoietin-2 levels in the course of septic shock: relation with fluid balance, pulmonary dysfunction and mortality

    • Melanie van der Heijden
    • Peter Pickkers
    • A. B. Johan Groeneveld

    Original Open access 24 June 2009 Pages: 1567 - 1574

    

12. The educational environment for training in intensive care medicine: structures, processes, outcomes and challenges in the European region

    • The CoBaTrICE Collaboration

    Original 23 June 2009 Pages: 1575 - 1583

13. Safety and efficacy of ketorolac in children after cardiac surgery

    • Miho Inoue
    • Christopher A. Caldarone
    • Anne-Marie Guerguerian

    Pediatric Original 27 June 2009 Pages: 1584 - 1592

    

14. Relationships, trust, decision-making and quality of care in a paediatric intensive care unit

    • Lauraine Vivian
    • Adele Marais
    • Andrew Argent

    Pediatric Original 25 June 2009 Pages: 1593 - 1598

15. Is proportional-assist ventilation with load-adjustable gain factors a user-friendly mode?

    • Nectaria Xirouchaki
    • Eumorfia Kondili
    • Dimitris Georgopoulos

    Brief Report 16 June 2009 Pages: 1599 - 1603

    

16. Circulating levels of vasoactive peptides in patients with acute bacterial meningitis

    • Ronan M. G. Berg
    • Gitte Irene Strauss
    • Kirsten Møller

    BRIEF REPORT 10 June 2009 Pages: 1604 - 1608

17. Decontamination of the digestive tract and oropharynx: hospital acquired infections after discharge from the intensive care unit

    • Anne Marie G. A. de Smet
    • Titia E. M. Hopmans
    • Marc J. M. Bonten

    Brief Report Open access 24 June 2009 Pages: 1609 - 1613

    

18. Comparison of a new unguided self-advancing jejunal tube with the endoscopic guided technique: a prospective, randomized study

    • Ulrike Holzinger
    • Reinhard Kitzberger
    • Christian Madl

    Brief Report 16 June 2009 Pages: 1614 - 1618

19. Serum levels of gastric-acid-stimulating factors in children undergoing open heart surgery

    • Christian Breuer
    • Manfred Rauh
    • Henrik Köhler

    Pediatric Brief Report 13 June 2009 Pages: 1619 - 1622

    

20. Feasibility of non-invasive pressure support ventilation in infants with respiratory failure after extubation: a pilot study

    • Pascal Stucki
    • Marie-Hélène Perez
    • Jacques Cotting

    Pediatric Brief Report 17 June 2009 Pages: 1623 - 1627

    

21. Post-resuscitation NOS inhibition does not improve hemodynamic recovery of hypoxic newborn pigs

    • Tze-fun Lee
    • Corinne N. Tymafichuk
    • Po-Yin Cheung

    Experimental 24 June 2009 Pages: 1628 - 1635

    

22. Research ethics committees in Europe: trials and tribulations

    • Christiane Druml
    • M. Wolzt
    • E. A. Singer

    Legal and Ethical Issues in Clinical Research 19 June 2009 Pages: 1636 - 1640

23. Combination antifungal treatment of pseudomembranous tracheobronchial invasive aspergillosis: a case report

    • Francesco G. De Rosa
    • Pierpaolo Terragni
    • V. Marco Ranieri

    Case Discussion 16 June 2009 Pages: 1641 - 1643

    

24. Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 and diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia

    • Sébastien Gibot

    Correspondence 19 June 2009 Pages: 1644 - 1644

25. Reply to Gibot

    • Guy J. Oudhuis
    • Annelies Verbon

    Correspondence Open access 19 June 2009 Pages: 1645 - 1646

26. Rifampicin treatment of persistently elevated benzodiazepine metabolites in a comatose patient

    • P. V. Nannan Panday
    • P. Vischjager
    • M. W. N. Nijsten

    Correspondence Open access 17 June 2009 Pages: 1647 - 1648

    

27. Does remifentanil shorten ventilator maintenance, midozolam prolong it, or both alter its duration?

    • Harry W. Daniell

    Correspondence Open access 17 June 2009 Pages: 1649 - 1649

28. Predictive ability of intra-abdominal pressure for ICU mortality

    • Maria Kompoti
    • Martha Michalia
    • Phyllis-Maria Clouva-Molyvdas

    Correspondence 13 June 2009 Pages: 1650 - 1650

29. Tolerance of enteral feeding: from quantity to quality of gastric residual volume?

    • Michele Umbrello
    • Giovanluigi Elia
    • Gaetano Iapichino

    Correspondence 13 June 2009 Pages: 1651 - 1652

30. An unexpected hazard of indwelling temperature monitoring

    • N. J. Lees
    • S. Singh

    Correspondence 09 June 2009 Pages: 1653 - 1654