1. Assessment of diaphragmatic function in the intensive care unit

   • B. Dureuil
   • M. Aubier

   Editorial Pages: 83 - 85

2. Principles of critical care

   • A. Knight

   Book Review Pages: 85 - 85

3. Acute renal failure in the intensive care unit. Part 2

   • H. L. Corwin
   • J. V. Bonventre

   Review Articles Pages: 86 - 96

4. Anaesthesia: Review 4

   • A. P. Adams

   Book Review Pages: 96 - 96

5. The medical prevention of variceal bleeding

   • D. Lebrec

   Review Articles Pages: 97 - 99

6. The management of active variceal bleeding

   • D. Westaby

   Review Articles Pages: 100 - 105

7. Monitoring differential CO₂ excretion during differential lung ventilation in asymmetric pulmonary contusion. Clinical implications

   • D. F. Zandstra
   • Ch. P. Stoutenbeek

   Original Articles Pages: 106 - 109

8. Value of static pulmonary compliance in predicting mortality in patients with acute respiratory failure

   • J. Mancebo
   • S. Benito
   • A. Net

   Original Articles Pages: 110 - 114

9. Intermittent positive pressure ventilation by nasal mask: Technique and applications

   • N. Carroll
   • M. A. Branthwaite

   Original Articles Pages: 115 - 117

10. Real-time continuous estimation of gas exchange by dual oximetry

    • J. Räsänen
    • J. B. Downs
    • W. L. Garner

    Original Articles Pages: 118 - 122

11. Book reviews

    • A. B. Millar
    • M. Mythen

    BookReview Pages: 122 - 122

12. Lung extravascular volume during venovenous bypass with extracorporeal CO₂-removal in dogs

    • J. Peters
    • P. Radermacher
    • K. J. Falke

    Original Articles Pages: 123 - 130

13. Accuracy of an indirect carbon dioxide Fick method in determination of the cardiac output in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients

    • L. Blanch
    • R. Fernández
    • A. Net

    Original Articles Pages: 131 - 135

14. Sequential epidemic outbreaks of septicaemias by Serratia and Klebsiella species on a medical Intensive Care Unit

    • J. L. Cortés
    • E. Domínguez de Villota
    • J. M. Mosquera

    Original Articles Pages: 136 - 140

15. Peripheral vascular resistance in septic shock: its relation to outcome

    • A. B. J. Groeneveld
    • J. J. P. Nauta
    • L. G. Thijs

    Original Articles Pages: 141 - 147

16. Continuous EEG and ICP monitoring as a guide to the administration of althesin sedation in severe head injury

    • F. Procaccio
    • R. M. Bingham
    • P. F. Prior

    Original Articles Pages: 148 - 155

17. The microbiologic risk of invasive haemodynamic monitoring in open-heart patients requiring prolonged ICU treatment

    • J. Damen

    Original Articles Pages: 156 - 162

18. Dexamethasone therapy and endogenous cortisol production in severe pediatric head injury

    • S. Fanconi
    • J. Klöti
    • M. Zachmann

    Original Articles Pages: 163 - 166

19. Sickness scoring and response to treatment as predictors of outcome from critical illness

    • F. Bion
    • T. C. Aitchison
    • I. McA. Ledingham

    Methods and Devices Pages: 167 - 172

20. Candidemia, look at the eyes

    • J. J. Piek
    • E. A. R. Knot
    • P. J. G. M. Rietra

    Case Reports Pages: 173 - 175

21. Muscle relaxants

    • B. Astley

    Book Review Pages: 175 - 175

22. Postpartum headache, seizures and bloodstained C. S. F.: a possible complication of dural puncture?

    • M. P. Vercauteren
    • G. J. Vundelickx
    • G. H. Hanegreefs

    Case Reports Pages: 176 - 177

23. A letter from Boston

    • W. M. Zapol

    Letter Pages: 178 - 179

24. Obituary

    Announcement Pages: 179 - 179

25. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 180 - 180