Prognosis of ARDS patients: light at the end of the tunnel? H. SteltzerP. Krafft EDITORIAL Pages: 803 - 805
Assessment of lung function in the ventilated patient P. D. Macnaughton REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 810 - 818
High survival rate in 122 ARDS patients managed according to a clinical algorithm including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation K. LewandowskiR. RossaintK. J. Falke ORIGINAL Pages: 819 - 835
Elevated plasma levels of soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor (sTNFRp60) reflect severity of acute pancreatitis P. KaufmannG. P. TilzU. Demel ORIGINAL Pages: 841 - 848
Distribution of inhaled nitric oxide during sequential and continuous administration into the inspiratory limb of the ventilator E. MourgeonL. GallartJ. J. Rouby ORIGINAL Pages: 849 - 858
Hypercarbia during tracheostomy: a comparison of percutaneous endoscopic, percutaneous Doppler, and standard surgical tracheostomy P. M. ReillyR. F. SingC. W. Schwab ORIGINAL Pages: 859 - 864
Haemodynamic changes and skeletal muscle oxygen tension during complete blood exchange with ultrapurified polymerized bovine haemoglobin T. G. StandlW. ReekerJ. Schulte am Esch ORIGINAL Pages: 865 - 872
Pharmacokinetics of piperacillin and tazobactam in critically ill patients with renal failure, treated with continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH) T. S. van der WerfP. O. M. MulderC. A. Stegeman ORIGINAL Pages: 873 - 877
Hemofiltration increases IL-6 clearance in early systemic inflammatory response syndrome but does not alter IL-6 and TNFα plasma concentrations A. SanderW. ArmbrusterJ. Peters ORIGINAL Pages: 878 - 884
Safety and efficacy of urapidil and sodium nitroprusside in the treatment of hypertensive emergencies M. M. HirschlM. BinderA. N. Laggner BRIEF REPORT Pages: 885 - 888
Successful weaning from mechanical ventilation following balloon mitral commissurotomy M. BoussarsarL. BesbesF. Abroug BRIEF REPORT Pages: 889 - 892
Management of blood pressure instability in severe tetanus: the use of clonidine L. GregorakosE. KerezoudiT. Thomaides BRIEF REPORT Pages: 893 - 895
Intrathecal baclofen in tetanus: four cases and a review of reported cases J. DressnandtA. KonstanzerJ. Klingelhöfer BRIEF REPORT Pages: 896 - 902
Blood pressure and heart rate changes during apnoea testing with or without CO2 insufflation C. J. G. Lang TECHNIQUE Pages: 903 - 907
Comparison between cardiac output measured by thermodilution technique and calculated by O2 and modified CO2 Fick methods using a new metabolic monitor L. S. BrandiR. BertoliniM. Calafà TECHNIQUE Pages: 908 - 915
Improvement of internal jugular vein cannulation using an ultrasound-guided technique M. SlamaA. NovaraJ.-Y. Fagon TECHNIQUE Pages: 916 - 919