Stress doses of glucocorticoids in catecholamine dependency: a new therapy for a new syndrome? P. E. Bollaert EDITORIAL Pages: 3 - 5
Application of a computerised method to measure static pressure volume curve in acute respiratory distress syndrome G. ServilloE. De RobertisR. Tufano ORIGINAL Pages: 11 - 14
Setting safe and effective suction pressure: the effect of using a manometer in the suction circuit K. J. DonaldV. J. RobertsonK. Tsebelis ORIGINAL Pages: 15 - 19
The diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia using non-bronchoscopic, non-directed lung lavages P. G. FlanaganG. P. FindlayM. Smithies ORIGINAL Pages: 20 - 30
Myocardial necrosis in ICU patients with acute non-cardiac disease: a prospective study S. ArlatiS. BrennaC. Gandini ORIGINAL Pages: 31 - 37
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest increases soluble vascular endothelial adhesion molecules and neutrophil elastase associated with endothelial injury S. GandoS. NanzakiO. Kemmotsu ORIGINAL Pages: 38 - 44
Ranitidine or dobutamine alone or combined has no effect on gastric intramucosal-arterial PCO2 difference after cardiac surgery O. VäisänenE. RuokonenJ. Takala ORIGINAL Pages: 45 - 51
Patients' preferences concerning medical information and surrogacy: results of a prospective study in a French emergency department E. RoupieA. SantinO. Montagne ORIGINAL Pages: 52 - 56
Tiss 76 and Tiss 28: correlation of two therapeutic activity indices on a Spanish multicenter icu database E. Castillo-LorenteR. Rivera-FernandezG. Vazquez-Mata ORIGINAL Pages: 57 - 61
Study of paediatric intensive care units in Spain J. López-HerceL. Sanchothe Spanish Society of Paediatric Intensive Care NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 62 - 68
Comprehensive critical incident monitoring in a neonatal-pediatric intensive care unit: experience with the system approach B. FreyB. KehrerM. Ebenberger NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 69 - 74
Markers of tissue hypoperfusion in pediatric septic shock M. -A. DugasF. ProulxM. Lambert NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 75 - 83
Comparison of noise levels caused by four different neonatal high-frequency ventilators T. HoehnA. BuschM. F. Krause NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 84 - 87
Severe infantile hypothermia: short- and long-term outcome S. SoferE. Benkovich NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 88 - 92
Negative pressure ventilation as haemodynamic rescue following surgery for congenital heart disease L. S. ShekerdemianI. Schulze-NeickD. J. Penny NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 93 - 96
Hereditary surfactant protein B deficiency resulting from a novel mutation M. SomaschiniS. WertL. Nogee NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 97 - 100
Acute hemodynamic effects of post cardiotomy peritoneal dialysis in neonates and infants S. DittrichM. VogelP. E. Lange NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 101 - 104
Adrenal crisis presenting as hypoglycemic coma J. E. FischerT. StallmachS. Fanconi NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Pages: 105 - 108
Partial liquid ventilation with surfactant: effects on gas exchange and lung pathology in surfactant-depleted piglets U. MerzM. KellinghausH. Hörnchen EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 109 - 116
S-Methylisothiourea sulfate improves renal, but not hepatic dysfunction in canine endotoxic shock model C. MitakaY. HirataT. Imai EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 117 - 124
Catecholamine dependency in a polytrauma patient: relative adrenal insufficiency? P. NieboerT. S. van der WerfJ. J. M. Ligtenberg BRIEF REPORT Pages: 125 - 127
Nursing research in intensive care medicine Euroconference: lobby tool for research M. Subirana CasacubertaP. Delgado Hito CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 139 - 141
Hyperdynamic shock in falciparum malaria S. LagudisL. F. A. CamargoE. Knobel CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 142 - 142
Pseudomembraneous Aspergillus fumigatus tracheobronchitis causing life-threatening tracheobronchial obstruction in a mechanically ventilated patient S. TasciH. SchäferH. Zhou Correspondence Pages: 143 - 144
Preliminary data: PIM vs PRISM in infants and children post cardiac surgery in a UK PICU Correspondence Pages: 145 - 145
Use of dipyridamole for pulmonary hypertension following repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 146 - 146
Hypercapnia due to a heat and moisture exchanger G. BriassoulisD. ParaschouT. Hatzis Correspondence Pages: 147 - 147