Glasgow Coma Scale: variation in mortality among permutations of specific total scores L. S. G. TeohJ. R. GowardmanDC Galletly ORIGINAL Pages: 157 - 161
Incidence and mortality of severe sepsis in surgical intensive care patients: the influence of patient gender on disease process and outcome M. W. WichmannD. InthornF. W. Schildberg ORIGINAL Pages: 167 - 172
Monitoring the circulatory responses of shocked patients during fluid resuscitation in the emergency department P. M. DarkH. H. DeloozR. A. Little ORIGINAL Pages: 173 - 179
Assessment of cardiac preload and extravascular lung water by single transpulmonary thermodilution S. G. SakkaC. C. RühlA. Meier-Hellmann ORIGINAL Pages: 180 - 187
Inhaled prostacyclin and platelet function after cardiac surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass Å. HaraldsonN. Kieler-JensenS. -E. Ricksten ORIGINAL Pages: 188 - 194
Experiences with severe P. falciparum malaria in the intensive care unit H. LosertK. SchmidH. Burgmann ORIGINAL Pages: 195 - 201
Cerebral blood flow and metabolism in severe brain injury: the role of pressure autoregulation during cerebral perfusion pressure management L. MasciaP. J.D. AndrewsI. R. Piper BRIEF REPORT Pages: 202 - 205
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole-induced aseptic meningitis: case report and literature review C. CapraG. M. MonzaG. Ramella BRIEF REPORT Pages: 212 - 214
Zinc chloride smoke inhalation: a rare cause of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome V. PettiläO. TakkunenP. Tukiainen BRIEF REPORT Pages: 215 - 217
Transient EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia in a patient with sepsis M. MoriH. KudoT. Noguchi BRIEF REPORT Pages: 218 - 220
Effect of inhaled nitric oxide in combination with almitrine on ventilation-perfusion distributions in experimental lung injury R. DembinskiM. MaxR. Rossaint EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 221 - 228
Mitigation of endotoxin-induced acute lung injury in ventilated rabbits by surfactant and inhaled nitric oxide D. H. ZhaoB. SunB. Robertson EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 229 - 238
Meta-analyses versus randomised controlled trials in intensive care medicine L. BrazziG. BertoliniC. Minelli CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 239 - 241
Non-invasive ventilation in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure M. S. MiletinA. S. DetskyS. Mehta CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 242 - 245
Anti-microbial or antiseptic impregnated central venous catheters: update on a “central” debate C. C. dos SantosT. E. StewartA. McGeer CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 246 - 249
Primary heart angiosarcoma: an infrequent cause of acute respiratory failure E. Palazón SánchezC. Palazón SánchezF. Martínez Díaz Correspondence Pages: 251 - 251
Acute myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries during septic shock from Neisseria meningitidis G. S. FilippatosD. KardaraC. Roussos Correspondence Pages: 252 - 252
Pericardial effusion: a rare complication of thermal burn J. BarrA. SagiL. Rosenberg Correspondence Pages: 253 - 253
Carcinoid crisis during transesophageal echocardiography E. F. SalmM. JanssenJ. R. T.C. Roelandt Correspondence Pages: 254 - 254
Successful resuscitation using nitroglycerin for refractory pulseless electrical activity in intensive care unit M. OsadaY. TanakaK. Tamura Correspondence Pages: 255 - 255
Esmolol in the treatment of severe arrhythmia after acute trichloroethylene poisoning F. MoritzA. de La ChapelleG. Bonmarchand Correspondence Pages: 256 - 256
A very early onset of respiratory failure due to phenytoin-associated hypersensitivity syndrome and concomitant glucocorticoid administration U. TrögerW. BrandtW. Röse Correspondence Pages: 258 - 258
Hypocholesterolemia in critically ill patients J. López-MartínezM. Sánchez-CastillaA. García-de-Lorenzo CORRESPONDENCE Pages: A259 - A259