1. Evaluation of organ failure: we are making progress

   • J.-L. Vincent
   • F. Lopes Ferreira

   EDITORIAL Pages: 1023 - 1024

2. Assessment of intestinal tissue oxygenation: the canary sings – but was does the twitter tell us?

   • B. Temmesfeld-Wollbrück
   • K. Mayer
   • F. Grimminger

   EDITORIAL Pages: 1025 - 1027

3. Cerebrovenous oxygen saturation monitoring: practical considerations and clinical relevance

   • C. S. A. Macmillan
   • P. J. D. Andrews

   REVIEW Pages: 1028 - 1036

4. Evaluation of the SOFA score: a single-center experience of a medical intensive care unit in 303 consecutive patients with predominantly cardiovascular disorders

   • U. Janssens
   • C. Graf
   • P. Hanrath

   ORIGINAL Pages: 1037 - 1045

5. Regional distribution of gas and tissue in acute respiratory distress syndrome. II. Physiological correlations and definition of an ARDS Severity Score

   • J.-J. Rouby
   • L. Puybasset
   • and the CT Scan ARDS Study Group

   ORIGINAL Pages: 1046 - 1056

6. Linear and nonlinear analysis of pressure and flow during mechanical ventilation

   • M. P. Vassiliou
   • L. Petri
   • P. K. Behrakis

   ORIGINAL Pages: 1057 - 1064

7. Anterior magnetic phrenic nerve stimulation: laboratory and clinical evaluation

   • M. I. Polkey
   • A. Duguet
   • J. Moxham

   ORIGINAL Pages: 1065 - 1075

8. Immediate IL-10 expression following major orthopaedic trauma: relationship to anti-inflammatory response and subsequent development of sepsis

   • P. V. Giannoudis
   • R. M. Smith
   • M. C. Bellamy

   ORIGINAL Pages: 1076 - 1081

9. Serum and ascitic procalcitonin levels in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: diagnostic value and relationship to pro-inflammatory cytokines

   • A. Viallon
   • F. Zeni
   • J.-C. Bertrand

   ORIGINAL Pages: 1082 - 1088

10. Pharmacokinetics of milrinone in patients with congestive heart failure during continuous venovenous hemofiltration

    • T. Taniguchi
    • K. Shibata
    • K. Okeie

    ORIGINAL Pages: 1089 - 1093

11. Cost analysis of plasma-exchange therapy for the treatment of Guillain-Barré syndrome

    • H. Espérou
    • M.-C. Jars-Guincestre
    • and the French Cooperative Group ¶on Plasma Exchange ¶in Guillain-Barré Syndrome

    ORIGINAL Pages: 1094 - 1100

12. Early translaryngeal tracheostomy in patients with severe brain damage

    • N. Stocchetti
    • A. Parma
    • L. Tognini

    ORIGINAL Pages: 1101 - 1107

13. Blood in the gastrointestinal tract delays and blunts the PCO₂ response to transient mucosal ischaemia

    • B. Venkatesh
    • T. J. Morgan

    EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1108 - 1115

14. Theoretical and experimental comparison of constant inspired concentration and pulsed delivery in NO therapy

    • E. Heinonen
    • M. Högman
    • P. Meriläinen

    EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1116 - 1123

15. Effects of haemoconcentration and haemodilution on acute hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension and changes in vascular compliance of isolated rabbit lungs

    • S. A. Loer
    • J. Peters

    EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1124 - 1130

16. Glucose dilution can detect fluid redistribution following phentolamine infusion in dogs

    • A. Matsui
    • H. Ishihara
    • A. Matsuki

    EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1131 - 1138

17. The PstI polymorphism of the endotoxin-inducible heat-shock protein 70–2 gene does not affect messenger RNA level in human whole-blood cultures

    • S. Schroeder
    • M. Reck
    • F. Stüber

    EXPERIMENTAL Pages: 1139 - 1143

18. Coma mimicking brain death following baclofen overdose

    • M. E. Ostermann
    • Bryan Young
    • M. W. Nicolle

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1144 - 1146

19. Inadvertent transpericardial insertion of a central venous line with cardiac tamponade failure of preventive practices

    • H. Losert
    • R. Prokesch
    • M. Muhm

    BRIEF REPORT Pages: 1147 - 1150

20. Lung-protective mechanical ventilation strategies in ARDS

    • W. L. Lee
    • A. S. Detsky
    • T. E. Stewart

    CURRENT TOPICS Pages: 1151 - 1155

21. BOOK REVIEW

    • R. Larsen

    Pages: 1156 - 1156

22. Fever in patients with pacemakers: the necessity of performing transesophageal echocardiography early

    • E. Zakynthinos
    • T. Vassilakopoulos
    • S. G. Zakynthinos

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 1157 - 1158

23. ARDS as a complication of difficult airway management in a patient with Hunter syndrome

    • J. Engler
    • A. Waltensdorfer
    • M. Zink

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 1159 - 1159

24. Subarachnoid hemorrhage and acute myocardial infarction

    • J. P. Bárcena
    • J. I. A. Rota
    • J. I. Juve

    CORRESPONDENCE Pages: 1160 - 1161