1. Images on the web: publication of electronic supplementary material for Intensive Care Medicine

   • L. Brochard

   Editorial 12 January 2002 Pages: 101 - 102

2. Clinical tests of gastrointestinal permeability that rely on the urinary recovery of enterally administered probes can yield invalid results in critically ill patients

   • Mitchell P. Fink

   Editorial 17 January 2002 Pages: 103 - 104

3. Are we doing a good job: PRISM, PIM and all that

   • F. Shann

   Editorial 17 January 2002 Pages: 105 - 107

4. Epidemiology of sepsis and infection in ICU patients from an international multicentre cohort study

   • Corinne Alberti
   • Christian Brun-Buisson
   • Jean Le Gall

   Original 04 December 2001 Pages: 108 - 121

5. Impact of sepsis, lung injury, and the role of lipid infusion on circulating prostacyclin and thromboxane A₂

   • U. Suchner
   • D. Katz
   • K. Peter

   Original 17 January 2002 Pages: 122 - 129

6. Pitfalls in gastrointestinal permeability measurement in ICU patients with multiple organ failure using differential sugar absorption

   • Heleen M. Oudemans-van Straaten
   • Peter H. van der Voort
   • Durk F. Zandstra

   Original 23 November 2001 Pages: 130 - 138

7. Therapy of microcirculatory disorders in severe acute pancreatitis: what mediators should we block?

   • Guido Eibl
   • Heinz J. Buhr
   • Thomas Foitzik

   Original 17 January 2002 Pages: 139 - 146

8. The combination of a heat and moisture exchanger and a Booster ^TM: a clinical and bacteriological evaluation over 96 h

   • L. Thomachot
   • X. Viviand
   • C. Martin

   Original 12 January 2002 Pages: 147 - 153

9. Mortality associated with late-onset pneumonia in the intensive care unit: results of a multi-center cohort study

   • Pierre Moine
   • Jean-François Timsit
   • Yves Cohen

   Original 16 January 2002 Pages: 154 - 163

10. Physiological effects of constant versus decelerating inflation flow in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease under controlled mechanical ventilation

    • Claude Guérin
    • Stéphane Lemasson
    • Gérard Fournier

    Original 29 November 2001 Pages: 164 - 169

11. Cognitive and perceived health status in patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease surviving acute on chronic respiratory failure: a controlled study

    • Nicolino Ambrosino
    • Gisella Bruletti
    • Michele Vitacca

    Original 04 December 2001 Pages: 170 - 177

12. Is the bispectral index appropriate for monitoring the sedation level of mechanically ventilated surgical ICU patients?

    • Dirk Frenzel
    • Clemens-A. Greim
    • Norbert Roewer

    Original 12 January 2002 Pages: 178 - 183

13. Liver tissue oxygenation as measured by near-infrared spectroscopy in the critically ill child in correlation with central venous oxygen saturation

    • Gabriele Schulz
    • Markus Weiss
    • Oskar Baenziger

    Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care 12 January 2002 Pages: 184 - 189

14. Airway obstruction and ventilator dependency in young children with congenital cardiac defects: a role for self-expanding metal stents

    • Pankaj Kumar
    • Amit Roy
    • Peter Goldstraw

    Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care 15 January 2002 Pages: 190 - 195

15. Equal increases in respiratory system elastance reflect similar lung damage in experimental ventilator-induced lung injury

    • Silvio Sibilla
    • Stefano Tredici
    • Luciano Gattinoni

    Experimental 12 January 2002 Pages: 196 - 203

16. Scoring systems in pediatric intensive care: PRISM III versus PIM

    • Reinoud J. Gemke
    • Johannes A. van Vught

    Brief Report 12 January 2002 Pages: 204 - 207

17. Serum procalcitonin monitoring for differential diagnosis of ventriculitis in adult intensive care patients

    • R. Martínez
    • C. Gaul
    • K. Tschaikowsky

    Brief Report 12 January 2002 Pages: 208 - 210

18. Bispectral index variations during tracheal suction in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients: effect of an alfentanil bolus

    • Elsa Brocas
    • Hervé Dupont
    • Jean-Marie Desmonts

    Brief Report 12 January 2002 Pages: 211 - 213

19. Cefepime-induced neurotoxicity: an underestimated complication of antibiotherapy in patients with acute renal failure

    • D. Chatellier
    • M. Jourdain
    • F. Fourrier

    Brief Report 04 December 2001 Pages: 214 - 217

20. Cardiomyocyte apoptosis contributes to the pathology of the septic shock heart

    • Jiri T. Beranek

    Correspondence 17 January 2002 Pages: 218 - 218

21. Cardiomyocyte apoptosis and elevation in cardiac troponin I

    • Peter Ammann
    • F. Thomas
    • H. Rickli

    Correspondence 17 January 2002 Pages: 219 - 219

22. Transtracheal open ventilation in respiratory care of patients after cardiovascular surgery

    • Akinori Uchiyama
    • Takahiko Mori

    Correspondence 17 January 2002 Pages: 220 - 221

23. Closed system endotracheal suctioning maintains lung volume during volume controlled mechanical ventilation

    • David Pogson
    • Peter Shirley
    • Sharon Johnston

    Correspondence 12 January 2002 Pages: 222 - 222

24. Persistent severe hypoglycemia in acute zinc phosphide poisoning

    • Christos Y. Frangides
    • Ioannis A. Pneumatikos

    Correspondence 17 January 2002 Pages: 223 - 223

25. Announcements

    Announcement 12 January 2002 Pages: 224 - 224