1. Open up the lung, but smooth and gentle, please!

   • Thomas Bein
   • Enrico Calzia

   Editorial 22 September 2005 Pages: 1603 - 1604

2. Weaning failure from cardiovascular origin

   • Christian Richard
   • Jean Louis Teboul

   Editorial 25 October 2005 Pages: 1605 - 1607

3. How to differentiate bacterial from viral meningitis

   • Werner Zimmerli

   Editorial 22 October 2005 Pages: 1608 - 1610

4. Diaphragmatic fatigue during sepsis and septic shock

   • Sophie Lanone
   • Camille Taillé
   • Michel Aubier

   Seminal Study 28 September 2005 Pages: 1611 - 1617

5. The use of severity scores in the intensive care unit

   • Jean-Roger Le Gall

   Seminal Study 22 October 2005 Pages: 1618 - 1623

6. Activated protein C: do more survive?

   • Alasdair F. Mackenzie

   Clinical Commentary 15 October 2005 Pages: 1624 - 1626

7. The Acute Care Undergraduate TEaching (ACUTE) Initiative: consensus development of core competencies in acute care for undergraduates in the United Kingdom

   • Gavin D. Perkins
   • Hannah Barrett
   • Julian F. Bion

   Special Article 21 October 2005 Pages: 1627 - 1633

   

8. Differential cardiovascular responses during weaning failure: effects on tissue oxygenation and lactate

   • Spyros Zakynthinos
   • Christina Routsi
   • Charis Roussos

   Original 25 October 2005 Pages: 1634 - 1642

   

9. Fluid balance and weaning outcomes

   • Anupama Upadya
   • Lisa Tilluckdharry
   • Constantine A. Manthous

   Original 29 September 2005 Pages: 1643 - 1647

10. Outcome and changes over time in survival following severe burns from 1985 to 2004

    • Nele Brusselaers
    • Eric A. J. Hoste
    • Stijn I. Blot

    Original 12 October 2005 Pages: 1648 - 1653

    

11. Accuracy of clinical presentation for differentiating bacterial from viral meningitis in adults: a multivariate approach

    • François G. Brivet
    • Sophie Ducuing
    • Patrice Nordmann

    Original 22 October 2005 Pages: 1654 - 1660

    

12. Microvascular dysfunction and skeletal muscle oxygenation assessed by phase-modulation near-infrared spectroscopy in patients with septic shock

    • Roberto Alberto De Blasi
    • Stefano Palmisani
    • Giovanni Pinto

    Original 05 October 2005 Pages: 1661 - 1668

    

13. Clinical evaluation of hormonal stress state in medical ICU patients: a prospective blinded observational study

    • Ursula G. Kyle
    • Philippe Jolliet
    • Claude Pichard

    Original 25 October 2005 Pages: 1669 - 1675

14. A nationwide survey of intensive care unit discharge practices

    • Claudia-Paula Heidegger
    • Miriam M. Treggiari
    • and the Swiss ICU Network

    Original 26 October 2005 Pages: 1676 - 1682

15. Static pressure volume curves and body posture in acute respiratory failure

    • Spyros D. Mentzelopoulos
    • Charis Roussos
    • Spyros G. Zakynthinos

    Original 26 October 2005 Pages: 1683 - 1692

    

16. The attributable mortality of acute renal failure in critically ill patients with liver cirrhosis

    • Damien du Cheyron
    • Bruno Bouchet
    • Pierre Charbonneau

    Original 22 October 2005 Pages: 1693 - 1699

    

17. Pressure-rate products and phase angles in children on minimal support ventilation and after extubation

    • Brigham C. Willis
    • Alan S. Graham
    • Christopher J. L. Newth

    Pediatric Original 14 October 2005 Pages: 1700 - 1705

    

18. Slow moderate pressure recruitment maneuver minimizes negative circulatory and lung mechanic side effects: evaluation of recruitment maneuvers using electric impedance tomography

    • Helena Odenstedt
    • Sophie Lindgren
    • Stefan Lundin

    Experimental 22 September 2005 Pages: 1706 - 1714

    

19. Should electronic faucets be used in intensive care and hematology units?

    • Jacques Merrer
    • Emmanuelle Girou
    • Michel Leneveu

    Brief Report 15 October 2005 Pages: 1715 - 1718

    

20. Plasma disappearance of indocyanine green: a marker for excretory liver function?

    • Alexander Stehr
    • Franz Ploner
    • Martin Matejovic

    Brief Report 18 October 2005 Pages: 1719 - 1722

    

21. Noninvasive ventilation in ARDS caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis: report of three cases and review of literature

    • Ritesh Agarwal
    • Dheeraj Gupta
    • Ashutosh N. Aggarwal

    Correspondence 30 September 2005 Pages: 1723 - 1724

22. ICU physicians, end-of-life care, and the law

    • Alberto Giannini

    Correspondence 09 November 2005 Pages: 1725 - 1725

23. ICU physicians, end-of-life care, and the law: authors’ reply

    • Salvatore Maurizio Maggiore
    • Massimo Antonelli

    Correspondence 09 November 2005 Pages: 1726 - 1726

24. Favourable issue of a fulminant hepatitis associated with sulfasalazine DRESS syndrome without liver transplantation

    • Elodie Descloux
    • Laurent Argaud
    • Dominique Robert

    Correspondence 10 November 2005 Pages: 1727 - 1728

    

25. Comment on “Early treatment with activated protein C for meningococcal septic shock: case report and literature review” by Hasin et al.

    • Gareth L. Thomas
    • Peter Clark

    Correspondence 10 November 2005 Pages: 1729 - 1729

26. Authors’ reply to Thomas et al.’s “Comment on ‘Early treatment with activated protein C for meningococcal septic shock: case report and literature review’ by Hasin et al.”

    • Tal Hasin
    • David Lebowitz
    • Ran Nir-Paz

    Correspondence 10 November 2005 Pages: 1730 - 1730

27. Neonatal helmet CPAP: a short-term physiological study

    • Daniele Trevisanuto
    • Nicoletta Doglioni
    • Vincenzo Zanardo

    Pediatric Correspondence 09 November 2005 Pages: 1731 - 1731

28. Comment on “A new device for administration of continuous positive airway pressure in preterm infants” by Trevisanuto et al.

    • Pierantonio Santuz
    • Massimo Soffiati
    • Paolo Biban

    Pediatric Correspondence 09 November 2005 Pages: 1732 - 1733

29. December 2005

    Announcements 22 November 2005 Pages: 1734 - 1734