1. Lund Therapy – pathophysiology-based therapy or contrived over-interpretation of limited data?

   • Peter J. D. Andrews
   • Giuseppe Citerio

   Editorial 02 August 2006 Pages: 1461 - 1463

2. Life-support limitation in the pre-hospital setting

   • Graeme Rocker

   Editorial 02 August 2006 Pages: 1464 - 1466

3. Removing “orange wires”: surfacing and hopefully learning from mistakes

   • Peter J. Pronovost
   • Elizabeth A. Martinez
   • Jose M. Rodriguez-Paz

   Editorial 28 July 2006 Pages: 1467 - 1469

4. The world according to poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)—update 2006

   • Eberhard Barth
   • Peter Radermacher
   • Csaba Szabó

   Editorial 23 August 2006 Pages: 1470 - 1474

   

5. The “Lund Concept” for the treatment of severe head trauma – physiological principles and clinical application

   • Per-Olof Grände

   Review 02 August 2006 Pages: 1475 - 1484

   

6. Remembrance of weaning past: the seminal papers

   • Martin J. Tobin

   Seminal Study in Intensive Care 08 August 2006 Pages: 1485 - 1493

   

7. Relation between PaO₂/F_IO₂ ratio and F_IO₂: a mathematical description

   • Jerome Aboab
   • Bruno Louis
   • Laurent Brochard

   Physiological Note 09 August 2006 Pages: 1494 - 1497

   

8. Prehospital withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments. The French LATASAMU Survey

   • Edouard Ferrand
   • Jean Marty

   Original 02 August 2006 Pages: 1498 - 1505

9. The effect of an algorithm-based sedation guideline on the duration of mechanical ventilation in an Australian intensive care unit

   • Rosalind Elliott
   • Sharon McKinley
   • Joan Hendrikz

   Original 08 August 2006 Pages: 1506 - 1514

   

10. Patient-ventilator asynchrony during assisted mechanical ventilation

    • Arnaud W. Thille
    • Pablo Rodriguez
    • Laurent Brochard

    Original 01 August 2006 Pages: 1515 - 1522

    

11. Automatic adjustment of pressure support by a computer-driven knowledge-based system during noninvasive ventilation: a feasibility study

    • Anne Battisti
    • Jean Roeseler
    • Philippe Jolliet

    Original 28 June 2006 Pages: 1523 - 1528

    

12. B-type natriuretic peptide and weaning from mechanical ventilation

    • Armand Mekontso-Dessap
    • Nicolas de Prost
    • Laurent Brochard

    Original 29 August 2006 Pages: 1529 - 1536

    

13. Ability of pulse contour and esophageal Doppler to estimate rapid changes in stroke volume

    • Scott R. Gunn
    • Hyung Kook Kim
    • Michael R. Pinsky

    Original 28 July 2006 Pages: 1537 - 1546

    

14. Bedside echocardiographic evaluation of hemodynamics in sepsis: is a qualitative evaluation sufficient?

    • Antoine Vieillard-Baron
    • Cyril Charron
    • François Jardin

    Original 20 July 2006 Pages: 1547 - 1552

    

15. Renal failure in septic shock: predictive value of Doppler-based renal arterial resistive index

    • Nicolas Lerolle
    • Emmanuel Guérot
    • Jean-Yves Fagon

    Original 29 August 2006 Pages: 1553 - 1559

    

16. Changes in severity and organ failure scores as prognostic factors in onco-hematological malignancy patients admitted to the ICU

    • B. Lamia
    • M.-F. Hellot
    • G. Bonmarchand

    Original 01 August 2006 Pages: 1560 - 1568

    

17. Effects of long-term routine use of selective digestive decontamination on antimicrobial resistance

    • Alexandra Heininger
    • Elisabeth Meyer
    • Wolfgang A. Krueger

    Original 08 August 2006 Pages: 1569 - 1576

    

18. Serum procalcitonin measurement contribution to the early diagnosis of candidemia in critically ill patients

    • Pierre Emmanuel Charles
    • Frédéric Dalle
    • Bernard Blettery

    Original 08 August 2006 Pages: 1577 - 1583

    

19. Does PEEP impair the hepatic outflow in patients following liver transplantation?

    • Fuat H. Saner
    • Goran Pavlaković
    • Christoph E. Broelsch

    Original 29 August 2006 Pages: 1584 - 1590

    

20. Patient safety in intensive care: results from the multinational Sentinel Events Evaluation (SEE) study

    • Andreas Valentin
    • Maurizia Capuzzo
    • Philipp G. H. Metnitz

    Original 28 July 2006 Pages: 1591 - 1598

    

21. Transpyloric enteral nutrition in the critically ill child with renal failure

    • Jesús López-Herce
    • César Sánchez
    • Dolores Vigil

    Pediatric Original 07 July 2006 Pages: 1599 - 1605

22. Intracranial pressure complicating severe traumatic brain injury in children: monitoring and management

    • Kevin P. Morris
    • Robert J. Forsyth
    • Paediatric Intensive Care Society Study Group

    Pediatric Original 28 July 2006 Pages: 1606 - 1612

    

23. Does helmet CPAP reduce cerebral blood flow and volume by comparison with Infant Flow driver CPAP in preterm neonates?

    • Patrizia Zaramella
    • Federica Freato
    • Lino Chiandetti

    Pediatric Original 01 August 2006 Pages: 1613 - 1619

    

24. End of life in the ICU: laws, rules and practices: The situation in Italy

    • Nereo Zamperetti
    • Rodolfo Proietti

    End of life: National legislations 23 August 2006 Pages: 1620 - 1622

25. Effects of vertical positioning on gas exchange and lung volumes in acute respiratory distress syndrome

    • Jean-Christophe M. Richard
    • Salvatore Maurizio Maggiore
    • Laurent Brochard

    Brief Report 01 August 2006 Pages: 1623 - 1626

    

26. Treatment of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: role of extracorporeal gas exchange

    • Martin Beiderlinden
    • Matthias Eikermann
    • Jürgen Peters

    Original 28 July 2006 Pages: 1627 - 1631

27. Effects of a backboard, bed height, and operator position on compression depth during simulated resuscitation

    • Gavin D. Perkins
    • Chris M. Smith
    • David R. Thickett

    Brief Report 07 July 2006 Pages: 1632 - 1635

28. Adrenal insufficiency in severe West Nile Virus infection

    • Fekri Abroug
    • Lamia Ouanes-Besbes
    • Fadhel Najjar

    Brief Report 02 August 2006 Pages: 1636 - 1639

    

29. Intravesicular pressure monitoring does not cause urinary tract infection

    • Michael L. Cheatham
    • Scott G. Sagraves
    • Mark W. White

    Brief Report 29 August 2006 Pages: 1640 - 1643

30. Measurement of compartment pressure of the rectus sheath during intra-abdominal hypertension in rats

    • Christoph Meier
    • René Schramm
    • Michael D. Menger

    Technical Note 29 August 2006 Pages: 1644 - 1648

    

31. Protective effects of PARP inhibition on liver microcirculation and function after haemorrhagic shock and resuscitation in male rats

    • J. P. Roesner
    • D. A. Vagts
    • G. F. E. Nöldge-Schomburg

    Experimental 23 August 2006 Pages: 1649 - 1657

    

32. Comment on “Mean glucose level is not an independent risk factor for mortality in mixed ICU patients” by Ligtenberg et al.

    • John Tayek

    Correspondence 07 July 2006 Pages: 1658 - 1659

33. Reply to the comment by Dr. Tayek

    • Jack J. M. Ligtenberg
    • Ymkje Stienstra
    • Jan G. Zijlstra

    Correspondence 07 July 2006 Pages: 1660 - 1660

34. Comment on “End-of-life care: is euthanasia the answer?”by Truog

    • José F. Solsona
    • J. M. Campos
    • Yolanda Díaz

    Correspondence 28 July 2006 Pages: 1661 - 1661

35. Reply to the comment by Dr. Solsona et al.

    • Robert Truog

    Correspondence 28 July 2006 Pages: 1662 - 1662

36. Comment on “Management of mechanical ventilation in acute severe asthma: practical aspect” by Oddo et al.

    • Randolph P. Cole

    Correspondence 22 August 2006 Pages: 1663 - 1663

37. Reply to the comment by Dr. Cole

    • Mauro Oddo
    • François Feihl

    Correspondence 22 August 2006 Pages: 1664 - 1664

    

38. Comment on “Sublingual capnometry tracks microcirculatory changes in septic patients” by Creteur et al.

    • Walter Hasibeder
    • Hans Knotzer
    • Martin Dünser

    Correspondence 29 August 2006 Pages: 1665 - 1666

    

39. Reply to the comment by Dr. Hasibeder et al.

    • Jacques Creteur
    • Jean-Louis Vincent

    Correspondence 29 August 2006 Pages: 1667 - 1667

40. The syndrome of the sunken skin flap: a neglected potentially reversible phenomenon affecting recovery after decompressive craniotomy

    • Arturo Chieregato

    Correspondence 18 August 2006 Pages: 1668 - 1669

    

41. Challenges in the estimation of tidal volume settings in critical care units

    • Andreas H. Diacon
    • Coenraad F. N. Koegelenberg
    • Chris T. Bolliger

    Correspondence 22 August 2006 Pages: 1670 - 1671

42. Locked-in state due to Epstein–Barr virus primary infection in an immunocompetent patient

    • Patrice Befort
    • Philippe Corne
    • Olivier Jonquet

    Correspondence 15 August 2006 Pages: 1672 - 1673

43. Diverse outcome after air embolism in nonventilated preterm infants

    • Petra Koehne
    • Dieter Hüseman
    • Christoph Bührer

    Pediatric Correspondence 03 August 2006 Pages: 1674 - 1675

    

44. Mechanical ventilation with heliox decreases respiratory system resistance and facilitates CO₂ removal in obstructive airway disease

    • Martin C. J. Kneyber
    • Marc van Heerde
    • Frans B. Plötz

    Pediatric Correspondence 23 August 2006 Pages: 1676 - 1677

    

45. Announcements

    Announcements 21 September 2006 Pages: 1678 - 1678