Should we discharge comatose patients from intensive care to die in their own bed at home after withdrawal of mechanical ventilation? Erwin J. O. Kompanje Editorial 12 March 2009 Pages: 773 - 774
Mechanical ventilation: quo vadis? Fernando Frutos-VivarNiall D. FergusonAndrés Esteban Editorial 14 March 2009 Pages: 775 - 778
On grief and despair versus resilience and personal growth in critical illness Jan N. M. Schieveld Editorial Open access 10 March 2009 Pages: 779 - 780
Sleep and delirium in ICU patients: a review of mechanisms and manifestations Milagros I. Figueroa-RamosCarmen Mabel Arroyo-NovoaKathleen A. Puntillo Review 23 January 2009 Pages: 781 - 795
Depression in general intensive care unit survivors: a systematic review Dimitry S. DavydowJeneen M. GiffordDale M. Needham Review 23 January 2009 Pages: 796 - 809
Going home to die from surgical intensive care units Yu-Chen HuangSheng-Jean HuangWen-Je Ko Original 12 March 2009 Pages: 810 - 815
Epidemiology of Mechanical Ventilation: Analysis of the SAPS 3 Database Philipp G. H. MetnitzBarbara Metnitzon behalf of the SAPS 3 Investigators Original 14 March 2009 Pages: 816 - 825
Modeling the effect of time-dependent exposure on intensive care unit mortality Martin WolkewitzJan BeyersmannMartin Schumacher Original 31 January 2009 Pages: 826 - 832
Health-related quality of life as a prognostic factor of survival in critically ill patients Sebastián Iribarren-DiarasarriFelipe Aizpuru-BarandiaranCristina Vinuesa-Lozano Original 29 January 2009 Pages: 833 - 839
Patient–ventilator asynchrony during non-invasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure: a multicenter study Laurence VignauxFrédéric VargasPhilippe Jolliet Original 29 January 2009 Pages: 840 - 846
Influence of surgical treatment timing on mortality from necrotizing soft tissue infections requiring intensive care management Alexandre BoyerFrederic VargasDidier Gruson Original 20 December 2008 Pages: 847 - 853
Effect of synbiotic therapy on the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia in critically ill patients: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial David J. W. KnightDale GardinerKeith J. Girling Original 16 December 2008 Pages: 854 - 861
Impact of restriction of third generation cephalosporins on the burden of third generation cephalosporin resistant K. pneumoniae and E. coli in an ICU Elisabeth MeyerMatthias LapatschekFrank Schwab Original 26 November 2008 Pages: 862 - 870
Acute kidney injury in septic shock: clinical outcomes and impact of duration of hypotension prior to initiation of antimicrobial therapy Sean M. BagshawStephen LapinskyThe Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database Research Group Original 09 December 2008 Pages: 871 - 881
Serum selenium and glutathione peroxidase-3 activity: biomarkers of systemic inflammation in the critically ill? William ManzanaresAlberto BiestroGil Hardy Original 26 November 2008 Pages: 882 - 889
Intravascular cooling for rapid induction of moderate hypothermia in severely head-injured patients: results of a multicenter study (IntraCool) Juan SahuquilloJon Pérez-BárcenaJuan Antonio LLompart-Pou Original 26 November 2008 Pages: 890 - 898
Family members of critically ill cancer patients: assessing the symptoms of anxiety and depression Renata Rego Lins FumisDaniel Deheinzelin Brief Report 29 January 2009 Pages: 899 - 902
Caspofungin for prevention of intra-abdominal candidiasis in high-risk surgical patients Laurence SennPhilippe EggimannOscar Marchetti Brief Report 27 January 2009 Pages: 903 - 908
Is C-reactive protein a good prognostic marker in septic patients? Joana SilvestreP. PóvoaH. Sabino Brief Report 24 January 2009 Pages: 909 - 913
Validation of the urine column measurement as an estimation of the intra-abdominal pressure Herjan van der SteegJesse P. van AkkerenRudi M. H. Roumen Brief Report Open access 06 January 2009 Pages: 914 - 918
Post-traumatic growth in parents after a child’s admission to intensive care: maybe Nietzsche was right? Gillian ColvillePenelope Cream Pediatric Brief Report 19 February 2009 Pages: 919 - 923
Cecal ligation and puncture induced sepsis impairs host defense against Enterococcus faecium peritonitis Masja LeendertseRob J. WillemsTom van der Poll Experimental Open access 17 February 2009 Pages: 924 - 932
Immediate postconditioning during reperfusion attenuates intestinal injury Ke-Xuan LiuYun-Sheng LiZhengyuan Xia Experimental 04 February 2009 Pages: 933 - 942
Intraoperative validation of a new system for invasive continuous cardiac output measurement Giuseppe D’AnconaMatteo ParrinelloMichele Pilato Physiological and Technical Notes 31 January 2009 Pages: 943 - 947
Comparison of a new device for the continuous intra-gastric measurement of intra-abdominal pressure (CiMon) with direct intra-peritoneal measurements in cirrhotic patients during paracentesis Valentin BeckerRoland M. SchmidAndreas Umgelter Physiological and Technical Notes 26 February 2009 Pages: 948 - 952
Comment on “Indwelling time and risk of colonization of peripheral arterial catheters in critically ill patients” by Khalifa et al. Samir G. Sakka Correspondence 09 January 2009 Pages: 953 - 954
Non-occlusive colonic ischemia induced by verapamil ER overdose Sébastien PerbetJean-Michel ConstantinJean-Etienne Bazin Correspondence 20 December 2008 Pages: 956 - 957
The further back, the further forward Franco Valenza Correspondence 29 November 2008 Pages: 958 - 958
Thrombosis during lepirudin therapy: a case report F. WalletF. BayleC. Guérin Correspondence 26 November 2008 Pages: 959 - 960
Occult pleural cryptococcosis in an immunocompromised patient S. K. KammingaC. BoerR. J. Strack van Schijndel Correspondence Open access 01 November 2008 Pages: 961 - 962