Volume 34, Number 9
September 2008

Original Article

Use of non-invasive NIRS during a vascular occlusion test to assess dynamic tissue O2 saturation response

Hernando Gómez, Andrés Torres, Patricio Polanco, Hyung Kook Kim, Sven Zenker, Juan Carlos Puyana, Michael R. Pinsky

Non-invasive ventilation as primary ventilatory support for infants with severe bronchiolitis

Etienne Javouhey, Audrey Barats, Nathalie Richard, Didier Stamm, Daniel Floret

Subject–ventilator synchrony during neural versus pneumatically triggered non-invasive helmet ventilation

Onnen Moerer, Jennifer Beck, Lukas Brander, Roberta Costa, Michael Quintel, Arthur S. Slutsky, Fabrice Brunet, Christer Sinderby

Primary and secondary intra-abdominal hypertension—different impact on ICU outcome

Annika Reintam, Pille Parm, Reet Kitus, Hartmut Kern, Joel Starkopf

Respiratory variation of intra-abdominal pressure: indirect indicator of abdominal compliance?

Evelina Sturini, Andrea Saporito, Michael Sugrue, Michael J. A. Parr, Gillian Bishop, Antonio Braschi

Polymyxin-B hemoperfusion inactivates circulating proapoptotic factors

Vincenzo Cantaluppi, Barbara Assenzio, Daniela Pasero, Giuseppe Mauriello Romanazzi, Alfonso Pacitti, Giacomo Lanfranco, Valeria Puntorieri, Erica L. Martin, Luciana Mascia, Gianpaola Monti, Giampaolo Casella, Giuseppe Paolo Segoloni, Giovanni Camussi, V. Marco Ranieri

A pilot randomized study comparing high and low volume hemofiltration on vasopressor use in septic shock

Nicolas Boussekey, Arnaud Chiche, Karine Faure, Patrick Devos, Benoit Guery, Thibaud d’Escrivan, Hugues Georges, Olivier Leroy

Does severe non-infectious SIRS differ from severe sepsis?

Joel M. Dulhunty, Jeffrey Lipman, Simon Finfer

Central venous to mixed venous blood oxygen and lactate gradients are associated with outcome in critically ill patients

Guillermo Gutierrez, Pablo Comignani, Luis Huespe, F. Javier Hurtado, Arnaldo Dubin, Vinayak Jha, Yanina Arzani, Silvio Lazzeri, Lombardo Sosa, Juan Riva, Wolf Kohn, Daniela Suarez, Gonzalo Lacuesta, Daniela Olmos, Carlos Mizdraji, Alejandra Ojeda

Trigger performance of mid-level ICU mechanical ventilators during assisted ventilation: a bench study

Juliana C. Ferreira, Daniel W. Chipman, Robert M. Kacmarek

The use of hyperventilation therapy after traumatic brain injury in Europe: an analysis of the BrainIT database

J.-O. Neumann, I. R. Chambers, G. Citerio, P. Enblad, B. A. Gregson, T. Howells, J. Mattern, P. Nilsson, I. Piper, A. Ragauskas, J. Sahuquillo, Y. H. Yau, K. Kiening

Short-term sevoflurane sedation using the Anaesthetic Conserving Device after cardiothoracic surgery

Kerstin D. Röhm, Michael W. Wolf, Thilo Schöllhorn, Alexander Schellhaass, Joachim Boldt, Swen N. Piper

Editorials

A new website: a message from the Editor in Chief

Massimo Antonelli

Is muscle StO2 an appropriate variable for investigating early compensatory tissue mechanisms under physiological and pathological conditions?

R. A. De Blasi

CPAP and HFOV: different guises of the same underlying intensive care strategy for supporting RSV bronchiolitis

Robert C. Tasker

Neural trigger and cycling off during helmet pressure support ventilation: the epitome of the perfect patient ventilator interaction?

Frédéric Vargas

AIDS is coming to your ICU: be prepared for acute bowel injury and acute intestinal distress syndrome…

Manu L. N. G. Malbrain, Inneke De laet

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