Editor-in-Chief

M. Antonelli

Professor of Intensive Care and Anesthesiology
Director, General ICU
Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Largo A. Gemelli, 800168 Rome - Italy
+ 39 06 30 15 4889 (ICU)
+ 39 06 30 15 4386 (office)
+ 39 06 30 15 3226 (direct)
Fax: + 39 06 30 13 450
e-mail: m.antonelli@rm.unicatt.it

Speaker’s Bureau/Consultant: Abbott Laboratories, GlaxoSmithKline, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, MSD, Lilly, GE, Covidien, Maquette

Educational Grant: Lilly, Pfizer

Deputy Editor

G. Conti

Associate Professor of Intensive Care and Anesthesiology
Director, Pediatric ICU
Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Largo A. Gemelli, 8
00168 Rome - Italy
+ 39 06 30 15 5203 (PICU)
+ 39 06 30 15 4386 (office)
Fax: + 39 06 30 13 450
E-mail: g.conti@rm.unicatt.it

Speaker’s Bureau/Consultant: Tyco, Maquette.

Deputy Editor

J. Mancebo

Unit Director and Associate Professor of Medicine
Servei de Medicina Intensiva
Hospital de Sant Pau
Av. S.A.M. Claret 167
Barcelona 08025, Spain
Tel. +34-93-2919187
jmancebo@santpau.cat

Research grants from Fisher-Paykel, Debiopharm and Altana. Lecture fees from Covidien.

Website Deputy Editor

S. M. Maggiore

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
Policlinico A. Gemelli
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Largo Agostino Gemelli, 8
00168 Rome - Italy
Tel: +39 06 3015 4386 / 4889
Fax: +39 06 3013 450
E-mail: smmaggiore@libero.it or smmaggiore@rm.unicatt.it

Conflicts of interest: Salvatore Maggiore received fees for lectures from BOC Medical (2006), Lilly (2006), Tyco (2006), Medica Valeggia (2006 and 2007), and Kimberly Clarke (2007). He received financial support for research by Fisher & Paykel in 2007.

Associate Editor

E. Azoulay

Service de Réanimation Médicale
Hôpital Saint-Louis, Université Paris 7
1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010 PARIS
Tel: 33 1 42494660 Fax : 331 42499426
E-mail: elie.azoulay@sls.ap-hop-paris.fr

Dr Elie Azoulay has received research grants from Pfizer and Gilead France. Dr Azoulay serves in the European Board of Pfizer.

Associate Editor

M. Bonten

Professor of Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medical Microbiology
Julius Center for Health Sciences & Primary Care
University Medical Center Utrecht
Heidelberglaan 100
3584 CX Utrecht
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)88 7557394
Secretary: +31 (0)88 7557676
Fax: +31 (0)88 7555132

Associate Editor

J. Chastre

Professor of Medicine, University of Paris 6, Paris, France
Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière

Mailing address:
Prof. Jean Chastre, Service de Réanimation Médicale
Institut de Cardiologie
Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière
47-83 bvd de l'Hôpital 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France
Tel: +33 142163822
Fax: +33 142163823
E-mail : jean.chastre@psl.aphp.fr

Conflicts of interest: Jean Chastre has served as a consultant for Pfizer, Aerogen Nektar, Bayer and Cerexa, and has received speaker’s fees from Pfizer, Brahms, Wyeth, Johnson and Johnson and Kimberly.

Associate Editor

G. Citerio

San Gerardo Hospital – Neuro Intensive Care Unit , Dipartimento di Medicina Perioperatoria e Terapie Intensive, via Pergolesi 33, 20052 Monza (Mi), Italy
g.citerio@hsgerardo.org

Conflicts of interest: Giuseppe Citerio is on the Speakers’ Bureau of Codman Italy for educational activities on neuromonitoring.

Associate Editor

D. De Backer

Dpt of Intensive Care
Erasme University Hospital
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
808 Route de Lennik
B-1070 Brussels (Belgium)
Tel : 32.2.5554752
Fax : 32.2.5554698

Grant for studies: Eli Lilly (rhAPC); Grant and material for studies: Edwards Lifesciences; Honoraria (lectures): Eli Lilly (rhAPC), Pulsion, Edwards Lifesciences, Gambro-Hospal; Honoraria (round table): Talecris Biotherapeutics (antithrombin), Baxter; Material for studies: CMA microdialysis, Pulsion, LiDCO, Gambro-Hospal.

Associate Editor

J.-C. Preiser

Department of Intensive Care
University Hospital of Liege
Domaine du Sart Tilman B 35
B-4000 Liege 1
Belgium
Tel +3243667495
Fax + 3243668898
E-mail : jean-charles.preiser@chu.ulg.ac.be

Associate Editor

A. Mebazaa

Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
University Paris 7 Diderot
Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris
2 Rue A. Paré
75475 Paris Cedex 10
France
phone + 33 1 49 95 80 72
fax + 33 1 49 95 80 73
alexandre.mebazaa@lrb.aphp.fr

Conflicts of interest: Dr Mebazaa is a consultant for Abbott, Orion Pharma and Sigma-Tau and receives honoraria from Guidant and Edwards Life Sciences.

Associate Editor

M. Joannidis

A.o. Univ. Prof. Dr. Michael Joannidis
Medizinische Intensivstation
Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin
Anichstr. 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Tel:  0043-512-504-24180
Fax:  0043-512-504-24199
DECT: 0043-512-504-81404

Conflicts of interest:
Consultant Fees from Organon and Edwards
Speaker´s Fees from  Gambro and  Fresenius

Associate Editor

J. Pugin

Professor in Intensive Care
University Hospital
24, r. Micheli-du-Crest
CH-1211 Geneva 14
Switzerland
Direct phone +41-22-372-9236
FAX +41-22-382-7455
E-mail: jerome.pugin@medecine.unige.ch

Conflicts of interest: none.

Associate Editor

J. Wernerman

Professor of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Karolinska Institutet
and Senior Consultant at KArilinska University Hospital Huddinge
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
jan.wernerman@karolinska.se

Jan Wernerman has been member of a Scientific Advisory Board for Gambro and Numico and on a 'Speaker's Bureau' for Baxter, Fresenius, Novartis, Neslé.

Associate Editor

H. Zhang

Associate Professor
Department of Anaesthesia
Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine
Department of Physiology
University of Toronto
St. Michael's Hospital
Room 7-007, Queen Wing
30 Bond Street
Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8
Canada
Tel (416)864-6060 ext.6551 (Office)
Tel (416)864-6060 ext.3546 (Assistant)
Fax (416)864-5277
E-mail: haibo.zhang@utoronto.ca
E-mail: zhangh@smh.toronto.on.ca

Dr. Haibo Zhang, as a director of Continuing Medical Education (CME), receives unrestricted educational funds from Eli Lilly Canada Inc. and Wyeth Canada to support CME program and Fellowship in the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, the University of Toronto.

Reviews

H. Gerlach

Professor and Chairman
Dept. for Anesthesia, Intensive Care
Medicine and Pain Management
Vivantes - Klinikum Neukoelln
Rudower Strasse 48
D-12351 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49-30-130-142361
Fax: +49-30-130-142497
E-mail: herwig.gerlach@vivantes.de

Paediatrics

D. Macrae

Paediatric Intensive Care
Royal Brompton Hospital
Sydney Street
London
SE24 9JG
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 20 352 8121
Fax: +44 20 352 8121
E-mail: d.macrae@rbht.nhs.uk

Physiological Notes

G. Hedenstierna

Professor, Head of Nuclear Medicine
Head of Research Department of Clinical Physiology
University Hospital, SE-75185 Uppsala, Sweden
Tel: +4618 6114144, Mobile: +46708 664144

News

F. Lemaire

Service de réanimation Médicale Hop Univ Henri Mondor, Créteil 94 000
Email: francois.lemaire@hmn.aphp.fr

Conflicts of interest: none.

Statistical Revisions

P. Bauer

Professor, Head of the Core Unit of Medical Statistics and Informatics
Medical University of Vienna
Spitalgasse 23
A-1090 Vienna
Austria

Tel.: ++43 1 40400 7489, ++43 664 2835553
Fax: ++43 1 40400 7477

E-mail: Peter.Bauer@meduniwien.ac.at

Statistical Revisions

D. Poole

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
S. Martino Hospital
Viale Europa, 22
32100 Belluno, Italy
tel +39 0437 516121
fax +39 0437 516119
e-mail: danest@libero.it

Statistical Revisions

R. D'Amico

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Italy

Statistical Revisions

E. Allen

Lecturer
Medical Statistics Unit
London School of Hygeine and Tropical Medicine
University of London
143, Keppel St, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Tel: 020 79272943

Statistical Revisions

G. Bertolini

Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology
GiViTI Coordinating Center
Department of Public Health
"Mario Negri" Institute for Pharmacological Research
Villa Camozzi - 24020, Ranica (Bergamo) - Italy
Tel. +39 035 4535313
Fax +39 035 4535371

Editorial and Publishing Committee

C. Putensen

Professor of Intensive Care Medicine and Anesthesiology
Director of Intensive Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
University of Bonn
Sigmund-Freud Str. 25
53127 Bonn
Tel: + 49 228 287 14118
Fax: +49 228 287 19122

Editorial Assistant

E. S. Tizi

Rome, Italy