Mediators in Multiple Organ Failure.- Sepsis and Multiple Organ Failure: Pathogenesis and Treatment.- TNF and Septic Shock.- Role of Neutrophils and Macrophages in Multiple Organ Failure.- Role of Neutrophils in Critically Ill Patients: Myeloperoxidase, a Specific Marker of Their Activation.- Acute Lung Injury: Role of Lipid Peroxidation.- The Role of the Contact System in the Pathophysiology of ARDS.- Acute Respiratory Failure.- Acute Respiratory Failure: Current Concepts.- Re-Evaluation of Starling Forces Balance and Lymphatic Clearance in the Lung.- Bedside Measurement of Extravascular Lung Water.- Serum Markers in Acute Lung Injury.- PGE1 for Prevention and Treatment of ARDS After Surgery.- Sudden Asphyxia in Asthma.- Salt and Water Disorders in Mechanically-Ventilated and Critically Ill Neonates.- The Role of Infection in the Premature and Adult with Lung Injury.- Atypical Pneumonia in the ICU.- Septic Problems.- Pathogenesis of Gram-negative Bacterial Infections.- Plasma Fibronectin in Septic Critically Ill Patients.- Nosocomial Sinusitis in Intensive Care Patients.- Acquired Infections in the ICU: The Current Status of Selective Decontamination.- Device-Related Infections.- Judicious Use of Antibiotics in Critically Ill Patients.- O2-Metabolism.- Continuous Measurement of Pulmonary Gas Exchange During Mechanical Ventilation.- Monitoring of Energy Expenditure.- Cellular Response to Hypoxia.- Skeletal Muscle PO2 Assessment in Shock.- Optimal Levels Oxygen Transport in Critically Ill Patients.- Effects of Transfusion on Systemic Oxygen Uptake.- Hematological and Rheological Aspects of Oxygen Transport: The Optimal Hematocrit.- Metabolic Problems.- Nutritional-Metabolic Interactions During Total Parenteral Nutrition in Sepsis.- Energy Metabolism Following Head Injury.- Protein Metabolism in the Catabolic Patient.- Nutritional Support in Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure Undergoing Artificial Ventilation.- Hyperosmolal States.- Treatment of Symptomatic Hyponatremia and Permanent Brain Lesions.- Acute Circulatory Failure.- Objectives for the Treatment of the Microcirculation in Ischemia, Shock, and Reperfusion.- Alterations in Vascular Reactivity in Sepsis and Endotoxemia.- Anaphylactic Shock: Pathophysiology and Implications for Treatment.- Pathogenesis of Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Septic Shock.- Treatment of Metabolic Acidosis in Low Flow States: Should We Administer Bicarbonate?.- Acute Renal Failure.- Renal Failure in the Neonate.- Hemofiltration.- Renal Function in Septic Shock.- Gastro-intestinal and Liver Failure.- Current Status of Stress Ulceration Prophylaxis.- Hepatic Dysfunction in Shock.- Acute Liver Failure: An Overview.- Fulminant and Subacute Hepatic Failure: The Place of Liver Transplantation.- Fluid and Blood Administration.- Rationale and Guidelines of Fluid Resuscitation in Extensive Burns.- Autotransfusion: A Safe Alternative.- Blood Component Therapy in the Critically Ill.- Component Dilution During Fluid Resuscitation Without Calculator, Computer, or Nomogram.- Emergency Medicine.- Transport of Severely Injured Patients.- Prehospital Care: A Search for Indication?.- Anesthesia for Trauma.- Near-drowning.- Acute Intoxication by Ethylene-Glycol and Methanol.- Neurologic Crisis.- Analysis of the ICP Waveform: Current Status.- Non-traumatic Cerebral Insult in Children: Intensive Care Aspects.- Significance and Management of Intracranial Hypertension After Head Injury.- Cardiovascular Crisis.- The Role of Coronary Vasomotor Tone in Chronic and Acute Ischemic Syndromes.- Prevention of Sudden Death Following Myocardial Infarction.- Assessment of Right Ventricular Function in the Critically Ill: Fact, Fancy, and Perspectives.- The Place of Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors in Acute Circulatory Failure.- Hemodynamics During and After Cardiac Arrest.- Cardiovascular Monitoring.- Assessment of Cardiovascular Function by Pressure Waveform Analysis.- Invasive and Noninvasive Monitoring of Physiologic Patterns of High Risk Surgical Patients.- Cardiac Surgery.- Cardiac Risk in Surgical Patients: Assessment and Reduction.- Management of Cardiovascular Dysfunction After Cardiac Surgery.- Sedation in Intensive Care.- Sedation During Intensive Care: Overview of the Problem.- Pharmacokinetics of Benzodiazepines Used for ICU Sedation.- Pediatric Intensive Care.- Physiologic Regulation of the Perinatal Pulmonary Circulation.- Central Airway Obstruction in Children.- Clinical Use of High-frequency Ventilation in Infants.- Perinatal Manipulation of Renal Function.
