Annals ofCritical Care Medicine

Volume: 8 - Number: 79 - August 15, 2008

Outstanding

Contemporary reviews in critical care medicine

Nonventilatory Treatments for Acute Lung Injury and ARDS

Mechanical Ventilation in ARDS: A State-of-the-Art Review

Critical care medicine

Inspiratory Muscle Unloading by Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist During Maximal Inspiratory Efforts in Healthy Subjects

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Obstetric Patients Requiring ICU Admission

Methylprednisolone Infusion in Early Severe ARDS*Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Diagnostic and Prognostic Utility of Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Subjects Admitted to the ICU With Hypoxic Respiratory Failure Due to Noncardiogenic and Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema

Outcome of Patients With Small-Vessel Vasculitis Admitted to a Medical ICU

Investigational Article

Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008

Survival Analysis of 314 Episodes of Sepsis in Medical Intensive Care Unit in University Hospital: Impact of Intensive Care Unit Performance and Antimicrobial Therapy

The epidemiology of severe sepsis in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 1996 to 2004: secondary analysis of a high quality clinical database, the ICNARC Case Mix Programme Database

Neutrophil apoptosis: a marker of disease severity in sepsis and sepsis-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome

Pulmonary and critical care medicine

An Unusual Cause of Postobstructive Pneumonia

A 39-Year-Old Woman With Cough, Chest Pressure, and Worsening Dyspnea

56-Year-Old Man With Choking, Recurrent Pneumonia, and Weight Loss

A 45-Year-Old Woman With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Progressive Dyspnea

A 45-Year-Old Man With Severe Dysphagia and Pulmonary Infiltrates