OVERVIEW

Critical Care and Resuscitation Journal - June 2001

Editorials

Bispectral index and intensive care - an alluring concept

G. L. Ludbrook

Blunt abdominal trauma - how should we investigate a "kick in the guts"?

W. M. Griggs

Are there any evidence-based indications for the use of mannitol in acute tubular necrosis?

L. I. G. Worthley

Osmotherapy in traumatic brain injury - overused and dangerous

J. A. Myburgh

Original articles

Intraoperative mannitol does not prevent renal failure in orthotopic liver transplantation

R. K. S. Whitta, C. Marshall, S. Bates, J. Appleby

Partial liquid ventilation compared with conventional mechanical ventilation in an experimental model of acute lung injury

M. W. Davies, M. J. Stewart, R. Chavasse, W. Butt

Sleep patterns in intensive care unit patients: a study using the bispectral index

T. Nicholson, J. Patel, J. W. Sleigh

Case reports

Peritoneal lavage cell count ratio in blunt abdominal trauma - a useful tool in hollow viscus injury?

R. Nagappan, J. D. Frank

Isolated ventricular septal defect secondary to low-velocity blunt chest trauma

D. N. Closey, G. Long, Z. Lin, D. Mehrota, J. H. Havill

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the management of severe thoracic trauma: a case report

J. Kause, M. Parr

Cardiac arrest: a late complication of glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) therapy

D. Simes

Clinical practice review

Acute gastrointestinal bleeding: Part I

D. Collins, L. I. G. Worthley
Acute gastrointestinal bleeding: Part II

D. Collins, L. I. G. Worthley

Point of view?

". and needs to be admitted to the ICU"

L. I. G. Worthley

Investigation vignette

An 80 year old man with a five day history of vomiting, renal failure and jaundice

P. Whyte

Obituary

T. Michael MOLES ,P. Baskett, J. Fisher

Book Review

Intensive care in New Zealand. A history of the New Zealand region of ANZICS

L. I. G. Worthley