OVERVIEW

Critical Care and Resuscitation Journal - June 2002

Editorials

Does myoclonus following a cardiac arrest indicate a poor prognosis?

L. I. G. Worthley

Dangerous manoeuvres?

K. D Donovan, B. E. F. Hockings

Management of brown snake envenoming

J. White

Hypothermia as therapy in cerebral injury

J. L. Moran, S. L. Peake, P. Solomon

Original articles

Phosphate metabolism in intensive care patients with acute respiratory failure

J. L. Moran, P. J. Solomon, K. W. Ay Yeung, P. R. Pannall, G. John, A. Eliseo

Case reports

Intention myoclonus in paediatric patients following severe cardiopulmonary failure: a report of three cases

N. Hiramatsu, N. Shime, K. Kageyama, H. Ashida, T. Itoi, Y. Tanaka

Potential dangers of the valsalva maneuver and adenosine in paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia - beware preexcitation

R. Nagappan, S. Arora, C. Winter

Hepatic and renal failure associated with amiodarone infusion in a patient with hereditary fructose intolerance

B. J. Curran, J. H. Havill

Early and late removal of the pressure bandage in brown snake envenomation: a report of two cases

D. C. Simes

Clinical practice review

Neurologic complications of critical illness: Part I. Altered states of consciousness and metabolic encephalpathies

M. N. Sanap, L. I. G. Worthley

Neurologic complications of critical illness: Part II. Polyneuropathies and myopathies

M. N. Sanap, L. I. G. Worthley

Point of view

Doctors, economists and managers

G. A. Skowronski

Investigation vignette

A 17 year old woman with a six week history of anorexia, nausea and intermittent vomiting

K. Deshpande

Occasional essay

"If you knew 20 years ago what ICU medicine would be like today, do you think that you would still choose to be an intensivist?"

L. I. G. Worthley