Critical Care and Resuscitation Journal - December 2004

Editorials

Critical care trials: sample size, power and interpretation

J. L. Moran, P. J. Solomon

Strong ions - again

L. I. G. Worthley

Critical care unit league tables - they're coming?

A. W. Holt

Original articles

A prospective audit of blood loss and blood transfusion in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting after clopidogrel and aspirin therapy

C. M. Dempsey, M.S. T. Lim, S. G. Stace

The effect of a sedation scale on ventilation hours, sedative, analgesic and inotropic use in an intensive care unit

J. A. Botha, P. Mudholkar

Quality and reliability of data collected in a regional hospital intensive care unit

G. J. McHugh

Survival of critically ill medical patients is time-critical

G. Duke, J. Green, J. Briedis

Case reports

Nebulised ipratropium causing a unilateral fixed dilated pupil in the critically ill patient: a report of two cases

N. Eustace, C. Gardiner, P. Eustace, B. Marsh

Air embolism - a case series and review

S. Sviri, W. P. D. Woods, P. V. van Heerden

Metabolic stridor: a case report

A. K. Ajithkumar, J. A. Botha

Special review

Percutaneous tracheostomy - long-term outlook, a review

S. Sviri, P. V. van Heerden, R. Samie

Basic sciences review

Strong ion calculator - a practical bedside application of modern quantitative acid-base physiology

P. Lloyd

Clinical practice review

Diagnosis and management of thyroid disease and the critically ill patient

R. Young, L. I. G. Worthley

Point of view

Monitoring children after cardiac surgery: a minimalist approach might be maximally effective

T. Duke, C. Stocker, W. Butt

Occasional essay

Is evidence-based medicine here to stay - or is it just another rung on the ladder in our quest for excellence?

D. M. Linton, P. V. van Heerden