Past Edition
Editorials
Why ICU doctors do not wash their hands
Paul D.R Johnson
Crit Care Resusc 2008; 10 (4): 274-275
Why predict time to death after withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy?
Helen Opdam
Crit Care Resusc 2008; 10 (4): 276-277
Original Articles
Prediction of death after withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments
Nicole L Coleman, Jorge L Brieva, Elise Crowfoot
Crit Care Resusc 2008; 10 (4): 278-284
Hand hygiene during the intensive care unit ward round: how much is enough? An observational study
Paul Witterick, Rhonda Stuart, Elizabeth Gillespie, Michael Buist
Crit Care Resusc 2008; 10 (4): 285-287
Major surgery in Victoria and the United States: a comparison of hospital mortality in older patients
Stephen J Warrillow, Rinaldo Bellomo, Peter Davey, John Birkmeyer
Crit Care Resusc 2008; 10 (4): 287-295
The impact of an ICU liaison nurse service on patient outcomes
Suzanne J Eliott, David Ernest, Andrea G Doric, Karen N Page, Linda J Worrall-Carter, Lukman Thalib, Wendy Chaboyer
Crit Care Resusc 2008; 10 (4): 296-300
Preliminary insights into data collection processes in New South Wales intensive care units
Karena M Hewson-Conroy, Anthony R Burrell
Crit Care Resusc 2008; 10 (4): 301-305
Pilot randomised double-blind controlled trial of high-dose spironolactone in critically ill patients receiving a frusemide infusion
Yogesh Apte, Rinaldo Bellomo, Stephen Warrillow, Donna Goldsmith, Michael Gillies, Forbes McGain
Crit Care Resusc 2008; 10 (4): 306-311
Survey
Burnout syndrome among Australian intensivists: a survey
Yahya Shehabi, Geoffrey Dobb, Ian Jenkins, Ranald Pascoe, Nicholas Edwards, Warwick Butt
Crit Care Resusc 2008; 10 (4): 312-315
Case Reports
Monitoring of brain tissue oxygen tension and use of vasopressin after cardiac arrest in a child with catecholamine-induced cardiac arrhythmia
Elena Cavazzoni, Andreas Schibler
Crit Care Resusc 2008; 10 (4): 316-319
Paradoxical and severe hypotension in response to adrenaline infusions in massive quetiapine overdose
David j Hawkins, Peter Unwin
Crit Care Resusc 2008; 10 (4): 320-322
Review
Restrictive red blood cell transfusion strategies in critical care: does one size really fit all?
Alistair D Nichol
Crit Care Resusc 2008; 10 (4): 323-327
Points of View
The name of our specialty — with a historical perspective on “intensive care”
Ronald V Trubuhovich
Crit Care Resusc 2008; 10 (4): 328-331
What’s in a name?
P Vernon van Heerden, John A Myburgh
Crit Care Resusc 2008; 10 (4): 332-333
History of Medicine
Early artificial ventilation: the mystery of “Truehead of Galveston” — was he Dr Charles William Trueheart?
Ronald V Trubuhovich
Crit Care Resusc 2008; 10 (4): 334-338