Vol 21, No 1 (2005)

Table of Contents

News

News PDF
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Editorial

Global connection of critical care nursing organisations PDF
Shelley Schmollgruber 4
Letter: The World Federation of Critical Care Nurses PDF
Ged Williams 6
Making respiratory support safer PDF
L Rudo Mathivha 7
Who is too sick for the ICU? PDF
W L Michell 8

Articles

Non-invasive mechanical ventilation PDF
B Louise Giles 10
High-frequency oscillatory ventilation - a clinical approach PDF
Donna S Hamel, Ira M Cheifetz 15
Humidification in intensive care PDF
Tony Williams 26
Making moral decisions when resources are limited - an approach to triage in ICU patients with respiratory failure PDF
Gavin M Joynt, Charles D Gomersall 34
Validating the use of the APACHE II score in a tertiary South African ICU PDF
E van der Merwe, M Kidd, S Meltzer, C T Bolliger, E M Irusen 46

Abstracts

COPICON 2005 PDF
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