General Intensive Care Unit, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT, UK. nalsubaie@gmail.com
This review summarizes key research papers published in the fields of cardiology and intensive care during 2006 in Critical Care and, where relevant, in other journals within the field. The papers have been grouped into categories: haemodynamic monitoring, vascular access in intensive care, microvascular assessment and manipulation, and impact of metabolic acidosis on outcome.