Editorial III: Remembering awareness.

High survival rate in 122 ARDS patients managed according to a clinical algorithm including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. beneficial effects of the 'Open Lung Approach' with low distending pressures in acute respiratory distress syndrome. Effect of protective-ventilation strategy on mortality in the acute respiratory distress syndrome. 6 The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network. Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. Effect of mechanical ventilation on inflammatory mediators in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. A randomised controlled trial. Management of advanced ARDS complicated by bilateral pneumothoraces with high frequency oscillatory ventilation in an adult. 13 Fort P, Farmer C, Westerman J, et al. High frequency oscillatory ventilation for adult respiratory distress syndrome—a pilot study. Prospective trial of high frequency oscillation in adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome. High frequency oscilla-tory ventilation in adult acute respiratory distress syndrome. High frequency oscillatory ventilation for acute respiratory distress syndrome in adults. 17 The HIFI Study Group. High frequency oscillatory ventilation compared with conventional mechanical ventilation in the treatment of respiratory failure in preterm neonates. Prospective randomised comparison of high frequency oscillatory ventilation and conventional mechanical ventilation in paediatric respiratory failure. The Provo multi-centre high frequency oscillatory ventilation trial: improved pulmonary and clinical outcome in respiratory distress syndrome. A prospective, random-ised, multicentre trial of high frequency oscillatory ventilation compared with conventional ventilation in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome receiving surfactant. A prospective randomised comparison of conventional mechanical ventilation and very early high frequency oscillatory ventilation in extremely premature newborns with respiratory distress syndrome. High frequency oscillatory ventilation for the prevention of chronic lung disease of prema-turity. High frequency oscillatory ventilation in infants with severe respiratory distress: chances, risks and limits. y This edition of the British Journal of Anaesthesia includes abstracts from the Sixth International Symposium on Memory and Awareness in Anaesthesia, which was held in Hull during June 2004. These symposia have a distinguished pedigree going back to the 1980s when Dr Benno Bonke joined