This Week's Papers March 25th to 31st This week's topic is based on a series of chapters from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2013 Monday Monnet. Assessment of volume responsiveness during mechanical ventilation: recent advances. Critical Care 2013;17:217 Tuesday Cortes. Two steps forward in bedside monitoring of lung mechanics: transpulmonary pressure and lung volume. Critical Care 2013;17:219 Wednesday Ricksten. Renal oxygenation in clinical acute kidney injury. Critical Care 2013;17:221 Thursday Giraud. Cardiac index during therapeutic hypothermia: which target value is optimal? Critical Care 2013;17:214 Friday Guarracino. Ventriculo-arterial decoupling in acutely altered hemodynamic states. Critical Care 2013;17:213 Saturday Sandroni. Therapeutic hypothermia: is it effective for non-VF/VT cardiac arrest? Critical Care 2013;17:215 Sunday Meybohm. Point-of-care coagulation management in intensive care medicine. Critical Care 2013;17:218