1. How much relaxation?

   • David R. Bevan

   Editorial Pages: 93 - 95

2. Surgeon-controlled mivacurium administration during elective Caesarean section

   • Mohamed Abdulatif
   • Entessar Taylouni

   Reports on Investigation Pages: 96 - 102

3. Quantifying the effect of enflurane on atracurium infusion requirements

   • Maija Kansanaho
   • Klaus T. Olkkola

   Reports on Investigation Pages: 103 - 108

4. Preemptive opioid analgesia does not influence pain after abdominal hysterectomy

   • Argyro Fassoulaki
   • Constantine Sarantopoulos
   • Dimitra Papoulia

   Reports on Investigation Pages: 109 - 113

5. Midazolam coinduction does not delay discharge after very brief propofol anaesthesia

   • Tom Elwood
   • Shirley Huchcroft
   • Charles MacAdams

   Reports on Investigation Pages: 114 - 118

6. Enhancement of pressor response to intravenous phenylephrine following oral clonidine medication in awake and anaesthetized patients

   • Shinichi Inomata
   • Toshiaki Nishikawa
   • Yuichiro Akiyoshi

   Reports on Investigation Pages: 119 - 125

7. Haemodynamic changes during induced hypotension — comparison of trimethaphan with prostaglandin E₁ assessed using transoesophageal echocardiography

   • Toshihito Tsubo
   • Yoshio Hashimoto
   • Akimoto Matsuki

   Reports on Investigation Pages: 126 - 129

8. The laryngeal mask airway in obstetrical anaesthesia

   • P. S. Gataure
   • J. A. Hughes

   Reports on Investigation Pages: 130 - 133

9. Resuscitation and DNR: ethical aspects for anaesthetists

   • A. Joseph Layon
   • Lynn Dirk

   Special Article Pages: 134 - 140

10. Monitoring complication due to a pulsatile femoral vein from tricuspid regurgitation

    • I. Gilron
    • S. Magder

    Clinical Report Pages: 141 - 143

11. Does experience influence the forces exerted on maxillary incisors during laryngoscopy? A manikin study using the Macintosh laryngoscope

    • Martin J. L. Bucx
    • Robert T. M. van Geel
    • Theo Stijnen

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 144 - 149

12. Actions of propofol on pontine neurons controlling arterial pressure in rats

    • Andrei V. Krassioukov
    • Adrian W. Gelb
    • Lynne C. Weaver

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 150 - 157

13. Effect of cocaine on the contracture response to 1% halothane in patients undergoing diagnostic muscle biopsy for malignant hyperthermia

    • Nobuyoshi Sato
    • Jose M. Brum
    • Glenn E. DeBoer

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 158 - 162

14. Does the initial distribution volume of glucose reflect plasma volume after haemorrhage in dogs?

    • Hiroaki Koh
    • Hironori Ishihara
    • Akitomo Matsuki

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 163 - 167

15. Anaesthetic management of a patient with a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm and severe bilateral bullous pulmonary parenchymal disease

    • Chris Eagle
    • Tim Tang

    Clinical Anaesthesia File Pages: 168 - 172

16. Anaesthesia by intravenous emulsified isoflurane in mice

    • Robert P. Eger
    • Bernard A. MacLeod

    Preliminary Communication Pages: 173 - 176

17. Anaesthesia and past use of LSD

    • Geoffrey N. Morris
    • Patrick T. Magee

    Correspondence Pages: 177 - 177

18. A new solution to fibreoptic intubation in the presence of blood and secretions

    • Mohammed Maroof
    • Rashid M. Khan
    • Hyder S. Raza

    Correspondence Pages: 177 - 178

19. Myasthenia gravis and regional anaesthesia

    • B. de José Maria
    • E. Carrera
    • X. Sala

    Correspondence Pages: 178 - 179

20. Baillière’s clinical anaesthesiology: International Practice and research. Vol. 8 No. 2. Muscle relaxants

    • Joan C. Bevan

    Book Review Pages: 180 - 180

21. Classified advertising and meetings

    Announcement Pages: xvii - xvii