1. Current concepts of consciousness with some implications for anesthesia

   • Bernard J. Baars

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R1 - R6

2. Research on anesthesia, consciousness or both? Understanding our anesthetic drugs and defining the neural substrate

   • Pierre Fiset

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R7 - R11

3. Consciousness, awareness, and the clinician

   • Ira Rampil

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R12 - R16

4. Management of tracheal trauma

   • William E. Hurford
   • Ruben Peralta

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R17 - R22

5. Evidence-based management of postoperative nausea and vomiting

   • Tong J. Gan

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R23 - R26

6. Labour analgesia and fetal bradycardia

   • Edward T. Riley

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R27 - R29

7. The evaluation of ultrasound imaging for neuraxial anesthesia

   • Thomas Grau

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R30 - R37

8. Labour analgesia: what’s new and PCEA too?

   • David C. Campbell

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R38 - R44

9. Perioperative control of CO₂

   • Brian P. Kavanagh
   • John G. Laffey

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R45 - R50

10. Beyond halothane: an update on pediatric anesthesia pharmacology

    • Clayton Reichert

    Refresher Course Outline Pages: R51 - R54

11. Management of the chronic-pain patient in an acute-pain service

    • Brian Knight

    Refresher Course Outline Pages: R55 - R59

12. Anesthesia, the aging brain, and the surgical patient

    • Gregory Crosby
    • Deborah J. Culley

    Refresher Course Outline Pages: R60 - R64

13. Muscle relaxants: a clinical update

    • François Donati

    Refresher Course Outline Pages: R65 - R68

14. Abstract

    • Nivez F. Rasic
    • Robert M. Friesen
    • Brendan Finucane

    Abstract Pages: A69 - A183