Patient-controlled analgesia — does it provide more than comfort? L. Brian Ready EditorialNotes Pages: 719 - 721
Ropivacaine — a worthy replacement for bupivacaine? Brendan T. Finucane EditorialNotes Pages: 722 - 725
Reduction of post-operative morbidity following patient-controlled morphine Tracy J. WasylakFrances V. AbbottMary-Ellen Jeans OriginalPaper Pages: 726 - 731
Brachial plexus block with a new local anaesthetic: 0.5 percent ropivacaine Rosemary HickeyKenneth D. CandidoRobert W. Masters OriginalPaper Pages: 732 - 738
Neurological phenomena during emergence from enflurane or isoflurane anaesthesia Pamela R. McCullochBrian Milne OriginalPaper Pages: 739 - 742
Postoperative neuromuscular block following atracurium or alcuronium in children Olli A. MeretojaRowan Gebert OriginalPaper Pages: 743 - 746
Hyperkalaemia during rapid blood transfusion and hypovolaemic cardiac arrest in children Karen A. BrownBruno BissonnetteBrian McIntyre OriginalPaper Pages: 747 - 754
Alfentanil controls the haemodynamic response during rapidsequence induction of anaesthesia Raymond J. MartineauClaude P. TousignantKathryn A. Hull OriginalPaper Pages: 755 - 761
Brain protection: physiological and pharmacological considerations. Part II: the pharmacology of brain protection Richard HallJohn Murdoch ReviewPaper Pages: 762 - 777
Anaesthesia for renal transplantation in sickle cell disease Henry K. GyasiA. W. ZarrougA. Daar Report Pages: 778 - 785
Continuous suprascapular nerve block for analgesia of scapular fracture Terrance W. BreenJohn D. Haigh Report Pages: 786 - 788
Epidural catheter migration during labour: an hypothesis for inadequate analgesia Edward T. Crosby Report Pages: 789 - 793
Side effects of nalbuphine while reversing opioid-induced respiratory depression: report of four cases Gilbert A. BlaiseMichael NugentPhilippe A. C. Durant Report Pages: 794 - 797
The prophylactic use of octreotide in a patient with ovarian carcinoid and valvular heart disease Jim T. WatsonNeal H. BadnerMohamed J. Ali OriginalPaper Pages: 798 - 800
Elevated serum bromide concentrations following repeated halothane anaesthesia in a child John E. MorrisonRobert H. Friesen OriginalPaper Pages: 801 - 803
Anaesthetic management of the brain dead for organ donation Adrian W. GelbKerri M. Robertson OriginalPaper Pages: 806 - 812
Thoracic epidural anaesthesia combined with enflurane anaesthesia reduces atrioventricular conduction in dogs Kenichi SatoTakeyasu YamamuraOsamu Kemmotsu OriginalPaper Pages: 813 - 818
Bupivacaine-induced slow-inward current inhibition: a voltage clamp study on frog atrial fibres Jean E. de La CoussayeChristian MasséAntoine Sassine OriginalPaper Pages: 819 - 822
A simple technique for topical anaesthesia of the airway Donald OxornDavid Chung Letter Pages: 823 - 823
Venous tolerance to etomidate in lipid emulsion or propylene glycol (hypnomidate) A. DoenickeA. KuglerN. Vollmann Letter Pages: 823 - 824
Obstruction of a preformed armoured tracheostomy tube Richard H. RileySimon A. MasonCatharine D. Barber Letter Pages: 824 - 824
Massive tongue swelling after uncomplicated general anaesthesia Eric J. GrigsbyRobert L. LennonTheresia L. Liu Letter Pages: 825 - 826
Acute pulmonary oedema after tourniquet release A. M. O’LearyG. VeallG. H. Anderson Letter Pages: 826 - 827
Epidural sufentanil for post-Caesarean section analgesia G. H. McMorlandM. J. DouglasL. Palmer Erratum Pages: 828 - 828