1. Implementing a DNR policy: promise and perils

   • Arthur Schafer

   Editorial Pages: 549 - 552

2. Evaluation of a “do not resuscitate” policy in intensive care

   • George C. Webster
   • C. David Mazer
   • Robert J. Byrick

   Reports of Investigation Pages: 553 - 563

3. Coronary haemo-dynamics and myocardial metabolism during weaning from mechanical ventilation in cardiac surgical patients

   • Steven Elia
   • Peter Liu
   • Demetrios Lappas

   Reports of Investigation Pages: 564 - 571

4. Atrial natriuretic peptide responses during anaesthesia in patients with refractory cardiomyopathies

   • Silas N. Glisson
   • Glen E. Gutzke
   • Tadikonda L. K. Rao

   Reports of Investigation Pages: 572 - 577

5. Indomethacin as a postoperative analgesic for total hip arthroplasty

   • R. Segstro
   • P. K. Morley-Forster
   • G. Lu

   Reports of Investigation Pages: 578 - 581

6. Comparison of epidural and patient-controlled intravenous morphine following joint replacement surgery

   • Robert Weller
   • Martin Rosenblum
   • Jeffrey B. Gross

   Reports of Investigation Pages: 582 - 586

7. Residual curarization in the neonate after Caesarean section

   • Claude Perreault
   • Joanne Guay
   • France Varin

   Reports of Investigation Pages: 587 - 591

8. Pulse oximetry during ketamine anaesthesia in war conditions

   • P. Pesonen

   Reports of Investigation Pages: 592 - 594

9. Methods of reducing blood loss and non-blood substitutes

   • James G. Ramsay

   Symposium Report Pages: 595 - 599

10. Blood product utilization and management in Canada

    • Gershon H. Growe

    Symposium Report Pages: 599 - 601

11. Indications for perioperative blood transfusion in 1990

    • Linda Stehling

    Symposium Report Pages: 601 - 604

12. Perioperative auto transfusion: haemodilution and red cell salvaging

    • Masuhiko Takaori

    Symposium Report Pages: 604 - 607

13. Safety of blood transfusion: risks and use of predonation, the Canadian experience

    • Noel A. Buskard

    Symposium Report Pages: 607 - 610

14. Safety of blood transfusion: the Japanese experience

    • Hisami Ikeda

    Symposium Report Pages: 610 - 612

15. Spurious hyperkalaemia associated with severe thrombocytosis and leukocytosis

    • Anthony M. H. Ho
    • Joseph C. H. Woo
    • Lawrence Chiu

    Clinical Reports Pages: 613 - 615

16. Electrocautery-induced pacemaker malfunction during surgery

    • Devanand Mangar
    • Glen M. Atlas
    • Peter B. Kane

    Clinical Reports Pages: 616 - 618

17. Pulse oximetry and capnography in anaesthetic practice: an epidemiological appraisal

    • Peter G. Duncan
    • Marsha M. Cohen

    Review Articles Pages: 619 - 625

18. Anaesthesia and the child with HIV infection

    • Donald Schwartz
    • Tina Schwartz
    • John Pullerits

    Review Articles Pages: 626 - 633

19. Myocardial contractility and ischaemia in the isolated perfused rat heart with propofol and thiopentone

    • B. P. Kavanagh
    • M. P. Ryan
    • A. J. Cunningham

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 634 - 639

20. Nitrous oxide does not worsen myocardial ischaemia following beta-receptor blockade in isoflurane anaesthetized dogs

    • Howard J. Nathan

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 640 - 647

21. In vitro reappraisal of the pulmonary artery catheter balloon volume-pressure relationship: comparison of four different catheters

    • Shigemasa Ikeda
    • Keiichi Yagi
    • Sharon M. Homan

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 648 - 653

22. Intracranial pressure and brain redox balance in rabbits

    • Bruno Bissonnette
    • Phillip E. Bidder
    • John W. Severinghaus

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 654 - 659

23. Prostanoid production and pulmonary hypertension after fat embolism are not modified by methylprednisolone

    • R. J. Byrick
    • J. Brendan Mullen
    • R. J. Doran

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 660 - 667

24. Pyloric stenosis

    • Bruno Bissonnette
    • Patrick J. Sullivan

    Continuing Medical Education Pages: 668 - 676

25. ICU admissions from an obstetrical hospital

    • Ian D. Stephens

    Occasional Survey Pages: 677 - 681

26. W. Easson Brown (1894–1957)

    • David A. E. Shephard

    History of Canadian Anaesthesia Pages: 682 - 682

27. Bilateral interpleural block for midline upper abdominal surgery

    • Ed Lee
    • Bruce Ben-David

    Correspondence Pages: 683 - 684

28. A nontraumatic induction technique for paediatric patients

    • P. L. Steer

    Correspondence Pages: 684 - 684

29. Research Development Day

    • M. Joanne Douglas
    • Leonard C. Jenkins

    Correspondence Pages: 684 - 685

30. Phaeochromocytoma presenting as MH

    • Tiberiu Ezri
    • David Soroker

    Correspondence Pages: 685 - 685

31. Reply

    • Gregory C. Allen
    • Henry Rosenberg

    Correspondence Pages: 685 - 685

32. The laryngeal mask airway in children

    • W. J. Fawcett
    • A. Ravilia
    • P. Radford

    Correspondence Pages: 685 - 686

33. Suction at the ready

    • Martin S. Bogetz
    • Stephen H. Lockhart

    Correspondence Pages: 686 - 686

34. Amiodarone and anaesthesia: concurrent therapy with ACE inhibitors — an additional cause for concern?

    • J. H. Mackay
    • I. A. Walker
    • D. W. Bethune

    Correspondence Pages: 687 - 687

35. M.O.U.T.H.S.

    • J. M. Davies
    • C. J. Eagle

    Correspondence Pages: 687 - 688

36. Calcium-channel blockers and anaesthesia

    • Pierre-Georges Durand
    • Jean-Jacques Lehot
    • Pierre Foëx

    Erratum Pages: 688 - 688

37. Book reviews

    • David A. E. Shephard
    • David P. Archer
    • Joan C. Bevan

    BookReview Pages: 689 - 692

38. Classified Advertising and Meetings

    Announcement Pages: xxxvii - xxxviii