1. NSAIDs and balanced analgesia

   • W. Code

   Editorial Pages: 401 - 405

2. Preoperative diclofenac sodium reduces postlaparoscopy pain

   • Lars E. Gillberg
   • Andreas S. Harsten
   • Lennart B. Ståhl

   OriginalPaper Pages: 406 - 408

3. Comparison between patient-controlled analgesia and intramuscular meperidine after thoracotomy

   • Aline Boulange
   • Manon Choinière
   • Pierre Rousseau

   OriginalPaper Pages: 409 - 415

4. A comparative study of patient-controlled epidural fentanyl and single dose epidural morphine for post-caesarean analgesia

   • Patrick Y. H. Yu
   • David R. Gambling

   OriginalPaper Pages: 416 - 420

5. Comparison of fentanyl, sufentanil and alfentanil during awake craniotomy for epilepsy

   • Elise Gignac
   • Pirjo H. Manninen
   • Adrian W. Gelb

   OriginalPaper Pages: 421 - 424

6. Alkalinization improves the quality of lidocaine-fentanyl epidural anaesthesia for Caesarean section

   • G. Capogna
   • D. Celleno
   • M. Baldassini

   Reports of Investigation Pages: 425 - 430

7. Prolongation of epidural bupivacaine analgesia with glycerin

   • Hwa-kou King
   • Chang-Si Xiao
   • Daniel J. Wooten

   OriginalPaper Pages: 431 - 434

8. Stress hormone responses to major intra-abdominal surgery during and immediately after sevoflurane-nitrous oxide anaesthesia in elderly patients

   • Kohjiro Furuya
   • Reiju Shimizu
   • Hirokazu Fukuda

   Reports of Investigation Pages: 435 - 439

9. Vital capacity rapid inhalation induction technique: comparison of sevoflurane and halothane

   • Masaki Yurino
   • Hitomi Kimura

   Reports of Investigation Pages: 440 - 443

10. Interactions of preoperative erythromycin administration with general anaesthesia

    • P. Narchi
    • D. Benhamou
    • H. Fernandez

    Reports of Investigation Pages: 444 - 447

11. Cardiovascular stability with rapid intravenous infusion of ondansetron

    • Julius S. Heyman
    • Marie L. Young
    • Thomas J. Conahan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 448 - 452

12. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Contractility of fatigued diaphragm is improved by dobutamine

    • Yoshitaka Fujii
    • Hidenori Toyooka
    • Keisuke Amaha

    Laboratory Investigation 21 November 2012 Pages: 453 - 458

13. Intraoperative complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    • Raymond Hasel
    • Sunil K. Arora
    • Donald R. Hickey

    Clinical Reports Pages: 459 - 464

14. Pulmonary oedema after lithotripsy in a patient with hypertrophic subaortic stenosis

    • Howard D. Wulfson
    • Robert F. LaPorta

    Clinical Reports Pages: 465 - 467

15. Epidural catheter disconnections

    • Robin J. Gavelin
    • Kenneth W. Patterson

    Correspondence Pages: 468 - 468

16. General vs regional anaesthesia for minor surgery

    • Robert Smyth
    • Frances Chung

    Correspondence Pages: 468 - 469

17. Fibreoptic intubation

    • A. F. D. Cole

    Letter Pages: 469 - 470

18. Tracheal intubation and cervical injury

    • Anthony R. Palmer

    Letter Pages: 470 - 471

19. Upper airway obstruction by Ascaris worm

    • Jafar H. Faraj

    Letter Pages: 471 - 471

20. Pre-admission clinic

    • J. Goldberg
    • F. Chung
    • J. Conway

    Letter Pages: 471 - 472

21. Cost of anaesthesia

    • Julian Loke
    • William AJ. Shearer

    Letter Pages: 472 - 474

22. Erratum

    • Leonard B. Eisen
    • Joseph A. Fisher

    Erratum Pages: 474 - 474

23. Book Reviews

    • R. J. Byrick
    • M. J. Douglas
    • J. M. Davies

    BookReview Pages: 475 - 476

24. Morphine decreasesin vivo catechol activity in the rostral ventrolateral medulla

    • Louie Wang
    • Murray Hong
    • Khem Jhamandas

    OriginalPaper Pages: A4 - A4

25. Classified advertising and meetings

    Announcement Pages: xxi - xxii

26. The society of cardiovascular anesthesiologists (SCA) and The multicenter study of perioperative ischemia research group (McSPI) announce an educational/academic career opportunity: SCA/McSPI fellowship

    Announcement Pages: N1 - N1