Anesthetics and cerebral ischemia — should we continue to dream the impossible dream? Adrian W. GelbJohn X. WilsonDavid F. Cechetto Editorial Pages: 727 - 731
Tracheal lidocaine attenuates the cardiovascular response to endotracheal intubation Koichi TakitaYuji MorimotoOsamu Kemmotsu OriginalPaper Pages: 732 - 736
Mini-audits facilitate quality assurance in outpatient units Linda M. CollinsJug PaddaHimat Vaghadia OriginalPaper Pages: 737 - 741
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Urapidil does not prevent postanesthetic shivering: a dose-ranging study Swen N. PiperMoritz T. FentJoachim Boldt OriginalPaper Pages: 742 - 747
Anesthesia breathing circuits protected by the DAR Barrierbac S® breathing filter have a low bacterial contamination rate Daniel P. VézinaClaude A. TrépanierClaude Tremblay OriginalPaper Pages: 748 - 754
Low dose clonidine premedication accentuates the hyperglycemic response to surgery Ralph LattermannThomas SchrickerMarkus Schreiber OriginalPaper Pages: 755 - 759
Sub-MAC concentrations of desflurane do not inhibit hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in anesthetized piglets F. KerbaulC. GuidonM. Aubert OriginalPaper Pages: 760 - 767
The addition of fentanyl does not alter the extent of spread of intrathecal isobaric bupivacaine in clinical practice Lindsey PattersonNicole AveryJoel L. Parlow OriginalPaper Pages: 768 - 772
Two cases of postpartum cardiomyopathy initially misdiagnosed for pulmonary embolism Magdalena Lasinska-KowaraMaria DudziakJanina Suchorzewska OriginalPaper Pages: 773 - 777
Clinical and echocardiographic diagnoses disagree in patients with unexplained hemodynamic instability after cardiac surgery Pamela J. WakeMohamed AliDavy C. H. Cheng OriginalPaper Pages: 778 - 783
Thiopentone does not block ischemic preconditioning in the isolated rat heart J. MüllenheimA. MolojavyiW. Schlack OriginalPaper Pages: 784 - 789
New landmarks improve the positioning of the left Broncho-Cath™ double-lumen tube-comparison with the classic technique G. FortierD. CotéJ. S. Bussières OriginalPaper Pages: 790 - 794
Learning to exchange an endotracheal tube for a laryngeal mask prior to emergence Michael S. StixCarl J. BorromeoPaul D. Teague OriginalPaper Pages: 795 - 799
High laryngeal mask airway pressures resulting from nitrous oxide do not increase pharyngeal mucosal injury in dogs Tânia Mara Vilela AbudJosé Reinaldo Cerqueira BrazJoão Carlos Saldanha OriginalPaper Pages: 800 - 806
Thiopentone and methohexital, but not pentobarbitone, reduce early focal cerebral ischemic injury in rats Daniel J. ColeLorne M. CrossWayne K. Jacobsen OriginalPaper Pages: 807 - 814
Intraoperative mild hypothermia does not increase the plasma concentration of stress hormones during neurosurgery Oak Za ChiYoung Kyoo ChoiIsidore Lee OriginalPaper Pages: 815 - 818
Ketamine isomers suppress superantigen-induced proinflammatory cytokine production in human whole blood Chika KawasakiTakashi KawasakiAkio Shigematsu OriginalPaper Pages: 819 - 823
On the values of outpatients Sylvie Le MayGilles DupuisMarie-Christine Taillefer Correspondence Pages: 826 - 826
Anesthesia in the prone lithotomy position Shashi SrivastavaChandra Kant Pandey Correspondence Pages: 827 - 827
Cost and resource implications of undergraduate simulator-based education Pamela J. MorganDoreen M. Cleave-Hogg Correspondence Pages: 827 - 828
Anesthesia for a child with Antler—Bixler syndrome Munehiro ShiraishiKouichiro Minami Correspondence Pages: 828 - 828
MRI diagnosis of intracranial hypotension Étienne de MédicisOscar A. de Leon-Casasola Correspondence Pages: 830 - 830
There is no direct relationship between PI response and smooth muscle contraction of rat trachea stimulated by α-agonists Osamu ShibataMasataka SaitoKoji Sumikawa Correspondence Pages: 830 - 831
IV butorphanol reduces analgesia but not pruritus or nausea associated with intrathecal morphine Tetsuya SakaiTaku FukanoKoji Sumikawa Correspondence Pages: 831 - 832
